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Also known as PK machine gun, 7.62 mm Machine Gun PK, PKM
7.62 mm machine gun
Key facts
- Type
- General-purpose machine gun , Medium machine gun
- Place of origin
- Soviet Union
- In service
- 1961–present
- Used by
- See Users
- Wars
- See Conflicts
- Designer
- Mikhail Kalashnikov
- Manufacturer
- Degtyaryov Plant
- Produced
- 1961–present
- Variants
- See Variants
- Mass
- 9 kg (19.84 lb) (with integral bipod)
- Length
- 1,203 mm (47.4 in)
- Barrel length
- 605 mm (23.8 in)
- Cartridge
- 7.62×54mmR
- Action
- Gas-operated , long-stroke piston , open , rotating bolt
- Rate of fire
- 600–800 rounds/min , 700–800 rounds/min (PKT/PKTM)
- Muzzle velocity
- 825 m/s (2,707 ft/s)
- Effective firing range
- 1,000 m (1,094 yd) (100–1,500 m sight adjustments)
- Maximum firing range
- 3,800 m (4,156 yd)
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- general-purpose machine gun
- Country of origin
- Soviet Union
- Manufacturer
- Degtyarev plant
- Designed by
- Mikhail Kalashnikov
- Conflict
- Vietnam War
- Image
- 7,62 KK PKM Helsinki 2012.JPG
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- Commons category
- PK machine gun
- Commons gallery
- PK machine gun
- service entry
- 1961-01-01
- ammunition
- 7.62×54mmR
- native label
- Пулемёт Калашникова
Sources (2)
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Article · Nederlands
De PK is een mitrailleur voor algemeen gebruik, ontwikkeld in de Sovjet-Unie. Het wapen kan afhankelijk van de variant en affuit worden ingezet als lichte mitrailleur, middelzware mitrailleur, voertuigsmitrailleur en tankmitrailleur. De volledige naam van het wapen is 7,62-mm poelemjot Kalasjnikova (Russisch: 7,62-mm пулемёт Калашникова, vertaling: 7,62-mm mitrailleur [van] Kalasjnikov). Het wapen is ontworpen door Michail Kalasjnikov.
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