UKM-2000
Sign in to saveThe UKM-2000 (Uniwersalny Karabin Maszynowy, "Universal Machine Gun") is a 7.62×51mm NATO general-purpose machine gun designed and manufactured by Zakłady Mechaniczne Tarnów in Tarnów, Poland.
Key facts
- Weapon.is_ranged
- yes
- Weapon.image
- UKM2000P REMOV.jpg
- Weapon.image_size
- 300
- Weapon.caption
- UKM-2000P
- Weapon.name
- UKM-2000
- Weapon.type
- General-purpose machine gun
- Weapon.origin
- Poland
- Weapon.design_date
- 2000
- Weapon.manufacturer
- Zakłady Mechaniczne Tarnów
- Weapon.used_by
- See Users
- Weapon.wars
- War in Afghanistan (2001-2021)Iraq WarRusso-Ukrainian War
- Weapon.part_length
- (P/D) (C/CL)
- Weapon.cartridge
- 7.62×51mm NATO
- Weapon.feed
- Disintegrating M13 belt 100 or 200 (P/D) or 250-round ((C/CL)) in ammunition boxes
- Weapon.action
- Gas-operated, open bolt
- Weapon.rate
- 700-850 rounds/minPractical: 250 rounds/min
- Weapon.velocity
- (P/D) (C/CL)
- Weapon.weight
- (P) (D) (C/CL)
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
5 sectionsContents
- Development
- Variants
- Users
- References
- External links
The UKM-2000 (Uniwersalny Karabin Maszynowy, "Universal Machine Gun") is a 7.62×51mm NATO general-purpose machine gun designed and manufactured by Zakłady Mechaniczne Tarnów in Tarnów, Poland.
==Development== On March 12, 1999, Poland joined the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). A problem arose with modifying the weapons of the Polish Army to use the standard NATO ammunition. A decision was made to develop a new general-purpose machine gun. The construction was based on the design of the successful PKM machine gun that was previously produced under licence in Poland.