RPK

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The RPK is the light machine gun that replaced the RPD in the role as squad automatic weapon for Soviet infantry. It is basically an AK-47 with a sturdier receiver, a heavier and longer barrel, new stock, and new sights; it can use any magazine that an AK-47 can. A paratrooper variant called the RPK-S had a side-folding stock. This weapon has officially been replaced by the RPK-74 in the Russian army, but is still used by many second-line and non-infantry soldiers, in addition to other organizations around the world. It usually loads a 200 round drum magazine or a 45 round extended clip.

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Light machine gun: A light machine gun (LMG) is a categorization type, or class of machine guns that are generally lighter than other of machine guns of its period, and usually designed to be carried by an individual soldier, but sometimes with an assistant. In practice, they are either automatic rifles (machine rifle...

Squad automatic weapon: A squad automatic weapon (SAW) is a light or general-purpose machine gun, usually equipped with a bipod and firing a 7.62 mm or 5.56 mm rifle bullet. A SAW is used to provide suppressive fire for an infantry squad or section....

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RPK related Images and Photos (experimental)

American in Paris, An (DVD) (Rpk)