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PK machine gun
PKS (PK machine gun mounted on a Samozhenkov 6T2 tripod)
Type
General-purpose machine gun Squad automatic weapon Medium machine gun
1,000 m (1,094 yd) (100–1,500 m sight adjustments)
Maximum firing range
3,800 m (4,156 yd)
Feed system
Non-disintegrating metal link 50-round belts in 100 and 200 or 250-round ammunition boxes
Sights
Tangent iron sights (default); Optical, night-vision, thermal, and radar sights[3]
The PK (Russian: Пулемёт Калашникова, transliterated as Pulemyot Kalashnikova, or "Kalashnikov's machine gun")[4] is a belt-fed general-purpose machine gun, chambered for the 7.62×54mmR rimmed cartridge.
Designed in the Soviet Union and currently in production in Russia,[1] the original PK machine gun was introduced in 1961 and the improved PKM variant was introduced in 1969. The PKM was designed to replace the SGM and RP-46 machine guns that were previously in Soviet service.
The weapon remains in use as a front-line infantry and vehicle-mounted weapon with Russia's armed forces and has also been exported extensively and produced in several other countries under license.
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^"Sights". Russian Close Combat Weapon. Moscow: Association "Defense Enterprises Assistance League". 2010. ISBN 978-5-904540-04-3.
^Lawrence, Erik (13 March 2015). Practical Guide to the Operational Use of the PK/PKM Machine Gun. Erik Lawrence Publications. ISBN 9781941998212. Archived from the original on 5 October 2018. Retrieved 22 September 2017 – via Google Books.
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