RPK

Name: RPK

Type: Light Machine Gun

Place of origin: Soviet Union

Service history

In service 1961–present

Wars:
Vietnam War
Cambodian Civil War
Cambodian–Vietnamese War
Soviet war in Afghanistan
Yugoslav wars
First Chechen War
Second Chechen War
Iraq War
War in Afghanistan (2001–present)
Cambodian–Thai border stand-off
2008 South Ossetia war
2011 Libyan civil war
various others

Production history:

Designer: Mikhail Kalashnikov

Designed: 1961

Manufacturer: Vyatskie Polyany Machine-Building Plant

Produced RPK: 1961–1978

RPK-74: 1974-present

Variants:
RPKN
RPKS
RPKSN
RPK-74
RPK-74N
RPKS-74
RPKS-74N

Specifications:

Weight:
RPK: 4.8 kg (10.6 lb)
RPKS: 5.1 kg (11 lb)
RPK-74: 4.7 kg (10 lb)
RPKS-74: 4.85 kg (10.7 lb)

Length:
RPK, RPKS: 1,040 mm (40.9 in)
RPKS: 820 mm (32.3 in) stock folded
RPK-74, RPKS-74: 1,060 mm (41.7 in)
RPKS-74: 845 mm (33.3 in) stock folded

Barrel length:
590 mm (23.2 in)

Cartridge: RPK, RPKS: 7.62×39mm M43
RPK-74,RPKS-74: 5.45×39mm M74

Action: Gas operated, rotating bolt; closed bolt

Rate of fire: 600 rounds/min (RPK), 650 rounds/min (RPK-74)

Muzzle velocity: RPK, RPKS: 745 m/s (2,444 ft/s)
RPK-74, RPKS-74: 960 m/s (3,149.6 ft/s)

Effective range: 100–1,000 m sight adjustments

Feed system: RPK, RPKS: 20, 30, or 40-round curved
magazine, 75-round drum magazine RPK-74, RPKS-74: 30 or 45-round box magazine, 100-round plastic drum magazine, belt ammunition (with side mounted belt feed device)

Sights: Front: semi-shrouded front post, rear: sliding tangent with adjustable notch
Sight radius: 555 mm (21.9 in)







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