The RPK (Russian: Ручной пулемёт Калашникова/РПК, romanized: Ruchnoy Pulemyot Kalashnikova, English: "Kalashnikov's hand-held machine gun"), sometimes inaccurately termed the RPK-47, is a Soviet 7.62×39mm light machine gun that was developed by Mikhail Kalashnikov in the early 1960s, in parallel with the AKM assault ...

2023年5月16日 · Designed by Mikhail Kalashnikov, the RPK is a light machine gun that shares many parts and features with the AK-47/AKM series of rifles including interchangeable magazines and a common cartridge. Let’s dive in and take a look at the guns.

1997年12月1日 · Some of these weapons can be called RPK-style guns because they are based on a milled AK-47 receiver rather than on a stamped AKM receiver. Certain RPK variants are semiautomatic-only guns aimed at the civilian marketplace.

2021年2月3日 · The RPK is a gas operated, magazine fed, air cooled, shoulder or hip fired selective fire rifle. It shares a long-stroke gas piston and a rotating bolt with the AK. Both AK and RPK use the same ammunition and magazines but the RPK typically uses 40 round magazines or 75 round drums.

2013年4月8日 · What you would get might look like the RPK light machine gun and in a world where assault rifles are princes and the AK-47 is an aging king, the RPK is a god on the battlefield. Machine guns...

2021年8月8日 · Why the RPK? In 1961 the Soviets wanted to update their fire support weaponry. They’d been using the RPD light machine gun, which was a belt-fed light machine gun firing the 7.62x39mm...

2025年2月14日 · It appeared to be a successor to the RPK-74, following the typical design trends in Russian firearms. "RPK" refers to Kalashnikov's hand-held machine gun, commonly categorized as a light machine gun. However, the RPK series, including the RPK-16, is more accurately classified as an automatic rifle.

2016年1月26日 · The RPK is my hands-down favorite machine gun. It weighs less than half what a belt-fed GPMG such as the M60 or M240 does, and it employs a manual of arms that is all but stupid-proof. There is no fumbling with floppy ammunition belts or topcovers with the commensurate concerns for mud and fouling.

The RPK (Ruchnoy Pulemyot Kalashnikova, Russian: Ручной пулемёт Калашникова or "hand-held machine gun of Kalashnikov") is a 7.62x39mm light machine gun of Soviet design, developed by Mikhail Kalashnikov in the late 1950s, parallel with the AKM assault rifle.

2024年5月13日 · The term “RPK AK-47” refers to the Ruchnoy Pulemyot Kalashnikova, a light machine gun version of the iconic AK-47 rifle. It features a longer barrel, a bipod, and an extended ammunition magazine for increased accuracy and sustained fire.