AKM
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The AKM is a 7.62×39 mm Soviet assault rifle introduced in 1959 as a lighter, more modern successor to the AK-47.
The AKMS (top) compared to an AK-47 (bottom)
AKM Bolt carrier assembly and gas piston
AKMS with a 30-round "bakelite" magazine. Despite their name, the magazines are actually made of fiberglass and resin along with steel reinforcements. The magazine has an "arrow in triangle" Izhmash arsenal mark on the bottom right.
A 6H4-type bayonet and scabbard.
RPK
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The RPK is a Soviet 7.62×39mm light machine gun/squad automatic weapon that was developed by Mikhail Kalashnikov in the early 1960s, in parallel with the AKM assault rifle. The RPK was created to stan
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…328 yd) Feed system 10-, 20-, or 30-round detachable box magazines. Also compatible with 40-round box magazines and 75-round drum magazines from the RPK Sights Rear sight notch on sliding tangent, front post 100–1,000 m sight adjustments Sight radius: 378 mm (14.9 in) The AKM (Russian: Автома́т Кала́шникова…
A comparison view of the AK-74 (top) and RPK-74 (bottom)
A Belarusian special forces soldier with an RPK-74 at the Slavic Brotherhood 2018
RPK-74M with its bipod deployed
RPK-400 prototype with a 370 mm (14.6 in) barrel displayed at the Izhmash Museum in Izhevsk