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
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
RPD machine gun
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The RPD is a 7.62x39mm light machine gun developed in the Soviet Union by Vasily Degtyaryov for the 7.62×39mm M43 intermediate cartridge.
RPK
…parallel with the AKM assault rifle. The RPK was created to standardize the small arms inventory of the Soviet Army, where it replaced the 7.62×39mm RPD machine gun. The RPK continues to be used by the military of the post-Soviet states and several African and Asian nations. The RPK is also manufactured in Bulgaria…
RPD light machine gun at the Mikkeli Infantry museum
RPD from Polish Army depot
Feeding system of RPD
A Central African soldier in a patrol armed with an RPD during a joint military operation in the streets of Birao, 2007