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Low-cal machine gun

Calorie-free automobile gun

RPK
RPK with a bipod and a 75-round drum magazine
Type	Light machine gun Squad automatic weapon
Place of origin	Soviet Union
Service history
In service	1961–present
Used by	See Users
Wars	Vietnam War Due south African Border War Yom Kippur State of war^[1] Lebanese Ceremonious War Angolan Civil War Afghan Wars Salvadoran Ceremonious War Iran–Republic of iraq War Lord's Resistance Army insurgency Tuareg rebellion (1990–1995)^[two] Gulf State of war Yugoslav Wars Burundian Ceremonious War^[3] Iraq War Syrian Ceremonious State of war
Product history
Designer	Mikhail Kalashnikov
Designed	1960
Manufacturer	Vyatskiye Polyany Car-Building Plant
Produced	1961–1978
Variants	See Variants
Specifications
Mass	4.8 kg (10.6 lb) (RPK) 5.1 kg (11 lb) (RPKS)
Length	one,040 mm (40.9 in) (stock extended) (RPK, RPKS) 820 mm (32.iii in) (stock folded) (RPKS)
Butt length	590 mm (23.2 in)

Cartridge	vii.62×39mm M43
Activeness	Gas operated, rotating bolt; airtight commodities
Rate of fire	600 rounds/min
Cage velocity	745 m/s (2,444 ft/s)
Effective firing range	100–ane,000 g sight adjustments
Feed organisation	30-, 40-circular curved magazine, 75-round drum magazine
Sights	Iron sights: semi-shrouded front post and rear sliding tangent with an adjustable notch Sight radius: 555 mm (21.9 in)

The RPK (Russian: Ручной пулемёт Калашникова/РПК, romanized: Ruchnoy Pulemyot Kalashnikova , English: "Kalashnikov paw-held automobile gun") is a Soviet 7.62×39mm light machine gun, developed past Mikhail Kalashnikov in the early on 1960s, in parallel with the AKM assault rifle. It was created to standardize the small arms inventory of the Soviet Army, where it replaced the seven.62×39mm RPD calorie-free car gun. The RPK continues to be used past the armed forces of countries of the onetime Soviet Union and certain African and Asian nations. The RPK is also manufactured in Bulgaria, Romania and Serbia.

Design details [edit]

Operating mechanism [edit]

The RPK functions identically to the AK-47. It as well uses the same 7.62×39mm ammunition. Information technology has a similar design layout to the Kalashnikov series of rifles, with modifications to increase the RPK'due south effective range and accuracy, enhance its sustained burn capability, and strengthen the receiver.^[iv]

Features [edit]

The RPK features a thicker and longer barrel than the AKM. This allows for it to exist fired for longer without permanent loss in accuracy due to the barrel heating up. The chrome-lined butt is permanently fixed to the receiver and cannot be replaced in the field. Information technology is fitted with a new front sight base, and the gas block lacks both a bayonet lug and an under-butt cleaning rod guide. The barrel too features a folding bipod mounted near the muzzle, and a front end sight base of operations with a lug that limits the bipod'south rotation effectually the axis of the barrel. The butt has a threaded muzzle, enabling the use of muzzle devices such as flash hiders, compensators, and blank-firing adapters. When a muzzle device is non being used, the threads on the muzzle can be covered past a thread protector. The butt is pinned to the receiver in a modified trunnion, reinforced by ribbing, and is slightly wider than the trunnion used on the standard AKM type rifles. Symmetrical bulges on both sides of the front trunnion ensure a proper fit inside the receiver.

The RPK as well has a slightly longer receiver, by about 20 mm or less. This was washed to decrease the fire rate slightly, but not significantly enough to lower information technology any less than 600 rounds per infinitesimal. The U-shaped receiver is stamped from a smooth 1.5 mm (0.06 in) sail of steel compared to the 1.0 mm (0.04 in) sheet metal receiver used on the standard AKM rifles. Information technology uses a modified AKM recoil spring associates that consists of a rear bound guide rod from the AK and a new forward apartment guide rod and coil spring. It features a thick laminated wood foregrip and a stock-still laminated wood "club-pes" buttstock similar to the stock used on the RPD, which is designed to let the user to burn from the decumbent position more than comfortably. It uses a standard AKM pistol grip and can besides use standard AKM detachable box magazines, but it is most commonly used with a 40-circular box magazine or a 75-circular drum magazine. Interchangeability of parts between the RPK and AKM are moderate.

Sights [edit]

The weapon's rear sight leaf is summit adaptable, and graduated for ranges of 100 to 1,000 meters in 100 g increments. The rear sight leaf besides features a windage adjustment knob unique to the RPK series of rifles.

Accessories [edit]

Supplied with the RPK are: spare magazines, a cleaning rod, cleaning kit (stored in a hollowed compartment in the buttstock), a sling, oil bottle, and magazine pouches (a single-pocket pouch for a drum mag or a 4-pocket pouch for box magazines).

Variants [edit]

RPK [edit]

The RPK is the standard calorie-free machine gun/team automated model and is chambered in 7.62×39mm. It was adopted by the former Soviet Union and was issued mainly to motorized units. Information technology was afterward adopted by several military agencies around the earth.

RPKS [edit]

The RPKS ("South" — Skladnoy (Russian: складной) ways "folding" [stock]) is a variant of the RPK with a side-folding wooden stock was intended primarily for the air assail infantry. Changes to the blueprint of the RPKS are express merely to the shoulder stock mounting, at the rear of the receiver. It uses a trunnion riveted to both receiver walls that has a socket and tang, allowing the stock to hinge on a pivot pin. The trunnion has a cut-out on the right side which is designed to engage the stock catch and lock it in place when folded. The wooden stock is mounted in a pivoting hull, which contains a grab that secures the buttstock in the extended position. The rear sling loop was moved from the left side of the stock body to the right side of the stock frame.

RPK-74 [edit]

Light machine gun

RPK-74
RPK-74 with a bipod
Type	Lite auto gun Squad automatic weapon
Place of origin	Soviet Union
Service history
In service	1974–nowadays
Used by	See Users
Wars	Soviet–Afghan War Beginning Chechen War 2nd Chechen War Russo-Georgian War War in Donbass 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh disharmonize
Production history
Designed	1974
Produced	1974–nowadays
Specifications
Mass	four.7 kg (10 lb) (RPK-74) iv.85 kg (10.7 lb) (RPKS-74)
Length	one,060 mm (41.7 in) (stock extended) (RPK-74, RPKS-74) 845 mm (33.three in) (stock folded (RPKS-74)
Barrel length	590 mm (23.two in)

Cartridge	v.45×39mm M74
Activeness	Gas operated, rotating commodities; closed bolt
Charge per unit of fire	600 rounds/min
Cage velocity	960 grand/s (3,149.6 ft/due south)
Effective firing range	100–1,000 m sight adjustments
Maximum firing range	3,150 yard (3,440 yd)
Feed organization	30-, 45-circular box magazine
Sights	Iron sights: semi-shrouded front post and rear sliding tangent with an adaptable notch Sight radius: 555 mm (21.nine in)

Comparing of the AK-74 (top) and RPK-74 (bottom)

The RPK-74 (РПК-74) was introduced in 1974 together with the AK-74 set on rifle and chambered for the new 5.45×39mm intermediate cartridge.^[5] It was derived from the AK-74 burglarize, with modifications that mirror those made to the AKM to create the RPK.

The RPK-74 also uses a longer and heavier chrome-plated barrel, which has a new gas block with a gas channel at a ninety° angle to the diameter axis, and a band for the cleaning rod. It is also equipped with a folding bipod and a different front sight tower. The muzzle is threaded for a flash suppressor or blank-firing device.

The rear stock trunnion was strengthened and the magazine well was reinforced with steel inserts.

Additionally, the RPK-74 has a modified return machinery compared to the AK-74, which uses a new blazon of metal spring guide rod and recoil spring. The rear sight assembly, forward handguard and receiver dust cover were all retained from the RPK.

The RPK-74 feeds from a 45-round steel or polymer box mag, interchangeable with magazines from the AK-74,^[five] and is designed to be charged from stripper clips. Drum magazines like to those used on the previous RPK models were tested during its evolution phase, but were discontinued in favor of the 45-round box mag. However, recently the production of a 97-round pulsate has started. This pulsate was designed to exist used with the AK-107 but can besides be used in any 5.45×39mm weapon with uniform magazines, such as the RPK-74 and RPK-74M. They were as well testing with experimental conventional drums, a prototype 100-round chugalug fed pulsate magazine was also created. It attaches into the regular magazine well, but the cartridges are stored on a 100-round belt inside a box. A feed system removes them from the chugalug and puts them in a position where they can be loaded through the regular magazine well. This organisation is actuated by a lever from the mag that clips around the charging handle. It is unknown if this ever went into service.

Standard equipment includes: eight magazines, six stripper clips (15 rounds per clip), a speedloader guide, cleaning rod, cleaning kit, sling, oil canteen and two magazine pouches.^[5] Some variants do not come with the cleaning kit option.

Information technology is in widespread apply past member states of the old Soviet Union, as well as Bulgaria.^[v]

RPKS-74 [edit]

The RPKS-74 is the paratrooper variant of the RPK-74, equipped with a wooden folding stock from the RPKS.

RPK-74M [edit]

The RPK-74M (Modernizirovannij "Modernized") is an updated variant of the RPK-74 developed during the mid-'70s. In line with the AK-74M assault burglarize variant, the RPK-74M lower handguard, gas tube cover, pistol grip, and new synthetic stock are made from a black, drinking glass-filled polyamide. The stock is shaped like the RPK-74 fixed stock, but also side-folds like the RPKS-74. The stock additionally has an easier to apply release machinery, replacing the bullet press release from the RPKS and RPKS-74. Each RPK-74M is fitted standard with a side-track bracket for mounting optics. It also includes most of the 74M economic changes, such as the dimpled on barrel hardware, omission of lightening cuts from the front sight block and piston and stamped gas tube release lever. Updated magazines were produced by Molot with horizontal ribs going up the sides of the magazines. An export variant chambered in v.56×45mm NATO was likewise introduced, designated as the RPK-201. Also for export is the RPKM (A.K.A. RPK-203) chambered in 7.62×39mm; information technology uses the aforementioned polymer furniture as the RPK-74M variant.^[6]

Night versions [edit]

The RPK family of low-cal machine guns are as well available in a night fighting configuration. These weapons are designated every bit the RPKN, RPKSN, RPK-74N, and RPKS-74N. They have a side rail mounting on the left side of the receiver that accepts a NSP-iii, NSPU, or NSPUM night vision sight.^[7] Models designated RPKN-1, RPKSN-one, RPK-74N and RPKS-74N can mountain the multi-model night vision scope NSPU-3 (1PN51)^[eight] while RPKN2, RPKSN2, RPK-74N2 and RPKS-74N2 can mountain the multi-model dark vision scope NSPUM (1PN58).^[nine]

Derivatives [edit]

RPK-16 [edit]

RPK-16 equipped with a 95-circular drum magazine and a sound suppressor

The RPK-16 team automated weapon (the number xvi indicates the year 2016, when the evolution first started) is Kalashnikov's response to the "Tokar-ii" program, where it competed against Degtyaryov's submission. In 2018, the Ministry of Defense of the Russia have signed a contract concerning the procurement of the RPK-sixteen, and is expected to take over the role of the RPK-74 in the Russian Military.^[10]

The RPK-16 is chambered in five.45×39mm which features the traditional Kalashnikov gas-operated long-stroke piston system, and shares several novel technical and ergonomic features derived from the AK-12 plan. Such as a Picatinny rail on the top of the receiver for mounting various optical sights and on the bottom of the handguard to mount the Picatinny track mounted detachable bipod instead of the fixed bipod of the RPK-74, an ergonomic pistol grip and a folding buttstock, and ii chief barrel lengths; a 550 mm (21.vii in) long barrel (when it is applied or configured for the low-cal motorcar gun part) and a 370 mm (xiv.6 in) short barrel (when it is applied or configured for the assault rifle role).^[11] Its design enables it to accept an interchangeable barrels that can easily be removed, and the power to chop-chop attach a detachable suppressor. It has a combat weight of 6 kg (13.23 lb), a total-length of 1,076 mm (42.4 in), a cyclic rate of fire of 700 rounds per minute, an accuracy range of 800 1000 (870 yd). It primarily uses a 95-round drum mag and is backwards compatible with box magazines from the AK-74, AK-12 and RPK-74.^{[ citation needed ]}

After receiving feedback on the performance of the weapon, the Kalashnikov Business has begun evolution on the RPL-20 (twenty indicating 2020) belt-fed light machine gun also chambered in v.45×39mm and with a very like rate of burn. Kalashnikov Business organisation has and then far created at to the lowest degree 1 functional image.^[12] ^[xiii] If adopted, the gun will become the first light automobile gun to be used by Russian forces since the RPD that isn't magazine-fed or of the standard Kalashnikov pattern.

Molot Vepr [edit]

A series of semi-automatic rifles and shotguns based on the heavy RPK receiver are manufactured past the Molot factory in Vyatskiye Polyany, Russia. These rifles are known as the Vepr (Vepr > "Wild Boar"). They are offered in several chamberings, including: .223 Remington, vii.62×39mm, five.45×39mm, 6.5mm Grendel, 7.62×54mmR, .308 Winchester, .30-06 Springfield and Vepr shotguns in 12 approximate, xx judge, and .410 bore. The hallmark of Vepr rifles is their heavy RPK receiver and barrel. The barrel, gas block, and bore are chrome lined throughout. They are intended for the civilian marketplace, and are marketed every bit high quality hunting rifles. Due to this designation, they lack features seen on most AK type rifles. Vepr rifles do non include a bayonet lug, integrated cleaning rods or tool kits, can not accept standard AK magazines, and have wooden thumb-pigsty stocks. Some buy these rifles to "convert" into a traditional fashion AK rifle, installing new pistol-grip stocks and calculation tactical accessories.

Early on generations of the Vepr rifle were manufactured with slant-back receivers, making them incompatible with most AK article of furniture sets without a converter. The receivers were changed to straight-dorsum in the 2d generation. Subsequent versions of the rifle reverted to camber-back. Due to this rapid modify between designs, it is not uncommon to find some second generation Vepr rifles with rough, incomplete stocks that have not been sanded or painted.

Users [edit]

Iraqi soldiers training with the Romanaian Model-1964 (RPK)

Former users [edit]

Encounter as well [edit]

RPD machine gun
PK machine gun
PKP Pecheneg machine gun
M249 low-cal machine gun
IWI Negev
QJY-88
FN Minimi
FN Maximi
ČZW-762
Nikonov machine gun
IP-2
Valmet M78
Zastava M77
AK-47
AK-74
AK-12
RPL-20

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Юрий Пономарёв "Битва трёх «К»", Kalashnikov magazine, 2010/6, pp. 76–85 (in Russian, covers the design competition)
Manual-Kalashnikov-1973 Soviet RPK Transmission Covering Functioning and Repair^{[ permanent dead link ]}
EnemyForces.com
Modern Firearms – RPK
Mod Firearms – RPK-74
Kalashnikov.guns.ru
Technical information, instructional images and diagrams of the RPK-47M (in Russian)
Video of functioning (RPK-74) on YouTube (in Japanese)