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| aa. | Weapon | 7.62-mm Light Machine Gun, RPK |
| ab | Description | The RPK (Ruchnoy Pulemyot Kalashnikova) is a 7.62x39mm light machine gun of Soviet design, developed by Mikhail Kalashnikov in the early 1960s, parallel with the AKM assault rifle. It was created to replacee the 7.62x39mm RPD light machine gun in the Red Army. The RPK continues to be used by the armed forces of countries of the former Soviet Union and certain African and Asian nations. |
| ac. | Type | Light machine gun |
| ad. | Calibre | 7.62x39mm |
| ae. | Overall Length | 1,040 mm (40.9 in) (stock extended) (RPK, RPKS); 820 mm (32.3 in) (stock folded) (RPKS) |
| af. | Overall Width | |
| ag. | OverallHeight | |
| ah. | Crew | 2 |
| ai. | Country of Origin | Soviet Union |
| aj. | Ammunition | 7.62x39mm M43 |
| ak. | Effective Range (HE) | 100-1,000 m sight adjustments |
| al. | Muzzle Velocity (HE) | 745 m/s (2,444 ft/s) |
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| ba. | Feed Mechanism | 20-, 30-, 40-round curved magazine; 75-round drum magazine |
| bb | Traverse | |
| bc. | Elevation | |
| bd. | Rate of Fire | 600 RPM |
| be. | Sights | Iron sights: semi-shrouded front post and rear sliding tangent with an adjustable notch; Sight radius: 555 mm (21.9 in) |
| bf. | Muzzle Energy | |
| bg. | Barrel Length | 590 mm (23.2 in) |
| bh. | Weight of Barrel | |
| bi. | Rifling | 4 grooves, rh |
| bj. | Operation | Gas operated, rotating bolt; closed bolt |
| bk. | Recoil | |
| bl. | Firing Support Base | |
| bm. | Breech | |
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| cj. | Designer | Mikhail Kalashnikov |
| ck | Designed | 1960 |
| cl. | Manufacturer | Vyatskiye Polyany Machine-Building Plant |
| cm. | Produced | 1961-1978 |
| cn. | Variants | RPK: the standard light machine gun/squad automatic model;
RPKS: a variant of the RPK with a side-folding wooden stock was intended primarily for the air assault infantry. |
| co. | In Service | 1974-present |
| cp. | Proliferation | Widespread |
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