The PU series of light machine guns were developed between 1971 and 1978 at the IZHMASH arms factory in Izhevsk, Russia. Design team for all variants ...
The Kalashnikov RPL-20 Light Machine Gun was first presented to the general public during the Army-2020 expo in late August of 2020. It must be noted that ...
The Kord-5.45 Light Machine Gun has a somewhat obscure history and an equally obscure present. Its development can be traced to 2011, when the Russian MVD ...
Kalashnikov RPK-16 light machine gun. Photo (c) Kalashnikov Concern. Shooting the RPK-16 with short barrel Caliber 5.45×39 Length, mm ...
6mm Unified machine gunn 6×49 cartridge (center) compared to 5.45×39 (top) and 7.62x54R it was intended to replace (bottom) ...
Caliber 7,62×51 NATO Length 1165 mm Barrel length 550 mm Weight 10,8 kg Rate of fire n/a Feed belt AEK-999 “Barsuk” (Badger) ...
Kord heavy machine gun on 6T7infantry tripod. Kord heavy machine gun on6T19 lightweight mount, with belt box, early model. ...
Original Kalashnikov PKS (PK on tripod) machine gun; note partially fluted barrel and extended flash hider. The 7,62x54R Nikitin PN machine gun – ...
DP light machine gun, also known as DP-27. DPM light machine gun. RP-46 light machine gun. Belt feed ports are closed by dust covers. ...
SG-43 medium machine gun. SGM medium machine gun (latter pattern, but with shield) on wheeled mount. View on the receiver ...
PKP Pecheneg machine gun, with belt box attached; production / current issue model. Details of the barrel jacket with cooling ports and carrying handle. ...
RPD. Type 56 LMG – a Chinese-made RPD copy. Image courtesy of RPD belt drum with empty belt and a carrying bag. ...
Encyclopedia of firearms and ammunition of the XX and XXI centuries
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