The RPK is a Soviet machine gun that was designed by Mikhail Kalashnikov. The RPK is a replacement of the older RPD. The RPK production began in 1961 and ended in 1978. The RPK-74 began in 1974 replacing the older RPK. The RPK was based on the AK-47. The RPK was used by the NVA and Viet Congs in the Vietnam War.
RPK Machine Gun Media
RPK-74M with its bipod deployed
RPK-400 prototype with a 370 mm (14.6 in) barrel displayed at the Izhmash Museum in Izhevsk
RPK-16 with a 95-round drum magazine
RPK-16 with a 550 mm (21.7 in) barrel and sound suppressor
A map with RPK users in blue
Iraqi soldiers training with the Romanian Model-1964 (RPK)
A soldier from the peacekeeping forces of the CSTO deployed in the Republic of Kazakhstan with a heavily modified RPK-74M
A Russian officer of the OSN Saturn with an RPK-74M
Ukrainian soldier firing the RPK during the JMTG-U exercise
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