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Get a demoSign inModel: | PKM | ||||||||
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Subgroup: | machine gun | ||||||||
Manufacturer: | ZID | ||||||||
Action | Automatic | ||||||||
Gas Operated | |||||||||
Rate of fire: | 600 - 800 | ||||||||
Made in: | Russia | ||||||||
Caliber: | 7.62 x 54 R Russian | ||||||||
Barrel length: | 25.9" | ||||||||
Barrel finish: | Blued | ||||||||
Barrel type: | Fluted | ||||||||
Stock type: | Tactical | ||||||||
Stock material: | Steel | ||||||||
Stock finish: | Blued | ||||||||
Butt: | Metal | ||||||||
Overall length: | 45.66" | ||||||||
Sights: | Adjustable post | ||||||||
Adjustable up to 1500m | |||||||||
Magazine capacity: | 100 - 200 | ||||||||
Magazine type: | Metal belt | ||||||||
Weight: | 16.53 lbs. | ||||||||
The PKM is a 7.62 mm general-purpose machine gun, improvement of original PK machine gun. The PKM was designed in 1969 in the Soviet Union and currently is in production in ZID factory in Kovrov, Russia. Firing is performed from bipods. The machine gun fires cartridges with conventional, tracer and AP-incendiary bullets and bullets of increased penetrability. The cartridges are fitted in a non-disintegrating belt. The 100 and 200 rd belts are stowed in portable boxes. The PKM is improved and lighter than original PK. |