Kryakushin, as well as Startsev, Kamzolov, Koryakovtsev, Yuferev, joined the competition. Kalashnikov, and further consisting of V.V. However, when the Nikitin-Sokolov machine gun was almost completed, a team of Izhevsk Mechanical Plant designers, headed by M.T. Based on the results of the tests it was decided in 1960 to manufacture a batch of Nikitin-Sokolov machine guns for service tests and then put the machine gun into production at the Kovrov Mechanical Plant. Sokolov, successfully passed field tests. In 1958 a machine gun prototype, developed by G.I. The Main Artillery Directorate of the Soviet Union (GRAU) adopted specification requirements for a new 7.62 mm general-purpose company and battalion-level machine gun that was to be chambered for a rifle cartridge in 1955. ( January 2021) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. The weapon remains in use as a front-line infantry and vehicle-mounted weapon with Russia's armed forces and has also been exported extensively and produced in several other countries under license. The PKM was designed to replace the SGM and RP-46 machine guns that were previously in Soviet service. The PK ( Russian: Пулемёт Калашникова, transliterated as Pulemyot Kalashnikova, or "Kalashnikov's machine gun"), is a belt-fed general-purpose machine gun, chambered for the 7.62×54mmR rimmed cartridge.ĭesigned in the Soviet Union and currently in production in Russia, the original PK machine gun was introduced in 1961 and the improved PKM variant was introduced in 1969. Optical, Night-vision, Thermal and Radar sights Non-disintegrating metal 50 round belts in 100 and 200/250 round ammunition boxes Note the partially-fluted barrel and long-slotted flash hider.
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