SALW GUIDE PK (Pulemyot Kalashnikova)

SALW GUIDE
PK (Pulemyot Kalashnikova)
Category: Light Machine Guns
Technical Specification
Operating system:
Cartridge:
Gas operated, air cooled, belt fed weapon with a quickdetachable barrel
• 7.62 x 54mm R
Length:
1173 mm
Weight:
9000 g
Muzzle velocity:
825 m/s
Feeding:
(Boxed) belt
Magazine capacity:
100 rounds
Rate of fire:
650 rounds/min
Effective range:
800 m
Estimated production count:
-not available-
Description -not available-
Remarks The PK was made under license by many companies in many countries, it was
exported to many countries, and it can be found all over the world because the gun is used
in many conflicts. The weapon was in service with several armed forces, both regular and
irregular, and it can be found in many countries in Asia and Africa.
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Global proliferation
Figure 1: Global proliferation – PK (Pulemyot Kalashnikova)
Country of Origin
• Russian Federation
(RUS)
Licensed production
• China (CHN)
• Finland (FIN)
• Korea, Democratic
People’s Republic of
(PRK)
• Romania (ROU)
• Serbia (SRB)
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Proven in-country circulation 1
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Afghanistan (AFG)
Armenia (ARM)
Azerbaijan (AZE)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
(BIH)
Belarus (BLR)
Cape Verde (CPV)
Cuba (CUB)
Eritrea (ERI)
Estonia (EST)
Georgia (GEO)
Guinea (GIN)
Guinea-Bissau (GNB)
Croatia (HRV)
Hungary (HUN)
includes licit and illicit SALW (both governmental and non-governmental/civilian holdings)
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• Iran, Islamic Republic of
(IRN)
• Iraq (IRQ)
• Kazakhstan (KAZ)
• Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)
• Cambodia (KHM)
• Lao People’s Democratic
Republic (LAO)
• Lithuania (LTU)
• Latvia (LVA)
• Moldova, Republic of
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(MDA)
• Macedonia, the former
Yugoslav Republic of
(MKD)
• Mali (MLI)
• Mongolia (MNG)
• Mozambique (MOZ)
• Poland (POL)
• São Tomé and Príncipe
(STP)
• Sweden (SWE)
• Syrian Arab Repulic
(SYR)
• Tajikistan (TJK)
• Turkmenistan (TKM)
• Uganda (UGA)
• Ukraine (UKR)
• Uzbekistan (UZB)
• Viet Nam (VNM)
• Zambia (ZMB)
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