SALW GUIDE RPK (Ruchnoy Pulemyot Kalashnikova)

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RPK (Ruchnoy Pulemyot Kalashnikova)
Category: Light Machine Guns
Technical Specification
Operating system:
Cartridge:
Gas operated, magazine fed, air cooled, selective fire
• 7.62 x 39mm
Length:
1040 mm
Weight:
4800 g
Muzzle velocity:
745 m/s
Feeding:
Box magazine
Magazine capacity:
40 rounds
Rate of fire:
600 rounds/min
Effective range:
800 m
Estimated production count:
-not available-
Description -not available-
Remarks The RPK 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 – RPK (Ruchnoy Pulemyot Kalashnikova)
Country of Origin
• Russian Federation
(RUS)
Licensed production
• China (CHN)
• Korea, Democratic
People’s Republic of
(PRK)
• Romania (ROU)
• Serbia (SRB)
Congo (COG)
Comoros (COM)
Cape Verde (CPV)
Cuba (CUB)
Djibouti (DJI)
Ethiopia (ETH)
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Proven in-country circulation 1
• Afghanistan (AFG)
• Albania (ALB)
• Bosnia and Herzegovina
(BIH)
• Central African Republic
(CAF)
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Guinea-Bissau (GNB)
Equatorial Guinea (GNQ)
Hungary (HUN)
Iran, Islamic Republic of
(IRN)
• Iraq (IRQ)
includes licit and illicit SALW (both governmental and non-governmental/civilian holdings)
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Cambodia (KHM)
Libya (LBY)
Lithuania (LTU)
Latvia (LVA)
Mali (MLI)
Malta (MLT)
Mongolia (MNG)
Malaysia (MYS)
Nigeria (NGA)
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Nicaragua (NIC)
Poland (POL)
Sudan (SDN)
Somalia (SOM)
South Sudan (SSD)
Seychelles (SYC)
Syrian Arab Repulic
(SYR)
• Chad (TCD)
• Tanzania, United
Republic of (TZA)
• Uganda (UGA)
• Uzbekistan (UZB)
• Viet Nam (VNM)
• Yemen (YEM)
• Zambia (ZMB)
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Images
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