PK Machine Gun

The PK Machine Gun is a Russian belt-fed general-purpose machine gun firing the venerable 7.62x54mmR round. The weapon was designed late in a project started in 1955 to replace the ageing Degtyaryov RP-46 and Goryunov SGM as a battalion- and company-level machine gun, as the Soviet military had been impressed by the GPMG concept exemplified by the German MG42. While an initial design by Grigory Nikitin and Yuri Sokolov had produced a candidate for this project in 1958, the PN1, a team from Izhevsk Mechanical Plant headed by Mikhail Kalashnikov produced a competitor in 1960 derived from the gas-operated, rotating-bolt AK action, turned upside-down and using an open bolt for improved cooling and a two-stage belt-feed with non-disintegrating links. Trials showed the result, the PK (Pulemyot Kalashnikova - "Kalashnikov's machine gun") to be superior to the Nikitin-Sokolov design. The Nikitin-Sokolov design would later form the basis of the NSV heavy machine gun.

In 1969 a modernized version, the PKM (Pulemyot Kalashnikova Modernizirovanniy) was fielded, with a lighter, unfluted barrel and a hinged metal shoulder strap on the buttstock.

There are four versions of the PK/PKM in use today.

1) The PK/PKM - basic GPMG version with Bipod.

2) PKS/PKMS (Pulemyot Kalashnikova Stankoviy) which is a tripod mounted version

3) PKT/PKMT (Pulemyot Kalashnikova Tankoviy) which is a solenoid fired coaxial version for vehicles.

4) PKB/PKMB (Pulemyot Kalashnikova na Bronetransportere) flex vehicle mounted version w/spade grips & butterfly trigger.

Kalashnikov PK/PKM Machine Gun

PK Machine Gun, note the larger curved gas block and the thicker fluted barrel that was found on the original weapon - 7.62x54mm R

PKM with classic (most seen) version of the flash hider - 7.62x54mm R

PKM with latest version of Flash hider - 7.62x54mm R

PKS on Samojenkov tripod - 7.62x54mm R. Note the lack of a hinged shoulder strap on the stock and the fluted barrel; these differentiate the PK from the later PKM. This example is also seen with an earlier tripod without the modern tripod's belt box mount.

PKT machine gun with 250-round ammo drum - 7.62x54mm R

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The PK Machine Gun and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
Survivor (2015)			Is seen in Taliban's arms depot	2015
The Dawns Here Are Quiet (A zori zdes tikhie...)		Nazi soldier	mocked-up as MG34	2015
Lousy Bastards		Czech Army troops	Mounted on Czech Land Rover Defender 130 Kajman	2014
22 Minutes (22 minuty)		Somali Pirates	PK	2014
Lone Survivor		Taliban fighters		2013
Zombie Fever	Yuliya Volkova	Natasha		2013
		Vladimir Putin
Red Dawn		North Korean soldiers		2012
The Expendables 2		Nepalese guerrillas	Mounted on Mercedes-Benz G-Wagens and boats	2012
R2B: Return to Base		North Korean soldiers		2012
August. Eighth		Russian and Georgian soldiers	PKM and PKT machine guns	2012
Winter of the Dead. Meteletsa	Sergey Shirochin	Khan	PK machine guns	2012
Special Forces		Taliban fighter		2011
5 Days of War		Georgian soldiers	Mounted on M1114 HMMWV	2011
Home (Dom)	Igor Skurikhin	Veselyj		2011
Burnt by the Sun 2 (Utomlennye solntsem 2)		German soldier	Mocked up as MG34	2011
A Quiet Outpost (Tikhaya zastava)	Andrey Chadov	Capt. Pankov		2011
A Quiet Outpost (Tikhaya zastava)	Aleksandr Alyoshkin	Sgt. "Trasser" Kiryanov		2011
A Quiet Outpost (Tikhaya zastava)		Islamist fighters		2011
Kandahar		Taliban fighter		2010
Red		CIA operative	Modified with BHI SOPMOD accessory kit	2010
The Brest Fortress (Brestskaya Krepost)		German soldiers	Mocked up as MG34	2010
			Mounted as main armament of the BA-20 armored car
A Yakuza's Daughter Never Cries	Irina Rozanova	Marfa Dorofeeva		2010
Dnieper Line: Love and War		German soldiers	Mocked up as MG34	2009
			Mounted as main armament of the BA-20 armored car
District 13: Ultimatum				2009
Back in Time (My iz budushchego)		German troops	Mocked up as MG34	2008
Captive (Plennyy)		Russian soldiers, Chechen fighters		2008
Captive (Plennyy)			PKT, mounted on BTR-80	2008
D-Day (Den'D)	Mikhail Porechenkov	Ivan		2008
Body of Lies			Seen lying on a wall	2008
Babylon A.D.		Soldier		2008
Mirage	Dmitriy Maryanov	The Catcher		2008
Mirage	Aleksey Dmitriev	Ahmed		2008
Mirage		Jamal's men and policemen		2008
The Apocalypse Code		Various terrorists	PKM and PKT machine guns	2007
Postal		Paradise resident		2007
Blood Diamond		Mercenary	Mounted on ATE Mi-24 'Superhind'	2006
Children of Men		British Army soldier		2006
Bastards (Svolochi)		German soldiers	Mocked up as MG34	2006
9th Company	Ivan Kokorin	Chugan		2005
	Artur Smolyaninov	Lyutyy
		Soviet soldiers
		Afghan Mujahideen
		Soviet soldiers	mounted on T-64 tanks
Sahara		Soldiers		2005
He Will Be Left Behind (Arxada qalmis gelecek)		mounted on the MT-LB and BMP-2, seen during the archive footage		2005
On an Unnamed Hill (Na bezymyannoy vysote)	Vladimir Yaglych	Lt. Malyutin	Mocked up as MG34	2004
	Aleksey Chadov	Pvt. Kolya Malakhov
		German soldiers
Downfall (Der Untergang)		German soldiers	Mocked up as MG34	2004
Moscow Heat	Richard Tyson	Nikolay Klimov		2004
Moscow Heat		Russian police	Mounted on Tigr armored car	2004
Jisai (Dzisay)				2004
Beyond Borders		Chechen rebels		2003
Antikiller 2: Antiterror	Aleksey Serebryakov	Uzhakh Aduev	Original PK	2003
		SOBR personnel
The Star (Zvezda)		German soldiers	Mocked up as MG34	2002
War (Voyna)		Chechen rebels		2002
		Chechen rebel	PKT tank machine gun converted to light machine gun
Black Hawk Down			Seen on arms dealer's table	2001
Avalon	Malgorzata Foremniak	Ash	Mounted on tank turret	2001
Savior		UN peacekeepers		1998
Checkpoint (Blokpost)	Yuri Grigoriev	Pisser		1998
Deserter (Dezertir)	Anatoliy Kotenyov	Skif		1997
		Brigands
Prisoner of the Mountains (Kavkazskiy plennik)		A Chechen fighter		1996
Goldeneye		Soviet soldier		1995
Black Shark (Chyornaya akula)		Soviet soldiers, mujahedeens		1993
Weather Is Good on Deribasovskaya, It Rains Again on Brighton Beach	Mikhail Kokshenov	Kravchuk		1992
Afghan Breakdown	Rinat Ibragimov	Pvt. Popov		1991
		Soviet paratroopers
Before Sunrise (Pered rassvetom)		German soldiers	Mocked up as MG34	1989
Gu-Ga		Soviet soldiers	Mocked up as MG34	1989
Cargo 300 (Gruz 300)	Yevgeni Buntov	Sgt. Chebakov		1989
		Soviet soldiers and Afghan mujaheddins	PKM on bipod and tripod, door-mounted on Mi-8
		Soviet troops	PKT, mounted on armored vehicles and on Mi-8 (with spade grips)
Rambo III	Sylvester Stallone	John Rambo		1988
The Action (Aktsiya)	Artyom Kaminsky	Lt. Albert Volkov	Mocked up as MG34	1987
The Action (Aktsiya)	Aleksandr Novikov	Lt. Vsevolod Veselov	Mocked up as MG34	1987
Battle for Moscow		German soldiers	Mocked up as MG34	1985
Come and See (Idi i smotri)		Soviet partisan	Mocked up as MG34n	1985
The Battalions Request Fire (Batalyony prosyat ognya)	Igor Sklyar	Sgt. Vitkovsky	Mocked up as MG34	1985
		German soldiers
Snipers (Snaypery)		German soldiers	Mocked up as MG34	1985
The Detached Mission (Odinochnoye plavanye)	Nartai Begalin	Sgt. Parshin		1985
Parade of the Planets (Parad planet)			PKT mounted on T-55 tank and BRDM-2 armored car	1984
Start Liquidation (Pristupit k likvidatsii)		Bandits	Mocked up as MG34	1983
Under Martial Law (Po zakonam voyennogo vremeni)		A German soldier	Mocked up as MG34	1983
Front in the Rear of the Enemy (Front v tylu vraga)		Soviet soldiers	Mocked up as MG34	1981
Corps of General Shubnikov (Korpus generala Shubnikova)		German soldiers	Mocked up as MG34	1980
Pirates of the XXth Century (Piraty XX veka)		Pirates	Mocked up as MG34	1979
Long Miles of War (Dolgie vyorsty voyny)		German soldiers	Mounted on BTR-40	1975
Trial of the Road (Proverka na dorogakh)	Vladimir Zamansky	Lazarev	original PK mocked up as MG34	1971
		German soldiers

Television

Show Title	Actor	Character	Note	Air Date
The State Border: Film 5		German soldiers	Modified to resemble MG34. With and without tripods	1986
The State Border: Film 6		Ukrainian Insurgents	Modified to resemble MG34	1987
Stargate SG-1		Russian SG member	"Metamorphosis"	1997 - 2007
Purgatory (Chistilishche)		Russian soldiers and Chechen fighters		1998
Brigada	Sergei Bezrukov	Alexander Belov		2002
I Have The Honor! (Chest Imeyu!)		Russian paratroopers and Chechen rebels		2004
The Unit		African soldiers	"Stress" S01E02	2005 - 2009
E-Ring		Iranian Revolutionary Guard	"Escape and Evade" S01E03	2005 - 2006
The Storm Gate		Russian soldiers and Chechen terrorists		2006
The Storm Gate			PKT coaxial tank machine gun mounted in BMD-1	2006
Generation Kill		Iraqi soldiers	With and without tripods	2008
Deadliest Warrior		Somali Pirate		2009
Ultimate Weapons				2010
"Narkomovskiy" Train (Narkomovskiy oboz)	Sergey Makhovikov	Starshina Viktor Filippov	Mocked up as MG34	2011
	Vlad Furman	Capt. Aleksandr Baragozov
		German soldiers
Red Mountains (Krasnye gory)		Nazi Geman soldiers	PKM, Mocked up as MG34	2013
		Japanese soldiers	visually modified
Defiance		Sensoth	Modified with BHI SOPMOD accessory kit	2013
Banshee - Season 3		Chayton's tribesmen	Ep. 5	2015

Video Games

Game Title	Appears as	Mods	Notation	Release Date
Steel Beasts		PKT, mounted on Soviet vehicles, non-playable		2000
Operation Flashpoint				2001
The Sum Of All Fears	"7.62mm LMG"			2002
Ghost Recon: Desert Siege	PKM			2002
Conflict: Desert Storm				2002
Freedom Fighters	Heavy Machine Gun			2003
Söldner: Secret Wars				2004
Battlefield 2				2005
Battlefield 2		PKT, mounted in T90 tank		2005
Project Reality		Hand-held and in fixed defensive mountings		2005
Project Reality		PKT, mounted in BRDM-2 scout vehicle, BTR-60, BTR-80, BTR-80A, MT-LB, BMP-1, BMP-2, & BMP-3 APC's, and T62, T72, & T90 tanks		2005
Rainbow Six: Vegas			cut weapon	2006
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl			mounted on BTR-70	2007
Kane & Lynch: Dead Men			mounted	2007
ArmA: Armed Assault				2007
Army of Two		Numerous modifications to the weapon		2008
7.62 High Calibre				2008
Far Cry 2				2008
Rainbow Six: Vegas 2			cut weapon	2008
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky				2008
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots	PKM	PKT also shown mounted on BMP-3		2008
ArmA II				2009
Resident Evil 5		w/ RPD handguard, mounted on Humvee		2009
SOCOM: US Navy SEALs Fireteam Bravo 3	"PK-M"			2010
Delta Force: Xtreme 2				2010
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker	PKM			2010
Battlefield Bad Company 2	PKM LMG	With short flash suppressor		2010
Medal of Honor (2010)	PKM	w/ various attachments		2010
Battlefield Play4Free		With optional tan stock and ammo box		2011
Battlefield Play4Free		PKT, mounted in T90 tank		2011
Ace Combat: Assault Horizon		PKT, shown mounted on BDRM-2		2011
Counter-Strike Online	PKM		With 3-round burst mode	2011
NCIS: The Video Game				2011
Uncharted 3				2011
Project Reality: Vietnam			Anachronistically used by NVA	2012
Project Reality: Vietnam		PKT, mounted on BTR-60		2012
War Inc. Battlezone				2011
Ghost Recon: Future Soldier		PKT, mounted in T-90 tank	not usable	2012
Far Cry 3	PKM			2012
Grand Theft Auto V	"MG"			2013
Ghost Recon: Phantoms	PKM			2014
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered	PKM			2017

Anime

Title	Character	Note	Date
Resident Evil: Damnation		PKT, mounted in BMP-3	2012

PKP Pecheneg Machine Gun

PKP Pecheneg machine gun with ammo box - 7.62x54mm R. Note the visible belt is fed through the gun; the PKP still feeds from right to left.

PKP Pecheneg machine gun without ammo box and bipod folded - 7.62x54mm R

The PKP Pecheneg machine gun is a modernized version of the PKM with a forced-air-cooled, non-changeable barrel that allows for longer periods of fire and greater accuracy. Further improvements include the shifting of the bipod towards the muzzle to improve stability, and the capability to mount optical sights. The Pecheneg currently is in service with some Russian military and interior ministry units.

A bullpup variant is also produced by the manufacturer, with a very distinctive slanted belt box mounted in front of the trigger guard, with the belt run back to a feed opening rear of the grip.

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The PKP Pecheneg Machine Gun and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
D-Day (Den'D)	Mikhail Porechenkov	Ivan	Mounted on Ural motorcycle	2008

Video Games

Game Title	Appears as	Mods	Notation	Release Date
Project Reality		With optional PK-A scope		2005
7.62 High Calibre				2008
ArmA II		w/ PK-A scope		2009
Rogue Warrior				2009
SOCOM: US Navy SEALs Fireteam Bravo 3	PK-P			2010
Battlefield 3		With various Russian optics		2011
Battlefield Play4Free	As the "Pecheneg"	With optional EOTech red dot sight & M145 MGO scope		2011
Operation Flashpoint: Red River				2011
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3	PKP Pecheneg	With various optics	Incorrectly feeds from left	2011
SOCOM 4: US Navy SEALs	PKP			2011
War Inc. Battlezone	Pecheneg			2011
Ghost Recon: Future Soldier	PKP			2012
Medal of Honor: Warfighter	PKP		Can be fitted with PKM furniture.	2012
Ghost Recon: Phantoms	6P41			2014
Survarium				2015
Contract Wars				2015
Rainbow Six: Siege			Bullpup version	2015
Ghost Recon: Wildlands	6P41	railed forend		2017

Zastava M84 Machine Gun

Zastava M84 machine gun with the bipod deployed - 7.62x54mm R

The Zastava M84 is a clone of the PK Machine Gun built by Zastava Arms. The M84 is distinguishable by its solid wooden stock and unfluted barrel, and is common in the former Yugoslavia and Iraq.

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The Zastava M84 and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
The Hunting Party		Soldiers	mounted atop vehicles	2007
Coriolanus		Volscian soldiers		2011

UKM-2013

File:Ukm2013.jpg

UKM-2013 - 7.62x51mm NATO

The UKM-2013 is an upgraded model of the UKM-2000. The UKM-2000 is a Polish variant of the PKM chambered in 7.62x51mm NATO feeding from standard M13 disintegrating link belts. The most obvious externaal difference between the PKM and the UKM-2000P (the standard infantry variant) is the fact that the receiver has been extended forwards compared to the PKM. This is due to the fact that the UKM-2000 strips rounds from the belt by pushing them straight through as opposed to the PKM which pulls the rounds backwards out of the belt before pushing them into the breech.

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The UKM-2013 and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:

Video Games

Game Title	Appears as	Mods	Notation	Release Date
Sniper: Ghost Warrior 3	FM-3000 UM	without bipod		2017

See Also

• V.A. Degtyarev Plant - A list of all firearms manufactured by V.A. Degtyarev Plant (ZiD).
• TsNIITochMash - A list of all firearms manufactured by TsNIITochMash.
• Zastava Arms - A list of all firearms manufactured by Zastava Arms.