Valmet M78

The Finnish Valmet M78 Light Machine Gun has the standard clubfoot RPK-style buttstock and either a wooden or black Synthetic forearm, and sometimes is used to stand in for the RPK in some films. It has been chambered in 5.56x45mm (.223 Remington), 7.62x39mm, and 7.62x51mm (.308 Winchester).

In the early 1980s, Valmet released a version of the M78 with a black Synthetic Thumbhole stock and black Synthetic Foregrip, called the M78/83.

The Finnish Valmet M78 or M78/83 light machine gun has appeared in the following films used by the following actors:

Valmet M78 with 75-round drum and 40-round box magazines - 7.62x39mm

Valmet M78 with Straight Stock and standard 40 round Magazine - 7.62x39mm

Valmet M78A2 with standard Wooden Clubfoot Stock and wooden handguard - 7.62x51mm NATO

Valmet M78 with magazine removed and scope - 7.62x51mm NATO

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
Commando	Arnold Schwarzenegger	Col. John Matrix	M78/83, with SVD-style stock	1985
Maximum Overdrive	Leon Rippy	Brad	M78/83, with SVD-style stock and scope	1986
Predator		Rebels	M78/83, with SVD-style stock	1987
Red Dawn	Patrick Swayze	Jed Eckert		1984
Red Dawn	Jennifer Grey	Toni Mason		1984
Red Dawn		Soviet paratroopers		1984
Bird on a Wire	David Carradine	Eugene Sorenson		1990
The Negotiator	Michael Cudlitz	Palermo	scope and laser sight	1998
Rambo: First Blood Part II		Vietnamese soldiers	M78/83, with SVD-style stock	1985
Light It Up		SWAT sniper	footage from The Negotiator, M78/83, with SVD-style stock, laser sight, and scope	1999
Hard Target	Sven-Ole Thorsen	Stephan	M78/83, with SVD-style stock and scope	1993

Television

Show Title	Actor	Character	Note	Air Date
Tour of Duty		NVA soldiers		1987 - 1989
The Chicago Code		Latino gang member	S01E07 - "Black Hand and the Onion Man"	2011