It features a thick laminated wood foregrip and a fixed laminated wood "club-foot" buttstock similar to the stock used on the RPD, which is designed to allow the user to fire from the prone position more comfortably. It uses a modified AKM recoil spring assembly that consists of a rear spring guide rod from the AK and a new forward flat guide rod and coil spring. The U-shaped receiver is stamped from a smooth 1.5 mm (0.06 in) sheet of steel compared to the 1.0 mm (0.04 in) sheet metal receiver used on the standard AKM rifles. This was done to decrease the fire rate slightly, but not significantly enough to lower it any less than 600 rounds per minute. The RPK also has a slightly longer receiver, by about 20 mm or less. Symmetrical bulges on both sides of the front trunnion ensure a proper fit inside the receiver. The barrel is pinned to the receiver in a modified trunnion, reinforced by ribbing, and is slightly wider than the trunnion used on the standard AKM type rifles. When a muzzle device is not being used, the threads on the muzzle can be covered by a thread protector. The barrel has a threaded muzzle, enabling the use of muzzle devices such as flash hiders, compensators, and blank-firing adapters. The barrel also features a folding bipod mounted near the muzzle, and a front sight base with a lug that limits the bipod's rotation around the axis of the barrel. It is fitted with a new front sight base, and the gas block lacks both a bayonet lug and an under-barrel cleaning rod guide. The chrome-lined barrel is permanently fixed to the receiver and cannot be replaced in the field. This allows for it to be fired for longer without permanent loss in accuracy due to the barrel heating up. The RPK features a thicker and longer barrel than the AKM. It has a similar design layout to the Kalashnikov series of rifles, with modifications to increase the RPK's effective range and accuracy, enhance its sustained fire capability, and strengthen the receiver. It also uses the same 7.62×39mm ammunition. The RPK functions identically to the AK-47. The RPK is also manufactured in Bulgaria, Romania and Serbia.ĭesign details Operating mechanism The RPK continues to be used by the military of the post-Soviet states and certain African and Asian nations. It was created to standardize the small arms inventory of the Soviet Army, where it replaced the 7.62×39mm RPD machine gun. The RPK (Russian: Ручной пулемёт Калашникова/РПК, romanized: Ruchnoy Pulemyot Kalashnikova, English: "Kalashnikov hand-held machine gun"), sometimes retroactively termed the RPK-47, is a Soviet 7.62×39mm light machine gun that was developed by Mikhail Kalashnikov in the early 1960s, in parallel with the AKM assault rifle. Iron sights: semi-shrouded front post and rear sliding tangent with an adjustable notch RPK with a bipod and a 75-round drum magazineġ,040 mm (40.9 in) (stock extended) (RPK, RPKS)ģ0-, 40-round curved magazine, 75-round drum magazine
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