Forget The AK-47: The RPK-74 Light Machine Gun Is Far Deadlier

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In today’s session we will discuss everything related to RPK-74 light machine gun, if you want to know more in detail anything related to this rifle, stay tuned only at this channel!

The RPK is in Russian called “Ruchnoy Pulemyot Kalashnikova” which is in English means "Kalashnikov hand-held machine gun". This is a Soviet 7.62×39mm light gun, developed by Mikhail Kalashnikov in the early 1960s, in parallel with the AKM assault rifle. It was made to standardize the small arms inventory of the Soviet Army, where it changed the 7.62×39mm RPD light machine gun.

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Alright there is just a ton of miss information in this video. First off he calls it the RPK-74, there are two RPK variants, one is in 7.62x39 which is the standard RPK. The RPK-74 is not in 7.62x39 as he said in this video, it is in 5.45x39. He clearly does not understand the difference between the RPK and RPK-74. He also mentions that the magazine holds 45 rounds, this is true for the RPK-74 but not the standard RPK. He also claims the drum magazine was ditched for "budget reasons." The Russians and many others ditch drum magazines not because they're expensive but because its a bad design, drum magazines are heavy, hard to load, less reliable and make a lot of noise. Along with that, his claim that the Russians tested a 100 round drum is false, the Chinese were the ones who did that. Further more I would like to touch on his title, he seems to be implying that RPK variant rifles are good replacements for the standard Kalashnikov design. This isn't the case due to the fact of how heavy the RPK is, which may not seem like an issue to someone such as him (ill informed) but soldiers have a saying that is "ounces equal pounds." It simply isn't practical to have all of your soldiers carrying around a heavy rifle which is built for specific use. This person doesn't have a clue what he is talking about and has no right to make "educational" videos such as this.

grempus

I have a vepr in 5.45 with 23 inch barrel I can vouch that thr rpk 74 is indeed the best that 3300fps 7n6 is extremely accurate and shoots flat. Doesn't loose accuracy when he heated and can reach 1km pretty accurately

redfirekla

man you can't compare assault rifle to light machine gun, it is made for different purposes

llpycvx

I'm surprised for the lack of arguments over "autorifle" vs "light machine gun" terminology.

ronaldp

Between the Russian RPK and the Chinese Type 81 LMG I wonder which is better tougher more accurate more reliable ?

alcodie

How is the barrel lined like 1-9 revolution or more.

innovator

Simple and efective.
The soviet/russian use all the time the automatic rifle wile otan goes and come (british army used automatic rifle and us marine now use them)

leonardoandresfacello