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Small arms1961–present
Light machine gun Squad automatic weapon
RPK is a light machine gun Squad automatic weapon originating in Soviet Union. It was built by Vyatskiye Polyany Machine-Building Plant.
Technical data
True scale
Sourced dimensions beside a 1.75 m human reference.
Points represent sourced observations, including revisions. Revisions on the same effective date are not separate inventory events. Ranges appear in the table and are not plotted as exact points.
| Observation / report period | Value | Source | Claim state |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Sept 2026 | 1.04 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
Light machine gun Squad automatic weapon
Soviet Union
1961–present
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Mikhail Kalashnikov
1959-61
Vyatskiye Polyany Machine-Building Plant
1961–1978
See Variants
4.8 kg (10.6 lb)
1,040 mm (40.9 in) (stock extended)
590 mm (23.2 in)
7.62×39mm M43
Gas-operated , rotating bolt ; closed bolt
600 rounds/min
745 m/s (2,444 ft/s)
100–1,000 m sight adjustments, Windage adjustable at the rear sight
30-, 40-round box magazine, 75-round drum magazine
Iron sights : semi-shrouded front post and rear sliding tangent with an adjustable notch
Albania
Armenia
Bulgaria
Burundi
Cambodia
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
Comoros
Congo-Brazzaville
Cuba
Djibouti
Equatorial Guinea
Ethiopia
Fiji
Georgia
Guinea-Bissau
Hungary
Iran
Iraq
Kazakhstan
Latvia
Lesotho
Libya
Malaysia
Mali
Malta
Mozambique
Namibia
Nicaragua
Nigeria
North Korea
Poland
Romania
Seychelles
Serbia
Somalia
Sudan
Syria
Tajikistan
Tanzania
Transnistria
Uganda
Ukraine
Iraq War
Uzbekistan
Vietnam
Yemen
Zimbabwe
Reference text from Wikipedia contributors, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
RPK equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Armenia
Belarus
Bulgaria
Burundi
Cambodia
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
Comoros
Cuba
Djibouti
Egypt
Equatorial Guinea
Ethiopia
Fiji
Georgia
Ghana
Guinea-Bissau
Hungary
Iran
Iraq
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Latvia
Lesotho
Libya
Malaysia
Mali
Malta
Moldova
Mozambique
Namibia
Nicaragua
Nigeria
North Korea
Peru
Poland
Republic of the Congo
Romania
Russia
Serbia
Seychelles
Somalia
Sudan
Syria
Tajikistan
Tanzania
Turkmenistan
Uganda
Ukraine
Uzbekistan
Vietnam
Yemen
Zambia
ZimbabweAlbania, Armenia, Bulgaria, Burundi, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo-Brazzaville, Cuba, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Georgia, Guinea-Bissau, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lesotho, Libya, Malaysia, Mali, Malta, Mozambique, Namibia, Nicaragua, Nigeria, North Korea, Poland, Romania, Seychelles, Serbia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Transnistria, Uganda, Ukraine, Iraq War, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen, Zimbabwe
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