Video at the Range: The PKM Machine Gun

In this segment of Guns & Ammo TV airing on the Sportsman Channel, we examine another iconic creation from the mind of Mikhail Kalashnikov: The PKM.

Kalashnikov designed the weapon in the late 1950s at the request of the Soviet army, which was searching for a universal machine gun that could replace the different variants found in service with frontline troops, as well as vehicle-mounted weapons.

From the outset, the weapon came in four basic configurations. The PKM served as a general purpose light machine gun fired from an integrated bipod. The PKS was a tripod-mounted medium machine gun. Both the PKT and PKB were designed with vehicle mounts and remote-firing triggers for tank and armored personnel carrier use.

The gun used a similar design to …read more

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