"The Russian PKP Pecheneg Machine Gun" Topic
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31 Jul 2025 11:02 p.m. PST
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Tango01  | 31 Jul 2025 4:57 p.m. PST |
"In the late 1990s, TsNIITochMash developed the PKP machine gun, a unique weapon designed to reduce dispersion and increase cooling for rapid, sustained fire. This weapon system was called the PKP, Pulemyot Kalashnikova Pekhotniy, meaning Infantry Kalashnikov Machine Gun. The Pecheneg is named after the Pecheneg people, a Turkic tribe known for their warrior culture in southern Russia and Ukraine…"
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| Shagnasty | 01 Aug 2025 10:36 a.m. PST |
Why do the Russkis keep using that old rimmed cartridge that dates from Czarist times? Is it 'cause Vlad I feels it provides some continuity for his reign? |
| Tango01 | 01 Aug 2025 4:28 p.m. PST |
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