RPK-74

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The Kalashnikov Handheld Machine Gun model 1974 (Ruchnoy Pulemyot Kalashnikova obraztsa 1974 goda, RPK-74, Russian: Ручной пулемёт Калашникова образца 1974 года, РПК-74) is a squad automatic weapon or SAW developed by the Kalashnikov Design Bureau of the Soviet Union in 1974. It is a light machine gun that firess 5.45 x 39 mm M74 ammunition, and is very similar to the AK-74, though with a heavier, longer barrel, a bipod and some differences in the stock and forearm (handguard). The RPK-74 can also be used as a light anti-aircraft gun, using 75 or 100-round drum magazines.