The RPK (Russian: Ручной пулемёт Калашникова "Kalashnikov hand-held machine gun") is a 7.62×39mm Sovietlight machine gun designed by Mikhail Kalashnikov in early 1960s, in order to supplant the earlier RPD. Its design is based on the AKM. The RPK has a longer barrel, distinct clubfoot-shaped buttstock and a bipod.
