Latest revision as of 13:14, 21 July 2023

NOTE: Some films use the Valmet M78 to impersonate the RPK. please see the Valmet M78 page for differences between these two weapons. The Zastava M72 is also on the M70 series page.

RPK

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RPK with 40 round magazine - 7.62x39mm. This is an RPKN variant with a scope mount bracket.

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RPK with 75-round Soviet type drum magazine - 7.62x39mm

Specifications

(1961 – 1978)

Type: Light Machine Gun

Caliber: 7.62×39mm M43

Weight: 10.6 lbs (4.8 kg)

Length: 40.9 in (104 cm)

Barrel length: 23.2 in (59 cm)

Feed System: 30, 40-round box magazines or 75-round drum magazine

Fire Modes: Full-Auto

The RPK and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
I Was Nineteen (Ich war neunzehn)		German soldiers	LMG-K, heavily anachronistic	1968
The End of Ataman (Konets atamana)			Seen in Dutov's headquarters; described as a Japanese machine gun	1970
Parade of the Planets (Parad planet)		Soviet Army soldiers		1984
I Love Maria		Maria's gang members		1988
Red Scorpion	Dolph Lundgren	Lt. Nikolai Rachenko		1989
Navy SEALs	Rick Rossovich	Leary		1990
Fit to Kill	Julie Strain	Blu Steele	with 75-round drum magazine	1993
Fit to Kill		Po's commando	with 75-round drum magazine	1993
Three Kings		Iraqi soldier		1999
Proof of Life		ELT rebel		2000
Tears of the Sun		Militia fighter		2003
Detention		A terrorist		2003
The Preacher	Christian Kmiotek	Jutka		2004
Moscow Heat			Seen in the pile of weapons	2004
The Tiger and the Snow		Irregular fighter	With drum magazine	2004
Blood Diamond		RUF fighter		2006
The Mark of Cain		Iraqi insurgent		2007
Universal Soldier: Regeneration		Terrorists		2009
Machine Gun Preacher		LRA troops		2011
Resident Evil: Damnation		Russian Soldiers	Anachronistic, with drum magazines	2012
Resident Evil: Damnation		East Slavic Army soldiers	With drum magazines	2012
Red Dawn		KPA soldiers		2012
Cockneys vs. Zombies				2012

Television

Show Title	Actor	Character	Note / Episode	Air Date
E-Ring		Chinese Soldier	"Pilot", With drum magazine	2005-2006
Over There		Iraqi insurgent	"Prisoner"	2005
The Unit		Terrorist	"Always Kiss Them Goodbye"	2006 - 2009
Falling Skies - Season 1	Mpho Koaho	Anthony	"The Armory"	2011 - present
Magnum P.I.		Taliban fighters		2018
Alex the Fierce (Alex Lyutyj)		Soviet border guards		2020

Video Games

Game Title	Appears as	Mods	Notation	Release Date
America's Army		With 75-round drum magazine		2002
Conflict: Desert Storm				2002
Conflict: Desert Storm II				2003
Joint Operations: Typhoon Rising				2004
Close Combat: First to Fight	RPK	With 75-round drum magazine		2005
Project Reality			With optional AK-style stock	2005
Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2	AK-47 LMG	With 75-round drum magazine		2007
Insurgency: Modern Infantry Combat		With 75-round drum magazine		2007
Soldier of Fortune: Payback	PKR-47			2007
Cross Fire	"RPK"	With 75-round drum magazine		2007
Mercenaries 2: World in Flames	Automatic Rifle	w/ drum magazine		2008
7.62 High Calibre				2008
ArmA II		With 75-round drum magazine		2009
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker	RPK	w/ drum magazine		2010
Medal of Honor	RPK	w/ various attachments	digital pre-order bonus	2010
Battlefield 3	RPK-74M	RPKM with options of various sights, muzzle devices, and vertical foregrip or bipod	has performance of 5.45x39mm RPK-74, probably accidentally modeled on RPKM	2011
Battlefield Play4Free	RPK-74M	With Harris bipod replacing integral bipod		2011
Project Reality: Vietnam				2012
Jagged Alliance: Back in Action	RPK-74			2012
Ghost Recon: Future Soldier	RPK	RPKM with various attachments	uPlay bonus weapon	2012
Payday 2	RPK	Romanian handguard	added in Gage Weapon Pack 02 (2014)	2013
State of Decay	"RPK"		with black stock and RPK-74-style 7,62x39mm magazine, added in Breakdown DLC	2013
Battlefield 4	RPK	Various sights, muzzle devices, and vertical foregrip or bipod	Added in "China Rising" DLC; initially misidentified as RPK-74M until a 2015 patch	2013
Warface		w/75-round drum magazine, black plastic handguard and RPK-74M-style folding stock		2013
Insurgency	RPK	Slanted muzzle brake; Various optional accessories	Used by the Insurgents	2014
Squad			75-round drum magazine	2015
Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades	RPK		Used to be named "Vepr-V3"	2016
Vigor	RPK		with 75-round drum, replaced "RPK-74"	2018
Vigor	"RPK-74"		with 40-round magazine, removed from game	2018
Call to Arms				2018
Battlefield 2042	RPK		Added in Update 4.1	2021

Anime

Title	Character	Note	Date
Upotte!!	RPK		2012

RPK-74

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RPK-74 with 45-round box magazine - 5.45x39mm

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RPK-74M with 45-round box magazine - 5.45x39mm

Specifications

(1974 – present)

Type: Light Machine Gun

Caliber: 5.45x39mm; 7.62x51mm NATO (RPK-308)

Weight: 10.4 lbs (4.7 kg)

Length: 41.7 in (106 cm)

Barrel length: 23.2 in (59 cm)

Feed System: 30, 45-round box magazines

Fire Modes: Full-Auto

The RPK-74 and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
Parade of the Planets (Parad planet)		Soviet soldiers		1984
Afghan Breakdown		Soviet soldiers		1991
KGB Agents Also Fall in Love (Agenty KGB tozhe vlyublyayutsya)			Seen in the evidence warehouse	1991
Checkpoint (Blokpost)		Russian soldier		1998
GoldenEye		Soviet soldier	Mockup only	1995
Jisai (Dzisay)		Soldiers		2004
Countdown (Lichnyy nomer)		Russian soldiers	RPK-74M	2004
9th Company		Soviet soldiers		2005
9th Company		Afghan soldiers		2005
He Will Be Left Behind (Arxada qalmis gelecek)	Abbas Gahramanov	Ağaəli		2005
Tins (Konservy)	Aleksey Serebryakov	Usoltsev (Solyonyy)		2007
Tins (Konservy)	Sergey Shakurov	Foma		2007
Hooked (Na Igre)		Boris Sergeevich's guard	RPK-74M	2009
Hooked (Na Igre)		Muslim terrorists	RPK-74M	2009
Hooked 2. Next Level (Na Igre 2. Novyy Uroven)		Contrabandists and Boris Sergeevich's guard		2010
Hooked 2. Next Level (Na Igre 2. Novyy Uroven)	Sergey Chirkov	Vampire		2010
22 Minutes (22 minuty)		Somali Pirates		2014
The Guy from Our Cemetery (Paren s nashego kladbishcha)			at the gun shop	2015

Television

Show Title	Actor	Character	Note / Episode	Air Date
I Have The Honor! (Chest Imeyu!)		Russian paratroopers and Chechen terrorists		2004
The Storm Gate		Chechen terrorists		2006

Video Games

Game Title	Referred as	Mods	Notation	Release Date
Battlefield 2		Available hand-held and in fixed positions, and vehicle-mounted	Inaccurately shown with drum magazine	2005
Project Reality				2005
Project Reality		With optional 1P29 scope	RPK-74M	2005
Ghost Recon	RPK74		w/ 75-round drum magazine	2001
7.62 High Calibre			RPK-74M	2008
ArmA II			Inaccurately shown with drum magazine	2009
Call of Duty: Black Ops	RPK	Optional red dot sight/scope/IR scope and dual or drum mags	w/ ribbed forend and relocated rear sight	2010
SOCOM: US Navy SEALs Fireteam Bravo 3	RTK-74			2010
Combat Arms			With muzzle brake removed and nonexistent drum magazine	2004
SOCOM 4: US Navy SEALs	RTK-74			2011
War Inc. Battlezone		w/ various attachments	RPK-74M	2011
Jagged Alliance: Back in Action	RPK-74		w/ 45-round box magazine	2012
Survarium			w/ 45-round box magazine, RPK-74M	2013
Contract Wars				2014
World of Guns: Gun Disassembly	RPK-74M	1PN93 night scope	RPK-74M	2014
Squad			RPK-74 and RPK-74M, 45-round box magazine	2015
Call of Duty: Black Ops III	RPK	w/ various attachments	Added via update; relocated rear sight	2018
Call to Arms			RPK-74M	2018
The Division 2				2019
Battlefield 2042	RPK-74M		Added in Update 4.1; model is actually an RPK-74 with polymer furniture	2021

Anime

Title	Character	Note	Date
Angel Beats!	Hinata		2010

AK Pattern Firearms (Gallery)
Soviet/Russian	Assault Rifles	AK-12 • AK-47 • AK-74 • AK-101 • AK-103 • AK-107 • AK-108 • AKM • AKMS
	Carbines	AK-9 • AK-102 • AK-104 • AK-105 • AKS-74U • OTs-14 Groza • Saiga 9 • Saiga MK-03
	Submachine Guns	Gepard PDW • PP-19 Bizon • PP-19-01 Vityaz
	Shotguns	Saiga 12 • Saiga 20 • Saiga .410 • Vepr-12
	Sporting Rifles	Saiga 308 • Molot Vepr
	Machine Guns	RPK • RPK-74 • RPK-16
Bulgarian	Assault Rifles	Arsenal AR • Arsenal AR-F • Arsenal AR-M1 • Arsenal AR-M1F • Arsenal SAR-M1
Bulgarian	Carbines	Arsenal AR-SF • Arsenal AR-M4SF
Chinese	Assault Rifles	MAK-90 • Type 56 • Type 56-1 • Type 56-2 • Type 84S • Type 84S Underfolder
	Carbines	Type 56C
	Sniper Rifles	Type 84S Target • Type 84S Match
East German	Assault Rifles	MPi-KM-72 • MPi-KMS-72
Hungarian	Assault Rifles	AKM-63 • FÉG NGM-81
Hungarian	Carbines	AMD-65
Israeli	Assault Rifles	AK-Alfa
Polish	Assault Rifles	wz. 88 Tantal • wz. 96 Beryl
Polish	Carbines	wz. 89 Onyks • wz. 96 Mini-Beryl
Romanian	Assault Rifles	AIM • AIM-74 • AIMS • AIMS-74 • WASR
Romanian	Carbines	AIMR
Yugoslavian	Assault Rifles	Zastava M70B1 • Zastava M70AB2
	Carbines	Zastava M85 • Zastava M92
	Machine Guns	Zastava M72B1
Custom	Carbines	AKMSU

AK Derivatives (Gallery)
Chinese	Rifles	Type 86S
Finnish	Assault Rifles	Valmet M62 • Valmet M71 • Valmet M76 • Valmet M82 • Valmet M95
Finnish	Machine Guns	Valmet M78
Indian	Assault Rifles	INSAS
Israeli	Assault Rifles	Galil AR
	Carbines	Galil ACE 21 • Galil MAR • Galil SAR
	Machine Guns	Galil ARM
	Sniper Rifles	Galil Sniper Rifle • SR-99
Romanian	Sniper Rifles	PSL Sniper Rifle
South African	Assault Rifles	Vektor CR-21 • Vektor R4
South African	Carbines	Vektor R5 • Vektor R6
Ukrainian	Assault Rifles	Vepr • Malyuk
Yugoslavian	Sniper Rifles	Zastava M76

Firearms Visually Resembling the AK (Gallery)
Soviet/Russian	Assault Rifles	AEK-971 • AEK-972 • AEK-973 • AN-94 • AS Val • SR-3 Vikhr
Soviet/Russian	Sniper Rifles	SVD Dragunov • SVDS • VSS Vintorez
Chinese	Assault Rifles	QBZ-03 • Type 81 • Type 81-1
Chinese	Sniper Rifles	NDM-86
Czechoslovakian	Assault Rifles	Sa vz. 58 P • Sa vz. 58 V • Sa vz. 58 Compact

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-''NOTE: Some films use the [[Valmet M78]] to impersonate the RPK. please see the Valmet M78 page for differences between these two weapons.''
+''NOTE: Some films use the [[Valmet M78]] to impersonate the RPK. please see the Valmet M78 page for differences between these two weapons. The [[Zastava M72]] is also on the M70 series page.''
 __TOC__
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 = RPK =
 [[File:RPK lmg.jpg|thumb|right|500px|RPK with 40 round magazine - 7.62x39mm. This is an RPKN variant with a scope mount bracket.]]
-[[File:Rpk 01 drum.jpg|thumb|right|500px|RPK with 75-round drum magazine - 7.62x39mm]]
+[[File:Rpk 01 drum.jpg|thumb|right|500px|RPK with 75-round Soviet type drum magazine - 7.62x39mm]]
 ==Specifications==
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 !align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
 !align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="280"|'''Note'''
-!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="80"|'''Date'''
+!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="50"|'''Date'''
+|-
+| ''[[I Was Nineteen (Ich war neunzehn)]]'' || || German soldiers || LMG-K, heavily anachronistic || 1968
 |-
 | ''[[The End of Ataman (Konets atamana)]]'' || || || Seen in Dutov's headquarters; described as a Japanese machine gun || 1970
@@ Line 101: / Line 103: @@
 |-
 |''[[Magnum P.I. (2018) - Season 1|Magnum P.I.]]'' || || Taliban fighters ||  || 2018
+|-
+| ''[[Alex the Fierce (Alex Lyutyj)]]'' || || Soviet border guards || || 2020
 |-
 |}
@@ Line 117: / Line 121: @@
 |-
 | ''[[Conflict: Desert Storm]]'' || || || || 2002
+|-
+| ''[[Conflict: Desert Storm II]]'' || || || || 2003
 |-
 | ''[[Joint Operations: Typhoon Rising]]'' || || || || 2004
@@ Line 129: / Line 135: @@
 |-
 | ''[[Soldier of Fortune: Payback]]'' || PKR-47 || || || 2007
+|-
+| ''[[Cross Fire (2007 VG)|Cross Fire]]'' ||"RPK" ||With 75-round drum magazine || || 2007
 |-
 | ''[[Mercenaries 2: World in Flames]]'' || Automatic Rifle || w/ drum magazine || || 2008
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 |-
 | ''[[Ghost Recon: Future Soldier]]'' || RPK || RPKM with various attachments || uPlay bonus weapon || 2012
+|-
+| ''[[Payday 2]]'' || RPK||Romanian handguard ||added in Gage Weapon Pack 02 (2014) || 2013
+|-
+| ''[[State of Decay]]'' || "RPK" || ||with black stock and [[RPK-74]]-style 7,62x39mm magazine, added in Breakdown DLC || 2013
 |-
 | ''[[Battlefield 4]]'' || RPK || Various sights, muzzle devices, and vertical foregrip or bipod || Added in "China Rising" DLC; initially misidentified as RPK-74M until a 2015 patch || 2013
+|-
+| ''[[Warface]]'' ||  ||w/75-round drum magazine, black plastic handguard and [[RPK-74M]]-style folding stock|| ||2013
 |-
 | [[Insurgency]] || RPK || Slanted muzzle brake; Various optional accessories || Used by the Insurgents || 2014
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 | ''[[Squad]]'' || || || 75-round drum magazine || 2015
 |-
-| ''[[Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades]]'' || RPK || || Temporarily removed from game, used to be named "Vepr-V3" || 2016
+| ''[[Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades]]'' || RPK || || Used to be named "Vepr-V3" || 2016
+|-
+| rowspan=2 | ''[[Vigor]]'' || RPK ||  || with 75-round drum, replaced "RPK-74" || rowspan=2 | 2018
+|-
+| "RPK-74" ||  || with 40-round magazine, removed from game
+|-
+| ''[[Call to Arms]]'' || || || || 2018
+|-
+|''[[Battlefield 2042]]'' || RPK || || Added in Update 4.1 || 2021
+|-
+|}
+===Anime ===
+{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
+|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
+!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="280"|'''Title'''
+!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
+!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Note'''
+!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="50"|'''Date'''
+|-
+| ''[[Upotte!!]]'' || RPK || || 2012
 |-
 |}
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 * '''Type:''' Light Machine Gun
-* '''Caliber:''' 5.45×39mm M74
+* '''Caliber:''' 5.45x39mm; 7.62x51mm NATO (RPK-308)
 * '''Weight:''' {{convert|kg|4.7}}
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 !align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
 !align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="280"|'''Note'''
-!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="80"|'''Date'''
+!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="50"|'''Date'''
+|-
+| ''[[Parade of the Planets (Parad planet)]]'' || || Soviet soldiers || || 1984
 |-
-|''[[Afghan Breakdown]] || || Soviet soldiers || || 1991
+| ''[[Afghan Breakdown]] || || Soviet soldiers || || 1991
 |-
-|'' [[Checkpoint (Blokpost)]] ||  || Russian soldier || || 1998
+| ''[[KGB Agents Also Fall in Love (Agenty KGB tozhe vlyublyayutsya)]]'' || || || Seen in the evidence warehouse || 1991
 |-
-|''[[GoldenEye]] ||  || Soviet soldier ||Mockup only || 1995
+| ''[[Checkpoint (Blokpost)]] ||  || Russian soldier || || 1998
 |-
-| ''[[Job, The|The Job]]'' || [[Daryl Hannah]] || CJ March || Modified as a sniper rifle  || 2003
+| ''[[GoldenEye]] ||  || Soviet soldier ||Mockup only || 1995
 |-
 | ''[[Jisai (Dzisay)]]'' || || Soldiers ||  || 2004
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 |-
 | [[Project Reality]] ||  || With optional 1P29 scope || RPK-74M || 2005
-|-
-| [[Jagged Alliance 2]] ||  ||  ||  || 1999
 |-
 | [[Ghost Recon]] || RPK74 ||  || w/ 75-round drum magazine || 2001
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 | [[Jagged Alliance: Back in Action]] || RPK-74 ||  || w/ 45-round box magazine || 2012
 |-
-| [[Survarium]] || ||  || w/ 45-round box magazine, RPK-74M || 2015
+| [[Survarium]] || ||  || w/ 45-round box magazine, RPK-74M || 2013
 |-
 | [[Contract Wars]] || ||  || || 2014
+|-
+| [[World of Guns: Gun Disassembly]] ||RPK-74M  || 1PN93 night scope || RPK-74M  || 2014
 |-
 | [[Squad]] || || || RPK-74 and RPK-74M, 45-round box magazine || 2015
 |-
 | [[Call of Duty: Black Ops III]] || RPK || w/ various attachments || Added via update; relocated rear sight || 2018
+|-
+| [[Call to Arms]] ||  |||| RPK-74M || 2018
 |-
 | [[The Division 2]] ||  |||| || 2019
+|-
+|''[[Battlefield 2042]]'' || RPK-74M || || Added in Update 4.1; model is actually an RPK-74 with polymer furniture || 2021
 |-
 |}
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 |-
 |}
-= Zastava M72 =
-[[File:ZastavaM72.jpg|500px|thumb|right|Zastava M72 with 30-round box magazine - 7.62x39mm]]
-==Specifications==
-(1973 - Present)
-* '''Type:''' Light Machine Gun
-* '''Caliber:''' 7.62×39mm M43
-* '''Weight:''' {{convert|kg|5.5}}
-* '''Length:''' {{convert|mm|1025}}
-* '''Barrel length:''' {{convert|mm|542}}
-* '''Feed System:''' 30, 40 round magazines or 75 round drum
-* '''Fire Modes:''' Semi-Auto/Full-Auto
------
-{{Gun Title|Zastava M72}}
-=== Film ===
-{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
-|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
-!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="220"|'''Title'''
-!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="170"|'''Actor'''
-!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
-!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="280"|'''Note'''
-!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="80"|'''Date'''
-|-
-| ''[[Fall of Italy, The (Pad Italije)|The Fall of Italy (Pad Italije)]]'' || || SS soldiers, Ustasha || || 1981
-|-
-|''[[Black Hawk Down]] |||| Somali militiaman || || 2001
-|-
-|''[[No Man's Land (2001)|No Man's Land]] ||  || Serbian soldiers ||  || 2001
-|-
-|''[[No Man's Land (2001)|No Man's Land]] ||  || Bosnian soldiers ||  || 2001
-|-
-|''[[Coriolanus]]'' ||  || soldier || Stock footage || 2011
-|-
-|''[[Hunting Party, The (2007)|The Hunting Party]]'' ||  ||  ||  || 2007
-|-
-|}
-<br clear=all>
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