RPK

NOTE: Some films use the Valmet M78 to impersonate the RPK. please see the Valmet M78 page for differences between these two weapons.

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

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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
	"RPK-74"		with 40-round magazine, removed from game
Call to Arms				2018

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

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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
The Division 2				2019

Anime

Title	Character	Note	Date
Angel Beats!	Hinata		2010

Zastava M72

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Zastava M72 with 30-round box magazine - 7.62x39mm

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Zastava M72B1 - 7.62x39mm

Specifications

(1973 - Present)

• Type: Light Machine Gun

• Caliber: 7.62×39mm M43

• Weight: 12.1 lbs (5.5 kg)

• Length: 40.4 in (102.5 cm)

• Barrel length: 21.3 in (54.2 cm)

• Feed System: 30, 40 round magazines or 75 round drum

• Fire Modes: Semi-Auto/Full-Auto

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The Zastava M72 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
The Fall of Italy (Pad Italije)		SS soldiers, Ustasha		1981
Black Hawk Down		Somali militiaman		2001
No Man's Land		Serbian soldiers		2001
No Man's Land		Bosnian soldiers		2001
Coriolanus		soldier	Stock footage	2011
The Hunting Party				2007

Video Games

Game Title	Appears as	Mods	Notation	Release Date
Vigor	"ZA M72"			2018

See Also

• Vyatskie Polyany Machine Building Plant "Molot" - A list of all firearms manufactured by Vyatskie Polyany Machine Building Plant "Molot".