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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
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 |
Video Games
| Game Title | Appears as | Mods | Notation | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| America's Army | With 75-round drum magazine | 2002 | ||
| Conflict: Desert Storm | 2002 | |||
| 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 |
| 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 |
RPK-74
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afghan Breakdown | Soviet soldiers | 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 | 2015 | ||
| 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
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
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".