Videos tagged with PK

This video focuses on the PKM machine gun. Based on the title and description, the content is likely an overview or demonstration of this iconic Soviet-era light machine gun. The provided description hashtags directly mention 'PKM', 'Russia', and the caliber '7.62', indicating a focus on the weapon's origin, its designation, and its ammunition type.

This video provides an in-depth look at the North Korean Type 73 machine gun, a weapon heavily influenced by Czechoslovakian designs and conceptually similar to the Soviet PK. Notably, the Type 73 can utilize both magazines and belts, a unique feature achieved through a modified top cover for its 30-round box magazines. The description details the magazine's unusual backward cycling and claw-type extractor. The video also touches on the Type 73's adoption in 1973, its relatively short service life before being replaced by the Type 82, and its recent reappearance in the Middle East and North Africa, likely linked to Iran-Iraq War era sales. The presenter thanks the French IRCGN for access to a rare specimen.

This video, featuring Russian small arms historian Max Popenker, delves into the historical development of the Kalashnikov PK machine gun, widely recognized as a top-tier general-purpose machine gun. The discussion covers Soviet machine gun designs from the end of World War II, the Nikitin MG, Kalashnikov's competing entry, and subsequent modernizations into the PKM and the PKP Pecheneg, noting its distinctive Lewis-style cooling system. The creator also promotes their first book available for pre-order and their Patreon page.

This video focuses on the PKM machine gun, questioning its status as the "world's best machine gun." The description includes numerous affiliate links for various sponsors and products, ranging from firearm-related accessories like holsters, optics, and tactical gear, to survival food, computer hardware, and even energy drinks. The content creator, GarandThumb, uses these links to promote his sponsors. The video appears to be a review or discussion of the PKM, with a clear intent to engage the firearms enthusiast audience through product promotion and potentially a comparative analysis or historical overview of the weapon.

This video is a book review of Frank Iannamico's "AK47: The Grim Reaper" (Second Edition). The reviewer highlights the book's comprehensive coverage of the AK platform, including its Soviet development, production by various countries, and US market presence. While praising its depth and value as a single reference, the reviewer notes the black and white images and suggests supplementing it with other AK reference books for niche variants and technical detail. The book is recommended for serious AK enthusiasts seeking a well-rounded single-volume resource.

This video delves into the Yugoslav M84 PKM, a variant of the iconic PK machine gun developed by Mikhail Kalashnikov's team. It explores the weapon's history, its mechanical operation which is an enlarged AK action flipped upside down and mated with a belt feed, and its disassembly process. The description highlights the PKM's ruggedness, reliability, and relative lightness, dubbing it potentially the best universal machine gun ever produced. The video thanks Marstar for providing the M84 for examination and shooting.