page_title: PK machine gun
section_title: Users
hierarchical_section_title: PK machine gun / Users
caption_attribution_description: English: A Syrian soldier aims a 7.62mm PKM light machine gun from his position in a foxhole during a firepower demonstration, part of Operation Desert Shield. The soldier is wearing a nuclear-biological-chemical warfare mask.
context_page_description: The PK, is a 7.62×54mmR general-purpose machine gun designed in the Soviet Union and currently in production in Russia. The original PK machine gun was introduced in 1961 and then the improved PKM in 1969 to replace the SGM and RP-46 machine guns in Soviet service. It remains in use as a front-line infantry and vehicle-mounted weapon with Russia's armed forces. The PK has been exported extensively and produced in several other countries under license.
context_section_description:  Afghanistan
   Albania
   Algeria
   Angola
   Armenia
   Azerbaijan
   Bangladesh: Type 80 variant.
   Belarus
   Bosnia and Herzegovina
   Bulgaria: PK/PKM copies were produced as the MG-1 & MG-1M.
   Burundi: Used by Burundian Peacekeepers in The Central African Republic. Also used by Burundian rebels
   Cambodia
   Cape Verde
   Central African Republic
   Chad
   China: PK/PKM copies were produced as the Type 80.
   Colombia: Used captured FARC PK/PKMs by the military and police during the Colombian conflict.
   Croatia
   Cuba
   Czech Republic
   Democratic Republic of Congo: FARDC
   Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda
   Egypt
   Eritrea
   Ethiopia
   Fiji
   Finland: Designated as 7.62 KK PKM.
   Gambia: Used by Gambian Peacekeepers in Darfur.
   Georgia: Phasing out.
   South Ossetia
   Grenada
   Guinea
   Guinea-Bissau
   Guyana
   Hungary
   India: Captured PKMs and imported Bulgarian PK variant used by Para SF, Special Frontier Force and Special Group. PKT Manufactured at Ordnance Factory Tiruchirappalli of the Ordnance Factories Board .
   Iran: PKS and PKT variants. Incorrectly called "Goryunov", mostly because of the cartridge being the same as SG-43 Goryunov.
   Iraq: PKS and PKT variants. PKS being called "Be-Ke-Se"
   Iraqi Kurdistan
   Islamic State
   Israel
   Ivory Coast
   Kazakhstan
   Kenya
   Kosovo
   Kyrgyzstan
   Laos
   Latvia
   Lebanon
   Libya
   Malawi: Used by Malawian peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
   Mali
   Malta: Armed Forces of Malta
   Moldova
   Mongolia
   Montenegro
   Mozambique
   Nicaragua
   Nigeria
   Niger
   North Korea: Clones made known as the Type 82.
   Panama
   Poland: PK/PKM copies were produced.
   Republic of Macedonia
   Romania: PK/PKM copies were produced as the Mitraliera md. 66.
   Russia
   Rwanda
   Saudi Arabia
   São Tomé and Príncipe
   Sierra Leone: used on vehicles
   South Africa: Used by the South African Special Forces
   South Sudan
   Sudan manufacture locally as Mokhtar
   Serbia: Made under license as the Zastava M84/M86.
   Slovenia
   Somalia
  Jowhar government of Mohamed Dheere
   Puntland
   Palestine
   Sri Lanka: Type 80 variant.
   Syria
   Tajikistan
   Tanzania: Used by Tanzanian Peacekeepers in Darfur.
   Turkmenistan
   Turkey Known as Biksi or Bixi in Turkish service. MKEK announced production of PKs.
   Uganda
   Lord Resistance Army
   Ukraine PKT, PKM locally produce as KT-7.62 and KM-7.62 by Mayak.
   Uzbekistan
   Vietnam: Supplied by the Soviets in the late 1970s. Made under license as ĐL-7 by Z111 Factory.
   Yemen
   Zambia
   Zimbabwe
caption: Syrian soldier with a PKM machine gun.
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