PKP Pecheneg

The **Pulemyot Kalashnikova Pekhotny "Pecheneg"** (Russian: **Пулемёт Калашникова Пехотный Печенег**)'s bullpup variant, known simply as **PKP Pecheneg** in-game, is a powerful and very rare LMG that uses 7.62mm ammunition and was added in v0.7.5 "Hunt or be hunted" update on April 16th, 2019.

## Rarity

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The PKP can only be found rarely in Hardstone Blocks, Gold Airdrops, very rarely in the Crimson Ring Club crate, and extremely rarely as ground loot.

## Pros and Cons

### Pros

* High DPS.
* High capacity for a machine gun, let alone the highest capacity of any weapon in the game.
* Does the most extra damage to Obstacles (2x)
* Short reload time for the capacity it has, in fact, it has the shortest reload per bullet of 0.025 seconds per bullet, meaning 40 bullets per second.
* Can last very long without reloading, due to the fact that it fires relatively slow for an automatic weapon, but its high damage more than makes up its low fire rate for an auto gun.

### Cons

* Very Rare.
* High recoil, like all LMGs.
* You will be targeted with this gun, so be careful at all times.
* Slow movement when held.
* If found while you don't have a Backpack, it will take a while to get it to its maximum capacity.
* Inaccurate.
* Very slow movement when gun is fired.

## Strategies

### Countering

* The PKP Pecheneg is the king of the open fields and has the largest magazine of any gun in the game,(except the M134) and certainly excellent DPS, but inaccurate, so the only few counters against the PKP Pecheneg would be guns with higher DPS or quick-firing shotguns like the MP220 at close range.
* The weapon also has extremely high structure damage. Finding cover behind a Stone or a Tree is not a great idea because this weapon will mow it down. Instead, try to find cover behind something indestructible to gunfire like a building or an ammo crate.
* If possible, get a PKP Pecheneg player while they are reloading. The extensive reload time should be enough for a player to finish them off.
* Although strangely, players might team up on a PKP Pecheneg player to kill it, although this tactic proves lucky and deadly, as the opponent might betray them right afterward.
* Since the QBB-97 is one of the most accurate high-capacity magazine weapons in the game, you can nail the PKP user at a distance without worries of being hit (as the PKP is highly inaccurate).
* If you have a Sniper Rifle such as the SV-98 or Mosin-Nagant, you can keep your distance and pick off the PKP Pecheneg user..
* A high DPS close-range weapon such as the MP220 orSaiga-12 can kill the PKP user fairly quickly in close quarters.
* Guns such as the Vector or CZ-3A1 have higher DPS and can outgun the PKP at mid-range.

## History

* v0.7.51
	+ Rate in desert mode increased
* added v0.7.5

## Sounds

* Firing
* Reloading
* Swapping To

## Trivia

* PKP stands for **pulemyot kalashnikova pekhotny**, which translates as Kalashnikov infantry machine gun.
	+ The PKP Pecheneg is distantly related to the AK-47, designed by Mikhail Kalashnikov who also headed the design team for the PK machine gun.
* The Pecheneg are semi-nomadic Turkic people. The language Pecheneg is a member of the Oghuz branch of the Turkic family.
* This weapon feed system is belt-fed by 100, 200 & 250 round belts typically carried in a large box. In the squad support role, it is almost always fitted with the 100 round box. The 200 and 250 round boxes are for use as a tripod-mounted weapon.
* The PKP has a faster reload time than the M249 despite being able to hold twice the bullets
* In real life, this gun uses 7.62×54mmR. The Mosin-Nagant, DP-28, SV-98 and the SVD-63, all also use this round.
* In real life, this is also an GPMG or **G**eneral **P**urpose **M**achine **G**un for short, not an LMG, however in-game it is referred to as an LMG.
* The design of PKP is actually bullpup in surviv.io. This makes it the third bullpup weapon in the game.
* With the Firepower Perk, the PKP Pecheneg is able to hold 250 7.62mm ammo - almost the same capacity as the biggest pack, the Military Pack, can do.
	+ However, even without the Firepower Perk, a player can at most carry 700 7.62 ammo (with two PKP Pechenegs and a Military Pack).
* The PKP boasts the best damage per magazine in any weapon.
* It was made much more common during the Desert Rain update in the Golden Air Drops and also slightly more common in The Woods event.
* The word **Pekhotny** means "for infantry".
* The PKP is a heavier version of the PKM. Instead of replacing the barrel which most LMGs (Example: PKM) do, the PKP has a heavier barrel, better designed for heat dispersion via air cooling.

## Links

* https://surviv.io/img/loot/loot-weapon-pkp.svg

## Gallery

Dual pkps (1).pngHolding Dual PKP Pechenegs3 pkps.pngA survivr found 3 PKPs in one game.Gun-pkp-top-01.pngThe Body of the **PKP Pecheneg**Gun-pkp-bot-01.pngThe Magazine of the **PKP Pecheneg**PKP worldview.pngHow **PKP Pecheneg** actually looks like in-game from a top down perspective

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