Yugoslav M84 PKM: History, Mechanics, and Disassembly

Cool Forgotten Weapons merch! The PK machine gun was developed by Mikhail Kalashnikov's engineering team right about the time they were putting the finishing touches on the AKM. The PK is in many ways an AK rifle action enlarged, flipped upside-down, and mated with a belt feed mechanism. It uses the same belt design as the previous Soviet machine guns (the Maxim, SG43, and RP46). The PK was improved in a