Have you ever wondered what an Eastern Bloc take on the legendary Stoner 63 modular weapon would look like? Decades after the collapse of the Soviet Union (and the death of the Stoner), you just might ...

October 6, 2016: In mid-2016 Russia introduced the RPK-16, a new LMG (light-machine-gun) to replace the current RPK-74. The RPK-16 weighs 6 kg (13.2 pounds) loaded, compared to 6.8 kg for the RPK-74 ...

MOSCOW, February 6. /TASS/. The Kalashnikov Concern and Russia’s Defense Ministry have signed a contract on the delivery of the newest RPK-16 machine guns, Kalashnikov Concern CEO Alexey Krivoruchko ...

The new RPK-16 for 5.45 mm cartridges is an upgrade of the Soviet RPP-74 machine gun. This model has a Picatinny rail, making it possible to fit it with any type of sights, from night to thermal to ...

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