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History of the PK, PKM, and Pecheneg w/ Max Popenker

My first book is available for pre-order; check it out! https://www.headstamppublishing.com/french-rifle-book http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch! http://shop.bbtv.com/collections/forgotten-weapons I'm happy to be joined once again by Russian small arms historian Max Popenker, for a discussion of the development of the Kalashnikov PK machine gun. This is universally regarded as one of the best general-purpose machine guns ever designed. We will look at the Soviet machine gun systems at the end of World War Two, the development of the Nikitin MG, the Kalashnikov competing design, and then the modernization of the PK into the PKM and PKP Pecheneg (with it's interesting Lewis-style cooling system). Русскоязычная версия: https://youtu.be/gRts4eM2I-I Contact: Forgotten Weapons PO Box 87647 Tucson, AZ 85754

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  • Originally Aired July 5, 2019
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