What is RPK machine gun?
[[File:Soviet RPK.JPEG|thumb|right|The original RPK]] [[File:Soviet RPK-74.JPEG|thumb|right|The modern RPK-74]] The '''RPK''' is a [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[machine gun]] that was designed by [[Mikhail Kalashnikov]]. The RPK is a replacement of the older RPD. The RPK [[manufacturing|production]] began in 1961 and ended in 1978. The RPK-74 began in 1974 replacing the older RPK. The RPK was based on the [[AK-47]]. The RPK was used by the [[People's Army of Vietnam|NVA]] and [[Viet Cong]]s in the [[Vietnam War]]. {{Kalashnikov rifle}} [[Category:Machine guns]]