The PK machine gun is a Soviet general purpose machine gun, introduced in 1961.

This tag is for the original, earlier production of the PK machine gun, before it was modernized with the [[PKM]] in 1969. It can be distinguished from the PKM by its long flash hider, half-fluted barrel (fluted up to the gas block), and smooth top cover.

Both the PK and PKM were superseded by the [[pkp_pecheneg|PKP Pecheneg]] in 2001.
pk machine gun