A variant of the AKM assault rifle, the APK light machine is comaparable to the M249 SAWm the RPK has a smaller magazine, shorter effective range,and less recoil
The RPK (Ruchnoy pulemyot Kalashnikova, Russian: Ручной пулемёт Калашникова) is the light machine gun that replaced the RPD in the role as squad automatic weapon for Soviet infantry.