As per my dicussions with some US Servicemen, the PKM was the most effective and feared weapon, in hands of the enemy in Afghanistan and Iraq...Very light and effective and mobile....One of the limitation of the PKM is that it uses a NON disintegrating belts which restricts mobility, unlike the M240 and all other NATO designs...
Russians are replacing all PKMs with the "PKP Pecheneg machine gun"
http://modernfirearms.net/machine/rus/pecheneg-e.html
The most advanced version of PKM is the one below (in 7.62x51)...I think, i have seen pictures of our SF using this
Bulgarian MG1M (PKM) Machine Gun
Russians are replacing all PKMs with the "PKP Pecheneg machine gun"
http://modernfirearms.net/machine/rus/pecheneg-e.html
The most advanced version of PKM is the one below (in 7.62x51)...I think, i have seen pictures of our SF using this
Bulgarian MG1M (PKM) Machine Gun
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