The Bulgarian arms manufacturers are highly competent, and better than most, anywhere. I have several weapons that were made in Bulgaria within the last ten years, and they are rock solid, reliable and well constructed. I wouldn't hesitate for a moment to buy a gun that was made in Bulgaria. They're doing it right, without the excessive price tag.
You guys set the bar pretty high for these types of videos! Outstanding job there, Larry! The camera angles, the commentaries, the gun - i coulnd't be asking for more.
Fun fact : The Arsenal factory is located in the Rose Valley near Kazanluk City ,a global leader with more than 90% of the Rose oil worldwide so basicly Guns and Roses are from Kazanluk !
@@joanpreciouskisakye3171 so you're questioning somebody who was in delta force, and it's common knowledge that it's the best......can't you handle the fact that it's better than m249???????????????
@@joanpreciouskisakye3171 it weighs 7.5kg and fires 7.62, the FN MAG (m240) which fires NATO 7.62, weighs 11kg. the minimi (m249) weighs 9kg and fires the smaller 5.56. PKM has an excellent mobility to firepower ratio, better than any NATO mg
I can't get over how well these shots are, this looks like a demo from some absolutely madly unreal graphics engine or something. The shots are just incredible
Old post.. but wow.. so relevant for me since I was trying to figure out if I had a PK (MG-1) or PKM (MG-1M) based on the fluted barrel, etc. Thanks Larry.. I hope your getting better!
WICKED... Do like Bulgie equipment! Makes me proud of my little Arsenal SAM7 & 104FR.... Love one of those though... Great stuff as always Larry, thank you!
This is an interesting because I have always wondered if the reliability reputation of the PKM is due to the rimmed 7.62x54R cartridge. If it performs just as well in 7.62x51 then we know that all of the magic is in the mechanical design alone.
The difference is in the barrel. The production of the Bulgarian barrel is very different from the Russian, which leads to slower heating and longest shooting and life. This is why the Bulgarian copy is better than the Russian original.
The MG1M barrel is fluted like the original PK, but the Soviets found that it did not improve barrel cooling significantly so the fluting was discontinued for the improved PKM.
Do you understand the absurdity of your statements? That is, in your opinion, the second strongest army in the world, as well as the second largest prodavayets weapon, makes its own weapon quality worse than the Bulgarians? : D When there is nothing to be proud of, it remains only to be proud of those who make weapons of a foreign country, while fantasizing about its “incredible” quality.
@@ДмитрийЧеботарёв-щ2у Idk if you've noticed, but obscure balkan countries will do this. It's literally just a PKM lmao. Soviet weapon (or Russian weapon).
Excellent video. Interesting that this gun is chambered for the 7.62 x 51round and not in the Russian rimmed 7.62 cartridge, yet the feed system is identical to the original. The Polish 7.62 NATO version of the PKM has a modified feed system, based on that of the MG 42, I believe. This makes them somewhat heavier. Even though this gun is in 7.62 NATO, it is not able to use NATO belts. The belt seems to be a proprietary item.
Nope, you can't change the barrel on it, you don't have the bipod on the gas tube so you got nothing to grab on during firing on the move and it's about one kg heavier as the pkm... so what is better on the pkp pecheneg?
Morena Mordegard "Pecheneg" is modernization of PKM - so you think that creators were so dumb, to create machine gun worst to predecessor??? The design of a barrel is the main feature of "Pecheneg". In it the new complex technical solutions which reduce thermal warming-up of barrel, so therefore no need to change the it. Optimization of cooling of a trunk, use of a casing allowed to get rid of the thermal "haze" arising when firing. "Pecheneg" can shoot 600 shots non-stop (3 boxes with tapes on 200 cartridges, i.e. a standard allowance of ammunition for unit) Also conducting long burst - can shoot to 1000 cartridges an hour without deterioration of fighting characteristics and reduction of a resource of a barrel which makes not less than 30 thousand shots. "you don't have the bipod on the gas tube so you got nothing to grab on during firing on the move" - lol, does the bipod role is use as handle?? Bipod were placed in to the front of gun - to increase stability of a machine gun. Also, PKM bipod position limited the sector of fire at the front without movement of the shooter. If shooter need to grab machine gun on during firing on the move he can use tactical handle like this: ic.pics.livejournal.com/werewolf0001/19818176/1405480/1405480_original.jpg or use shorted version of Pecheneg: cdn.topwar.ru/uploads/posts/2013-10/1382607695_xu1aj.jpg strela.in.ua/images/cms/data/3324835.jpg cs7010.vk.me/c540105/v540105004/112b4/bzFE6d-jKWI.jpg
***** No, my cousin serves in RU spec ops (at North Caucasus border region) and they using "Pecheneg". So, to me were interesting his opinion of this machine gun by comparing it with PKM, which I personally used during my serve time in Russian army, as conscript.
XXAndriuchaXX But what are you gonna do when the barrel is worn out? You can't change it, you have to waste the whole machine gun. I guess making a new barrel with the heat casing would be a mouch cheaper sollution. And the bipod on the Pkm can be used to grab on during firing on the move, so you don't have to attach any tactical grips or rails or something like that. Also, you don't have to fire 600 rounds non stop, who should carry that much ammo? Btw the Pkp is about 1kg heavier than the pkm, also because of the frontal mounted bipod it's more nose heavy. If you like the Pkp i have no problem with that, but I'll stick with the classic Pkm or the Pk with high quality milled receiver.
Morena Mordegard "But what are you gonna do when the barrel is worn out? You can't change it, you have to waste the whole machine gun." lol, from where you get this nonsense? In "Pecheneg" you also can change barrel, but as I said before, the resource of a barrel is 30 thousand shots when firing in the intensive modes, so for machine gunner don't need take second barrel with itself as with PKM. "And the bipod on the Pkm can be used to grab on during firing on the move, so you don't have to attach any tactical grips or rails or something like that." Does it so big minus if that replacing bipob in front - let to hardening the barrel and increased gun stability and reduced dispersion to 70%? "If you like the Pkp i have no problem with that, but I'll stick with the classic Pkm or the Pk with high quality milled receiver." Its yours opinion, but I stick with opinion of who use this machine gun in battle.
If the M60E4 and E6 was what they got back in the day, it would never have been replaced in standard service by that overly heavy, awkward as hell M240. But I'm glad the SEALs are still rocking those M60s. That is how you tell its a fantastic gun. Frankly, we would have been better off adopting an MG3 variant with a reduced fire rate than the M240.
Jesus you are the absolute best gun youtuber I have ever seen. I don't think I have ever seen quality so great that there is slow motion in such great detail you can see the sparks and embers coming out of the chamber. That. Was. Awesome.
Shot a lot with one of these a while back, the PKM is definitely one of the finest medium machine guns of its class. Especially considering its weight.
Pretty nice weapon, although it could benefit from a handguard/foregrip. At a time when the West was still going for big-ass GPMGs like the MAG, the M60, and the MG3 (only exception being the HK21, which for some reason never caught on), the Russian approach was certainly an interesting idea, maybe even ahead of its time (judging by the buzz created by the Mk48 today). Nice gun.
I like the M240. But enjoy the PKM. Vehicle mounted i would go with 240. If i had to carry a machine gun on a hump in the mountains i would prefer a PKM
I went all fuzzy dreaming about this MG. It just looks great and the Vickers video filming of it brought it into a dream sequence. If only I could have one and also afford to feed the baby...... Thanks for the video
Bonus advantage of the non disintegrating link is you can have your apprentice child soldier sitting on your left feeding rounds back into the belt whilst you are still firing. Cant do that as quickly with your standard M13 belt.
Looks like a nice weapon. Didn't know that Bulgaria had such a good arms industry. I wonder how easy it is to re-use the belt, or if the round holders get dinged up
I think this is a one-off/hybrid, PKM, which has just been rebarreled/chambered for 7.62mm NATO. Their MG-M2 feeds from the left and uses M13 link/belt. The hybrid wasn't much use, to anyone.
Wish Arsenal would release the semi-auto version of this, then someone came up with a slidefire like setup for it, that'd be a sure sell on the market. PKM has to be my all time favorite belt fed MG
Watching and loving it all the way from Uganda East Africa. Great video made my day thanks and God bless you richly as well .happy New subscriber here.
Like the German machinegun holding technique of WW-2 for the Russians use basically the same technique. I find holding the bottom of the rear section of the stock, with the non-firing hand stabilizes the weapon far better than the method taught to hold M-60. The PKM stock is set up especially for the underneath hold technique which you, Larry are using very effectively. I find it works better to keep the muzzle from rising than the technique of non firing hand on the side of the stock near the receiver, with fingers over to top front of the stock. Great weapon for sure.
The only thing I really like about the soviet MG's is the feeding mechanism is very simple and rugged. Other than that they're not my favorite guns but I wouldnt turn someone down if they offered to give me one
+Scarecrow Yes. Typical linked ammo has tracers staggered in with non tracers. Our military typically uses a 4-1-4-1 pattern. Every 5th bullet is a tracer.
+Scarecrow The purpose of every 5th round being a tracer is to see where your shots are going, also it's common that last 5 rounds of the belt are tracers to notify the gunner that the belt is about to run dry.
