AEK-999
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| AEK-999 | |
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The AEK-999 Barsuk (Russian: Барсук, "badger") is a Russian machine gun chambered for the 7.62×54mmR round. It is a general-purpose machine gun, developed during the 1990s as a modernized version of the PKM to improve its capabilities in the LMG/SAW role. The AEK-999 was to be capable of sustained automatic fire without requiring a quick-change barrel, and better suited for assault operations where it could be fired from the hip or from the integral bipod.
The AEK-999 was developed in the Kovrov Mechanical Plant for the
Pecheneg machine gun which was developed under the same requirements. Kovrov produced small batches of the AEK-999 for the Ministry of Internal Affairs to equip special forces units of the Internal Troops of Russia
, but all military production ceased in 2006.
Design
The AEK-999 uses the same receiver group as the
suppressor
. It can also accept all standard PKM accessories, including tripod mount, and 100-round clip-on belt boxes.
See also
- Pecheneg
- List of Russian weaponry