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The Vietcong K-50M was a Vietnamese sub-machine-gun produced from 1958 to 1965, based upon the Chinese China Type 50, which in turn was based upon the Soviet PPSh-41. It was chambered for the 7.62 mm Soviet Pistol cartridge, the 7.62 mm PRC Type Pistol cartridge and also the 7.63 mm Mauser cartridge and took a 35-round box magazine. The K-50M had a cyclic rate of 700 rounds per minute with a muzzle velocity of 488 meters per second. The K-50M had a retractable stock and a 269 mm long barrel.
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The Daewoo K3 is a South Korean gas-piston operated light machine-gun. The K3 is chambered for the 5.56 mm NATO cartridge which it takes from a 30-round box magazine or 200-round metal link belt and fires with a cyclic rate of 850 rounds per minute and a muzzle velocity of 915 meters per second.
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The KK 62 is a Finnish gas-operated light machine-gun based upon the Czech VZ-26 and developed during the late 1950's and early 1960's. The KK 62 is chambered for the Russian 7.62 mm M43 cartridge which it takes from a 100-round continuous link belt and fires with a cyclic rate of between 1000 and 1100 rounds per minute with a muzzle velocity of 730 meters per second and an effective range of 450 meters. The KK 62 470 mm long barrel and is fitted with a pillar foresight and aperture rearsight.
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The Knorr-Bremse was a German light machine-gun produced from 1935 to 1940. The gun was invented by a Swede who called it the LH33, unable to sell it to Sweden or Norway, he sold the design to the German car makers Knorr-Bremse. The gun fired the 7.92 mm Mauser cartridge from a 20-round box magazine at a rate of 500 rounds per minute. It was a badly designed gun with a safety catch which could, if incorrectly applied, fire the gun and a butt which had a tendency to fall off. During the Second World War it was used by Sweden and various Baltic Axis armies.
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The KPV is a Soviet 14.5 mm gas-assisted short recoil super-heavy machine-gun developed after the Second World War by the Russians to fire high-velocity anti-tank rounds. The KPV is belt fed and has a cyclic rate of fire of 600 rounds per minute and a muzzle velocity of 1000 meters per second. The KPV has a 1346 mm long barrel and is fitted with a cylindrical post foresight and a tangent leaf U rearsight. The KPV machine-gun is usually mounted on a towed carriage, either in a single, pair or quadruple arrangement, the mountings being known as a ZPU-1, ZPU-2 or ZPU-4 respectively.
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