POTD: Polish UKM-2000 (PKM) in 7.62×51 NATO on Full-Auto

by Eric B

Published: February 28th, 2020

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POTD – Photo Of The Day and we’re looking at a Polish Soldier with a PK Machine Gun on full-auto.

Introduced in 1961 the PKM is a 7.62×54mmR General-Purpose Machine Gun. However, since this is a Polish version, their PK/PKSs were modified to feed the standard NATO ammo belts and re-chambered for the 7.62×51mm NATO cartridges.

Based on the PKM, the Polish Army adopted the UKM-2000 Machine Gun. There is an old TFB article on the case, from 2012, which you can find here: Polish Modernised UKM-2013 Machine Gun.

Today, the 4th mechanized company carried out the fire control of the mechanized platoon in defense during the day at PCT Wierzbina.
The main emphasis during the classes was put on checking the training of commanders in setting tasks and issuing commands, and responding to the situation in the foreground.

Another company that carried out work to convert the old PKM was the company H. Cegielski in Poznań (Poland), and the code name for their creation was PKM-NATO. However, their version was rejected.

All pictures from 15 Giżycka Brygada Zmechanizowana.

#PKM #Poland #7.62NATO #PKMModernization #UKM2000 #FBBeryl

Eric B

Ex-Arctic Ranger. Competitive practical shooter and hunter with a European focus. Always ready to increase my collection of modern semi-automatics, optics, thermals and suppressors. TCCC Certified. Occasionaly seen in a 6x6 Bug Out Vehicle, always with a big smile.

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Haulin' Oats on Feb 28, 2020

1934, 1968, 1986, and 922r. My rights have been infringed.

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- Brett baker on Feb 28, 2020
  
  @Haulin' Oats Why not a KAC LMG? Other than someone who uses them has informed us they ain't that great.
  
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- Andrew Johnson on Feb 28, 2020
  
  @Haulin' Oats Gun people are such cry baby snowflakes. They know nothing about real tyranny and infringements on rights.
  
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- SNKY PNKY on Feb 28, 2020
  
  @Haulin' Oats a picture of a patch? you couldn't just type that out?
  
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- FOC Ewe on Feb 28, 2020
  
  @Haulin' Oats You forgot the 89 import ban that killed the HK 91/93/94, AUG, FAL, K1 & 2 and Norinco...
  
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- Uniform223 on Feb 28, 2020
  
  @Brett baker Scuttlebutt is that they are in limited use in certain circles.
  
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- SP mclaughlin on Feb 28, 2020
  
  @Andrew Johnson *in African voice*
  Why are you here?
  
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- That_Texan on Feb 28, 2020
  
  @Andrew Johnson Anti-gun people are such cry baby snowflakes. They don't care about the government taking away their right to defend their lives, their family, and their property. They're afraid of inanimate objects which is just pathetic. It is a human right to own weapons and to defend yourself and others, and it is tyranny to take that right away from anyone.
  
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- Haulin' Oats on Feb 28, 2020
  
  @Brett baker Ian McCollum and his buddy Karl K. are big fans of it.
  
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- Ninoslav Trifunovic on Feb 29, 2020
  
  @Brett baker Can you give us same more info? I really like the whole idea about LMG, but this is a first time I hear (well, read) this.
  
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- Jason Culligan on Feb 29, 2020
  
  @Brett baker Probably because the PKM is already in the logistical system, they already have training materials for it, their soldiers and instructors alike are all familiar with it and it does the job that it's supposed to do.
  Not to mention the cost of buying an entirely new fleet of MG's.
  
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- Uncle Yar on Feb 29, 2020
  
  @Uniform223 Not surprising. They're miles above all the other MGs out there.
  
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- Brett baker on Feb 29, 2020
  
  @Jason Culligan I meant for Haulin' Oats, not the Poles.
  
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- Brett baker on Feb 29, 2020
  
  @Ninoslav Trifunovic There are a bunch of Fanboys of it among the commenters here.
  
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- Andrew Johnson on Feb 29, 2020
  
  @That_Texan When did they try to take away your right to defend yourself? Even during the height of the Clinton years during the AWB people were still able to legally defend themselves with a gun.
  
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- Haulin' Oats on Mar 01, 2020
  
  @Haulin' Oats https://www.youtube.com/wat...
  
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- Tassiebush on Mar 02, 2020
  
  @Andrew Johnson Well here in Australia which is seemingly touted as an model of gun control self defence is undermined to the extent that you cannot buy a firearm to defend yourself regardless of how clear the need. You can't even own body armour on pain of imprisonment and in most states even if police believe that you defended yourself in a clear case you still are prosecuted as a matter of course and have to use a legal defence of self defence and of course you may be incarcerated on remand while that case plays out.
  
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- Andrew Johnson on Mar 02, 2020
  
  @Tassiebush well im not talking about australia but america
  
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- Tassiebush on Mar 02, 2020
  
  @Andrew Johnson It's where it ends up though.
  
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- Dave on Mar 02, 2020
  
  @Andrew Johnson I will suggest you wake up.
  The dems and the "democratic socialists" are just ITCHING to take your guns and your ability to buy more.
  
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- Haulin' Oats on Mar 02, 2020
  
  @Haulin' Oats https://www.youtube.com/wat...
  
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- Andrew Johnson on Mar 03, 2020
  
  @Dave You say it's just the dems? Trump took your bump stocks and you guys were pretty quiet about that. So you can ONLY defend yourself with one type of gun being the AR15?
  
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- Dave on Mar 03, 2020
  
  @Andrew Johnson Why are you here? Just to troll?
  Banning a bump stock is NOTHING compared to the left's stance on the absolute destruction of the 2A.
  It's to bad that it doesn't physically hurt to be as stupid as you are.
  No doubt you believe that the left has no plans to disarm us.
  Dismissed. For pure stupidity.
  
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- Andrew Johnson on Mar 03, 2020
  
  @Dave What's stupid is your lack of consistency in your logic. Banning bump stocks is no different than banning assault weapons. You're okay with gun control as long as a Republican does it. Banning assault weapons is not the same as total gun confiscation. In California they have an assault weapons ban yet they are still able to own guns.
  
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338LM on Feb 29, 2020

There is even one in US called zmod. UKM 2000P which is some seriously redesigned version of the orginal UKM 2000P (version on the pictures). The zmod. UKM 2000P is current service GPMG in PAF.
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