UKM-2000

UKM-2000
UKM-2000P
Type	General purpose machine gun
Place of origin	Poland
Service history
In service	?? - present
Used by	Poland,
Production history
Designed	2000
Produced	?? - present
Variants	UKM-2000P, UKM-2000D, UKM-2000C
Specifications
Weight	8.4 kg
Length	1203 mm
Barrel length	547 mm
Cartridge	7.62x51mm NATO
Action	Gas-actuated, rotating bolt
Rate of fire	600-700 rounds/min
Muzzle velocity	840 m/s
Feed system	Belt (100,200 or 250)

The UKM-2000 is a 7.62x51 mm NATO medium general purpose machine gun designed in Poland. The name stands for Uniwersalny Karabin Maszynowy 2000 (Universal Machine Gun model 2000).

History

When on March 12, 1999 Poland joined North Atlantic Treaty Organisation a problem arose with modifying the weapons of the Polish Army to use standard NATO ammunition. After the introduction of the new assault rifle Kbs wz. 1996 Beryl (5.56x45mm NATO), the WIST-94 pistol and the wz. 84 (9x19mm Parabellum) submachine gun, a decision was made to develop a new general purpose machine gun. The construction was based on the design of the successful and battle tested PK/PKS machine gun.

pl:Karabin maszynowy UKM-2000

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