GPMG Firing Comparison: PKM vs UK vz.59

The Zastava M84, a licensed PKM variant, is lauded for its extreme reliability and durability, even enduring 500-round bursts without erosion. Its design allows for easy conversion between tripod and bipod configurations. Modifications like folding stocks and Picatinny rails enhance its modern utility, making it a versatile GPMG with historical significance and combat-proven performance.

This video showcases the formidable Russian DShK (Dushka) heavy machine gun, originally chambered in 12.7x108mm but modified to fire .50 BMG. The review highlights its immense power through tests against a vault door and ballistic dummies, demonstrating significant penetration and destructive capability. The content also includes a humorous Halloween skit and a sponsorship segment for home security.

This review of the Russian PKM highlights its robust, simple engineering, comparing it favorably to Western counterparts like the M240 and M249. Key features include an upside-down AK-47 design, an adjustable gas system, and a unique backward cartridge stripping mechanism. The video demonstrates its high rate of fire, stout ejection, and the historical significance of its 7.62x54R cartridge.

This review covers the Russian PKM machine gun, highlighting its reliability and simplicity, making it suitable for combat use. The video details its AK-style operating system and field stripping process. It also features a review of the affordable Huntertown Guardian 22 suppressor on a GSG 1911 pistol.

The Yugoslav M84, a PKM variant, is highlighted as a top-tier General Purpose Machine Gun due to its efficient design, offering significant firepower with manageable weight and recoil. The review covers practical loading procedures, including feeding the belt through a closed gun or manually chambering the first round. Shooting demonstrations showcase its surprising balance and controllability in various stances, from prone to 'Rambo style' hip firing.

The PKM, a Soviet-designed machine gun by Mikhail Kalashnikov, fires the 7.62x54R round and features a unique inverted AK-47-like gas system. It has variants like the PKT for vehicles and remains a globally used military firearm. The video highlights its history, design, and modern relevance.

This video details the unique 'French Finger Trap' issue with the MAS-36 rifle's bayonet, where two rifles can become unintentionally locked together. A 1951 French arsenal memorandum identified this problem, proposing a simple modification to the bayonet handle. Drilling a small hole allows a tool, like a firing pin, to depress the internal spring, enabling the separation of locked rifles.

The M134 Minigun is a scaled-down 7.62 NATO rotary cannon, requiring 24V DC power and consuming 1.5 kW. Its high rate of fire (3,000+ RPM) is essential for aircraft engagement windows. The complex delinker mechanism is critical for feeding ammunition, and practical hand-held use is impossible due to weight and recoil. Live fire demonstrates rapid ammunition consumption and the need for indirect aiming.

The H&K G11 is a revolutionary prototype assault rifle designed in the late 20th century, notable for its caseless ammunition and unique rotating drum bolt mechanism. Despite advanced features like a 2000 RPM burst fire rate and integrated optics, its development was ultimately halted by geopolitical shifts and cost concerns.

This video demonstrates the assembly and live-fire of the German 1936 pattern light mortar (L.Gr.W.36). It highlights the mortar's leveling mechanism for accuracy and the difficulty in visually tracking its 50mm projectiles after firing. The content showcases historical military hardware and its operational use.