The HMG PK-16 is a
Pakistani belt-fed
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air-cooled
gas-operated heavy machine gun
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designed and produced by the
Pakistan Ordnance Factories.
It was first unveiled on 23 November 2016 on the
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inaugurated by both
PM Nawaz Sharif
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and
COAS Raheel Sharif
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and visited by
Minister of Defence
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Khwaja Asif and
MoDP Rana Tanveer Hussain
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.
Its name might suggest its introduction in 2016.
Characteristics
The HMG PK-16 shows some similarities to the
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DShK
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, as well as the Chinese
W85 and
Type 54 Machine gun.
The HMG PK-16 is assembled by two people
with an assembling time of 5 minutes and 20 seconds
and a disassembling time of 4 minutes and 30 seconds,
however its assembling time with the gun mounted is less than one minute.
It has spade grips with the
trigger
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in between the spade grips to be thumb pressed by the user.
It has a tripod stand that can be operated either flat on ground or elevated.
It can also be operated on vehicles.
It is a comparatively light weight and suitable for
low intensity operations.
It operates with a
caliber of
12.7×108mm
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with overall length of 1,500 mm
and
barrel length of 1,003 mm.
It has an effective range of 1,500-1,600 m.
Its tripod allows for an elevation of -26° to + 73° and a traverse movement of 360°.
It fires 540-600 rounds per minute
with each bullet traveling at speed of 810 m/s.
The
barrel however must be changed after firing 3,500 rounds.
See also
Other HMGs
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Type 77 heavy machine gun
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History
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PSR-90
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References
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12.7×108 mm machine guns
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