The KB-P 790 (Дегтярёва Гаранина инд. КБ-П-790) is a

light machine gun A light machine gun (LMG) is a light-weight machine gun designed to be operated by a single infantryman, with or without an assistant, as an infantry support weapon. LMGs firing cartridge (firearms), cartridges of the same caliber as the othe ...

prototype of Soviet origin. The weapon uses a

delayed blowback Blowback is a system of operation for self-loading firearms that obtains energy from the motion of the cartridge case as it is pushed to the rear by expanding gas created by the ignition of the propellant charge. Several blowback systems exist wi ...

operation and is chambered in the 7.62×39mm round. Also known as the Degtyarev-Garanin, it was one of the four competitors in the contest for replacing the RPD. Ultimately it lost to Kalashnikov's RPK.

References

* Сергей Монетчиков
РУССКИЕ ОРУЖЕЙНИКИ: Создатель единого пулемета
''Bratishka'' issue of July–August 2003 (in Russian) * Юрий Пономарёв
Битва трёх «К»
, Kalashnikov magazine, 2010/6, pp. 76–85 (in Russian)

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