The KB-P 790 (Дегтярёва Гаранина инд. КБ-П-790) is a
light machine gun prototype of Soviet origin. The weapon uses a
delayed blowback 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)
See also
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Garanin machine guns
The Garanin machine guns (Пулемёт Гаранина) were a series of general-purpose machine gun prototypes developed by Soviet designer Georgy Semenovich Garanin at OKB-575 in Kovrov. These guns were developed in the context of a contest ...
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List of Russian weaponry
7.62×39mm machine guns
Light machine guns
Delayed blowback firearms
Trial and research firearms of the Soviet Union
Machine guns of the Soviet Union
KBP Instrument Design Bureau products
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