# RPK

> English word · Proper noun

## Definitions
1. A Soviet 7.62×39mm cartridge light machine gun

## Etymology
Romanization of Russian РПК (RPK), which is an initialism of ручной пулемёт Калашникова (ručnoj pulemjót Kalašnikova, “Kalashnikov hand-held machine gun”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/rpk