What is "rpk"

The RPK (Ruchnoy Pulemyot Kalashnikova, or "Kalashnikov hand-held machine gun") is a 7.62×39mm light machine gun of Soviet design, developed by Mikhail Kalashnikov in the late 1950s, parallel with the AKM assault rifle. It was created as part of a program designed to standardize the small arms inventory of the Red Army, where it replaced the 7.62×39mm RPD light machine gun. The RPK continues to be used by the armed forces of countries of the former Soviet Union and certain African and Asian nations. The RPK was also manufactured in Bulgaria and Romania.

RPK may refer to:

• RPK (Ruchnoy Pulemyot Kalashnikova, Russian: Ручной пулемёт Калашникова), a Soviet light machine gun superseded by the RPK-74
• Raja Petra Kamarudin, a Malaysian editor known for running the Malaysia Today website and publishing a series of commentary articles on Malaysian politics
• Revolutionary Party of Communists (Revolyutsionnaja Partija Kommunistov), a predecessor of the Russian Communist Workers' Party – Revolutionary Party of Communists
• Royal Airlines (ICAO airline designator), based in Pakistan
• Royal Park railway station, Melbourne on the Upfield railway line, Melbourne, Australia
• Rocketplane Kistler, a former private aerospace company
• Revenue passenger kilometres, a measure of traffic
• RPK (rapper), real name Roope Kinnunen, a Finnish rapper and producer, who is also known as Koksukoo. He is now part of the duo Eurocrack.