The Ruchnoi Pulemet Kalashnikova obraztsa 1974g (RPK-74, Russian: Kalashnikov Handheld Machine Gun model 1974) is a squad automatic weapon or SAW developed by the Kalashnikov Design Bureau[?] of the Soviet Union in 1974. It is a light machine gun that shoots 5.45×39mm ammunition, and is very similar to the AK74[?], though with a heavier, longer barrel, a bipod and and some differences in the stock and fore-stock.
... at the time 400 different editions.
De Backer (Essai, ut inf.) enumerates 545 Latin
and about 900 French editions.
Originally written in
Latin, a French translation ...