The RPK-74 is a squad automatic weapon developed by the Kalashnikov Design Bureau of the Soviet Union in 1974. It is a light machine gun that fires 5.45x39mm M74 ammunition, and is very similar to the AK-74, though with a longer and heavier barrel, a bipod and some differences in the stock and forearm (handguard). However it cannot be fired for sustained periods of time due to the RPK-74's non-removable barrel. It can fire both 45 and 30 round box magazines. A prototype 90 round drum magazine was developed as well.
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RPKS-74, folding stock variant of the RPK-74
RPK-74 with synthetic furniture
PM md. 93, a Romanian RPK-74 clone with burst fire capability