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UKM-2000
The Zakłady Mechaniczne "Tarnów" UKM-2000 is a 7.62×51mm NATO general-purpose machine gun designed in Tarnów, Poland.
Development.
On March 12, 1999 Poland joined the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation. A problem arose with modifying the weapons of the Polish Army to use the standard NATO ammunition. A decision was made to develop a new general-purpose machine gun. The construction was based on the design of the successful PK/PKS machine gun.
The UKM-2000 ("Uniwersalny Karabin Maszynowy",
Armed Forces.)
- UKM-2000C (Republic of Poland – 2000 – Vehicle-Mounted General-Purpose Machine Gun – 7.62×51mm NATO: Coaxial variant of the UKM-2000 used on KTO Rosomak APCs and Modernized Polish BRDM-2 armored cars.)
- UKM-2000D (Republic of Poland – 2000 – General-Purpose Machine Gun – 7.62×51mm NATO: Variant of the UKM-2000 with a folding stock designed for airborne troops.)
- UKM-2000P (Republic of Poland – 2000 – General-Purpose Machine Gun – 7.62×51mm NATO: Standard