The UKM-2000 is a 7.62x51mm NATO general-purpose machine gun designed and built by Zakłady Mechaniczne Tarnów in Tarnów, Poland, its name standing for Uniwersalny Karabin Maszynowy, or Universal Machine Gun. It was developed in 2000, the year after Poland joined NATO, to give Polish forces a machine gun compatible with standard NATO ammunition. Its design is based on the Soviet PKM machine gun, which Poland had previously built under license, but it was substantially reworked to fire the 7.62x51mm NATO cartridge from disintegrating metallic links rather than the PKM's closed-link belt.
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7.62×51mm NATO
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The UKM-2000 (Uniwersalny Karabin Maszynowy, "Universal Machine Gun") is a 7.62×51mm NATO general-purpose machine gun designed and manufactured by Zakłady Mechaniczne Tarnów in Tarnów, Poland.
Used In: War in Afghanistan (2001-2021), Infobox: wars
War in Afghanistan (2001-2021) Iraq War Russo-Ukrainian War
Used In: Iraq War, Infobox: wars
War in Afghanistan (2001-2021) Iraq War Russo-Ukrainian War
Used In: Russo-Ukrainian War, Infobox: wars
War in Afghanistan (2001-2021) Iraq War Russo-Ukrainian War
In Group: General-Purpose and Medium Machine Guns, Infobox: type
General-purpose machine gun
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Inception (Wikidata property P571): 2000.
Wikidata: UKM-2000
Wikidata Q2491922, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
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