The American BAR is another step in a similar direction, although notably it was still limited to 20 round box magazines and obviously was still chambered in. The Madsen – a mobile automatic weapon that generally didn’t need assistant gunners to be employed effectively. While guns like the Madsen were the first to be employed in this role, most fully automatic support style weapons were still chambered in full size rifle cartridges and required one or more assistant gunners to be utilized effectively. The concept of the squad automatic weapon is a relatively new one. It’s the early 1960s, and the Soviet military is looking to standardize their small arms and infantry weapons, as most militaries of the time were. We generally find giving a bit of background context to set the stage is useful in understanding the importance of any historically relevant gun we cover – in this case, we’ll be exploring the origins of the Soviet RPK before we dive into the nitty gritty of Atlantic’s Romanian iteration.
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