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NOTE: This article is about the UK-59 used by Czech forces in ArmA 2: ACR. For its Czechoslovak counterpart in ArmA 3's CSLA Iron Curtain Creator DLC, see UK-59L (CSLA). |
| « | UK Vz.59, Universal Machinegun model of 1959, also known as "Rachot", was developed in Czechoslovakia in mid to late 1950s. UK 59 is a true universal machine gun, chambered for powerful (but obsolete) rifle cartridge, Russian 7.62x54mm R. Gun can be reconfigured from light to medium configuration, with replacement of the barrel and mounting or dismounting it onto / from vehicle or tripod. Armoury Description
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| UK-59 7.62 mm | |
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| Faction |  ACR
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| Type | General-Purpose Machine Gun |
| Calibre | 7.62×54 mmR |
| Magazine capacity |
100 |
| Dispersion | 0.001 rad |
| Variants | None |
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The UK-59 is a 7.62 mm general-purpose machine gun used exclusively by Czech military forces in ArmA 2. It was added with the release of the Army of the Czech Republic DLC.
Overview
The UK-59 is a belt-fed, gas operated medium machine gun with a tilting breechlock that is chambered to fire the 7.62×54 mm cartridge.
It loads from the same 100-round belts stored in metal boxes used by the Russian-made PKM, is able to attain a fire rate of up to 667 rounds per minute and has a muzzle velocity of 850 m/s. The UK-59 has an integrated (non-functional) bipod, but does not come in any variant that has either optical sights, muzzle attachments, or side rail accessories mounted. It has a maximum zeroing range of up to 800 metres.
Czech machine gunners suppressing with the UK-59.
The standard issue GPMG of the Czech military, it is a fairly powerful MMG due to firing the same 7.62 mm round used by the PKM, and is effective at distances of between 800 and up to 1,000 metres.
However, in terms of actual performance the UK-59 is completely identical to the PKM. From accuracy to recoil and even right down to carrying weight, the UK-59 remains unchanged from the PKM. The sole difference with the UK-59 is that it cannot be zeroed to 1,000 metres like the PKM (which is actually a drawback).
As a result, the UK-59 shares the same flaws of the PKM and has almost none of its advantages, rendering it a comparatively inferior weapon to not only the PKM itself but every other GPMG as well.
Ammunition
| Base damage value | Aerodynamic friction | Initial velocity (m/s) |
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| 12 | -0.00096 | 850 |
The UK-59 can only load type of "magazine". It will require two free inventory slots to carry:
PKM Mag.
Metal box containing a linked belt with 100-rounds of 7.62 mm ammunition. It is shared with both of its Russian-made counterparts.
Every fourth round will be a visible green tracer, but the last four rounds in the belt will always consist exclusively of tracers.
Trivia
- The UK-59 erroneously shares the same stats as the PKM. In reality, the actual "Uk vz. 59" that the in-game UK-59 is based on handles very differently compared to the PKM.
- However, it is likely that because both weapons share a similar internal design (the PKM's operating system is similar to the AK series of rifles while the Uk vz. 59's is based on that of the vz. 58's), the UK-59 was simply configured in this way to reflect both weapons' similarities in real-life.
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See also
Weapons of comparable role and configuration
- M60E4 (Alternate ACR counterpart, ArmA 2: OA only)
- M240 (U.S. Army/USMC counterpart)
- L7A2 GPMG (British Army counterpart, ArmA 2: BAF only)
- PKP (Modern Russian Armed Forces counterpart)
- PKM (Outdated ChDKZ/Takistani Army counterpart)
 ACR - Armoury (ArmA 2)
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| Handguns | CZ 75 9 mm • G17 9 mm |
| Submachine guns | CZ Scorpion Evo 3 A1 9 mm |
| Carbines | M4A3 5.56 mm (M4A3 M203) |
| Assault rifles | CZ 805 BREN A1 5.56 mm (CZ 805 A1 G1, CZ 805 BREN A2, CZ 805 B1 G1) • Sa-58V 7.62 mm (Sa-58P) |
| Sniper rifles | CZ 750 S1 M1 .308 • SVD Dragunov 7.62 mm |
| Squad automatic weapons | M249 Para 5.56 mm |
| Machineguns | M60E4 7.62 mm • UK-59 7.62 mm |
| Launchers | MAAWS • RPG-7V |
| Static | DShKM • RBS-70 |
| (Parenthesis) denote variants. Operation Arrowhead | Army of the Czech Republic | |
