[IDEF 2025] TISAS Begins Production of PKM Machine Gun in Turkey
The year 1969 had plenty of good stuff going on. The legendary Woodstock music festival, Apollo 11 moon landing… There were also lesser-known events like the premiere of the first episode of Sesame Street and the beginning of production for the PKM, the most mass-produced machine gun in recent history.
Now, in 2025, Woodstock and the moon landing seem like tales of the distant past, but Sesame Street and PKMs are still with us. And apparently, some companies think that producing a 56-year-old weapon system is the way to go.
At the IDEF exhibition in Turkey, I came across the booth of the company called TISAS that showcased their new product - a faithful copy of the PKM general-purpose machine gun.
With the exception of the ammo box, everything was copied to a “T”, including wooden furniture, which some might say is not very practical. However, a lot of customers in the Middle East are quite conservative when it comes to purchasing machine guns and do prefer classic wood to soulless plastic.
If you know PKMs, you might see one unusual feature - the large rail on the left side of the receiver, just above the safety lever. However, this rail is also true to the original; it was present on PKMN, the “night” version of the machine gun that was made to be used with various night scopes.
Unfortunately, very little information was available about this machine gun. According to the brochure I was given, it is called PKM/MG 762.
If you want to know more about PKM, check out James Reeve’s video about this gun and my series of articles about its history.
Vladimir Onokoy is a small arms subject matter expert and firearms instructor. Over the years he worked in 20 different countries as a security contractor, armorer, firearms industry sales representative, product manager, and consultant. His articles were published in the Recoil magazine, Small Arms Review, Small Arms Defence Journal, Overt Defense and Silah Report. He also contributed chapters to books from the "Vickers Guide: Kalashnikov" series. Email: machaksilver at gmail dot com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vladonokoy/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/machaksilver
More by Vladimir Onokoy
![The Optics Hub From Kinetic Development Group [GunCon 2025]](https://cdn-fastly.thefirearmblog.com/media/2025/07/04/04292/post.jpg?size=350x220)
Comments
Join the conversation
IF they could get them to the US, they'd sell like hotcakes.
are they gonna make a semi auto one for the us market?