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The PKP Pecheneg is a weapon featured in Battlefield 3. It was first seen used in the Operation Métro gameplay trailer with a PK-A.
Singleplayer[]
It is first found during the singleplayer campaign in Operation Guillotine as the mounted weapon in the two PLR MG nests near the canal.
Several PLR insurgents are armed with the PKP in the mission Comrades to hold off both French police and GRU.
It can also be picked up from fallen bodyguards situated inside the villa during the mission, Kaffarov.
Multiplayer[]
It is the fifth unlock for the Support kit at 60,000 Support points. The Pecheneg is in the middle of the pack with the high damage machine guns, with a slower rate of fire than the M240B and faster than the M60E4. The recoil is also more than the M60E4 and less than the M240B. The M60E4 and PKP are quite similar with the main difference being their different rate of fire.
The PKP shoots at a faster rate of fire allowing for a more aggressive playstyle over the M60E4, though the latter's slower rate of fire allows for longer suppressing fire without the need to reload as soon. The PKP fares reasonably well in close quarters, having similar performance to the UMP as far as damage, but the low accuracy shared among LMGs makes close quarters engagements risky.
Battlefield Premium members can equip the Woodland Stripe Camo for the PKP, or a Tactical Camo by completing the Pecheneg Specialist assignment, though they are entirely optional and aesthetic.
Gallery[]
- For attachments pictures, see PKP Pecheneg/Attachments.
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Trivia[]
- The Pecheneg in multiplayer has different iron sights than that of singleplayer and co-op, the sights being more aligned in multiplayer than in the other modes.
- Strangely, in singleplayer and co-op, the PKP rarely utilizes a bipod, unlike other LMGs in the game. However, this is compensated by its very high accuracy in campaign and co-op.
- In the singleplayer campaign it's used as a mounted weapon, but when picked up by the player it doesn't have a bipod.
- In the Beta, the PKP Pecheneg lacked "PKP" in its name.
- The PKP's belt feeds from the right side of the gun, unlike similar weapons that feed from the left side or from a magazine.
- In Comrades, the PKP is used by the GIGN as their primary MG.
- There is a rare glitch with the PKP when equipped with the bipod that causes the PKP to have a similar appearance to the XBOW after knifing a fence.[1]
- On the 500 kills dog tag, the PKM model is used, easily recognizable by its carrying handle.
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