▁ 5 . 5 6 mm ▁Ber etta ▁AR 7 0 / 9 0 ▁assault ▁rif le ▁and ▁supp lement ▁the ▁ 7 . 6 2 mm ▁M G ▁ 4 2 / 5 9 ▁general ▁purpose ▁machine ▁gun . ▁A ▁re th inking ▁of ▁the ▁concept ▁led ▁to ▁their ▁ad option ▁of ▁the ▁bel t - f ed ▁F N ▁Min imi ▁instead . ▁ ▁Netherlands ▁The ▁Netherlands ▁Marine ▁Corps ▁is ▁the ▁only ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁Dutch ▁military ▁to ▁use ▁the ▁LO A WN LD ▁( an ▁updated ▁version ▁of ▁the ▁Col t ▁Canada ▁Light ▁Support ▁We ap on ) ▁as ▁their ▁squad ▁automatic ▁weapon . ▁All ▁other ▁branches ▁use ▁the ▁F N ▁Min imi ▁for ▁this ▁role . ▁ ▁Soviet ▁Union / Russ ian ▁Federation ▁The ▁Russian ▁support ▁weapon ▁concept ▁was ▁designed ▁around ▁providing ▁one ▁standard ▁cart ridge ▁that ▁could ▁be ▁used ▁by ▁the ▁clip - f ed ▁rif le ▁( SK S ), ▁magazine - f ed ▁assault ▁rif le ▁( AK - 4 7 ) ▁and ▁bel t - f ed ▁light ▁machine ▁gun ▁( R PD ). ▁The ▁S KS ▁and ▁R PD ▁were ▁dropped ▁as ▁being ▁less ▁effective ▁than ▁hoped . ▁The ▁R PK , ▁with ▁its ▁magazine ▁and ▁parts ▁common ality ▁with ▁the ▁base ▁A K - 4 7 , ▁was ▁more ▁effective . ▁It ▁replaced ▁the ▁R PD ▁as ▁soon ▁as ▁manufact uring ▁techniques ▁allowed ▁it ▁to ▁be ▁mass - produ ced . ▁▁▁▁▁ ▁R PK ▁ ▁R P KS ▁ ▁R PK - 7