Valmet M78

The Finnish Valmet M78 Light Machine Gun has the standard clubfoot RPK-style buttstock and either a wooden or black Synthetic forearm, and sometimes is used to stand in for the RPK in some films. It has been chambered in 5.56x45mm (.223 Remington), 7.62x39mm, and 7.62x51mm (.308 Winchester).

In the early 1980s, Valmet released a version of the M78 with a black Synthetic Thumbhole stock and black Synthetic Foregrip, called the M78/83.

The Finnish Valmet M78 or M78/83 light machine gun has appeared in the following films used by the following actors:

Valmet M78 7.62x39mm with high-capacity ammo drum and standard magazine

Valmet M78 with Straight Stock and standard 7.62x39mm 30 round Magazine

Valmet M78A2 with standard Wooden Clubfoot Stock and wooden foregrip - 7.62x51mm (.308 Win)

• Arnold Schwarzenegger as Col. John Matrix in Commando (Valmet M78/83)

• Central American rebels in Predator (Valmet M78/83)

• Wolverines in Red Dawn (Valmet M78)

• Russian Paratroopers in Red Dawn (Valmet M78)

• Michael Cudlitz as sniper Pallermo in The Negotiator

• Vietnamese soldiers in Rambo: First Blood Part II