Russians converting tank MGs for infantry use

[Kirkhill]

Russia Develops Factory Conversion Kit to Turn PKT Tank Machine Gun Into Infantry Version - Militarnyi

According to the concept, the PKZ-T is intended for use as an anti-aircraft machine gun by mobile fire teams when mounted on a tripod.

militarnyi.com

I am going to assume that dead infanteers don't hand their MGs back and that there are more guns for tanks than there are tanks for the guns.

 

[HavokFour]

Similar to what Ukraine did with all the vehicle mounted DShK's it inherited. Though for different reasons.