The HMG PK-16 is a Pakistani belt-fed air-cooled gas-operated heavy machine gun designed and produced by the Pakistan Ordnance Factories.^[1][3][4] It was first unveiled on 23 November 2016 on the IDEAS defence exhibition^[1][4] inaugurated by both PM Nawaz Sharif and COAS Raheel Sharif and visited by Minister of Defence Khwaja Asif and MoDP Rana Tanveer Hussain.^[4] Its name might suggest its introduction in 2016.^[2]

The HMG PK-16 shows some similarities to the Soviet DShK, as well as the Chinese W85 and Type 54 Machine gun.^[2] The HMG PK-16 is assembled by two people^[1] with an assembling time of 5 minutes and 20 seconds^[3] and a disassembling time of 4 minutes and 30 seconds,^[3] however its assembling time with the gun mounted is less than one minute.^[3] It has spade grips with the trigger in between the spade grips to be thumb pressed by the user.^[2] It has a tripod stand that can be operated either flat on ground or elevated.^[2] It can also be operated on vehicles.^[2] It is a comparatively light weight and suitable for low intensity operations.^[3] It operates with a caliber of 12.7×108mm with overall length of 1,500 mm^[1][3] and barrel length of 1,003 mm.^[1][3] It has an effective range of 1,500-1,600 m.^[1][3] Its tripod allows for an elevation of -26° to + 73° and a traverse movement of 360°.^[1][3] It fires 540-600 rounds per minute^[1][3] with each bullet traveling at speed of 810 m/s.^[1][3] The barrel however must be changed after firing 3,500 rounds.^[1][3]