RPD machine gun
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The RPD is a 7.62x39mm light machine gun developed in the Soviet Union by Vasily Degtyaryov for the 7.62×39mm M43 intermediate cartridge.
RPD light machine gun at the Mikkeli Infantry museum
RPD from Polish Army depot
Feeding system of RPD
A Central African soldier in a patrol armed with an RPD during a joint military operation in the streets of Birao, 2007
Degtyaryov machine gun
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Besides being the standard Soviet infantry light machine gun during World War II, with various modifications it was used in aircraft as a flexible defensive weapon, and it was equipped on almost all S
RPD machine gun
…machine gun developed in the Soviet Union by Vasily Degtyaryov for the 7.62×39mm M43 intermediate cartridge. The RPD was created as a replacement for the DP machine gun chambered for the 7.62×54mmR round. It is a precursor of most squad automatic weapons. The development of the RPD commenced in 1943. Three…
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Ukrainian Territorial Defense Forces soldier training with a DPM machine gun during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
Japanese soldiers with captured Soviet equipment during the Battles of Khalkhin Gol. The bottom left soldier has a DT machine gun.
Cartridges were arranged in a circle, with bullets facing the center of the disk.