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
Vasily Degtyaryov
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Vasily Alekseyevich Degtyaryov was a Soviet and Russian engineer who specialized in weapons design. He was awarded the title of Hero of Socialist Labour in 1940.
RPD machine gun
…Ruchnoy Pulemyot Degtyaryova, RPD, lit. 'Degtyaryov hand-held machine gun, RPD') is a 7.62x39mm light 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…
Degtyaryov in 1941
DP-27
The engineer's room in the house-museum