The RPD (Russian: ручной пулемёт Дегтярёва Ruchnoy Pulemyot Degtyaryova English: hand-held machine gun of Degtyaryov) is a 7.62mm light machine gun developed in the Soviet Union by Vasily Degtyaryov for the intermediate 7.62x39mm M43 cartridge. It 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. It was succeeded in Soviet service by the RPK.
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length (km)
1.037
weight (kg)
7400.0
origin
Soviet Union
type
Light machine gun, Squad automatic weapon
used in war
Asia, Iran–Iraq War, Korean War, Sino-Indian War, Sino-Vietnamese War, Cambodian–Thai border dispute, Vietnam War, World War II, Thai–Laotian Border War, War in Afghanistan (2001–present), Soviet war in Afghanistan, Iraq War, Africa, Libyan Civil War, Syrian Civil War, Gulf War, Laotian Civil War, Cambodian Civil War, Cambodian–Vietnamese War, South African Border War
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