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The RPD (Russian: ручной пулемёт Дегтярёва, romanized: Ruchnoy Pulemyot Degtyaryova, English: Degtyaryov hand-held machine gun) is a 7.62x39mm light machine gun developed in the Soviet Union by Vasily Degtyaryov for the 7.62×39mm M43 intermediate cartridge.
The below table gives a list of firearms that can fire the 7.62×39mm cartridge, first developed and used by the Soviet Union in the late 1940s. [1] The cartridge is widely used due to the worldwide proliferation of Russian SKS and AK-47 pattern rifles, as well as RPD and RPK light machine guns.
The 7.62×39mm (aka 7.62 Soviet, formerly .30 Russian Short) [5] round is a rimless bottlenecked intermediate cartridge of Soviet origin. The cartridge is widely used due to the global proliferation of the AK-47 rifle and related Kalashnikov rifles, the SKS semi automatic rifle, as well as the RPD and RPK light machine guns.
The guns are available in 12, 20, 28 and 32 gauges, and .410 bore.[1] At present, it is not commercially available, only parts are available on request. MTs255-12 (МЦ255-12) – police version (for ammunition 12/70 and 12/76), designed for law enforcement and security agencies, is distinguished by accessories made of black plastic, folding ...
Ukrainian soldier with a DPM machine gun. Ukrainian soldier with a UK vz. 59 machine gun. Ukrainian technical made with a LuAZ-969 with PM M1910 and DP-27 machine guns. Ukrainian Naval Infantry with a Rheinmetall MG 3 machine gun. DP-27 [131] RPD [131] RPK [131] RPK-74 [131] [132] Zastava M53 [131] Beretta MG 42/59; Rheinmetall MG 3 [108] [133 ...
Another Lewis gun was found in an IRA arms dump outside Kildare in January 1990. [78] [79] Besa machine gun: 7.92×57mm Mauser: Medium machine gun United Kingdom: Four Besa machine guns found in IRA arms dump outside Kildare in January 1990. [78] [79] Bren gun.303 British: Light machine gun United Kingdom: Widespread usage in 1970s. [5]
The "Type 56" designation was also used for Chinese versions of the SKS and of the RPD, known as the Type 56 carbine and Type 56 light machine gun respectively. Unlike the popular Type 56 rifle, all Type 56 carbines have been removed from military service, except a few used for ceremonial purposes and by local Chinese militia.
RPD machine gun; RPK; S. Savin–Norov machine gun; SG-43 Goryunov; ShKAS machine gun; SIBEMAS; Y. YakB-12.7 machine gun This page was last edited on 24 May 2019, at ...