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RPD

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Country of origin Soviet Union
The RPD (Russian: Ручной Пулемёт Дегтярёва, РПД, romanized: 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.

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Specifications

Introduced
1944
Entered service
1948

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Model data: Wikidata (CC0) and Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Figures can differ between versions of the same weapon. · Q482522