RPD

Factions	Weapon	Icon	Classes	Ammo
					VC	RPD		Gunner	100 / 200

Damage Base	Headshot ×	Chest ×	Stomach ×	Leg ×	Arm ×	Bayonet	Rifle Grenades
								42	×2.3 = 96.6	×1 = 42	×0.95 = 39.9	×0.6 = 25.2	×0.55 = 23.1	NO	NO

Designation	Weapon Type	Fire Modes	Fire Rate	Bullet Spread °	Bipod Bullet Spread °	Range Modifier	Muzzle Velocity	Projectile weight	Weight
				RPD	LMG	Auto	700 RPM	9.23° & 2.42° ADS	2.19° & 0.7° ADS	0.925	735 m/s	7.9g (121.9 gr)	7.4 kg (16.3 lbs)

Full name	Caliber	Place of Origin	Date	Armory	Barrel Length	Total Length	Weapon Script Name
								ручной пулемёт Дегтярёва	7.62x39mm	Soviet Union	1944	State Factories	20.5 in (520 mm)	40.8 in (1,037 mm)	weapon_rpd

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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. 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.

HISTORY

Work on the weapon commenced in 1943. Three prominent Soviet engineers were asked to submit their own designs: Vasily Degtyaryov, Sergei Simonov and Alexei Sudayev. Among the completed prototypes prepared for evaluation, the Degtyaryov design proved superior and was accepted into service with the Soviet armed forces as the 7.62 mm Ручной Пулемёт Дегтярёва, PПД (RPD, Ruchnoy Pulemyot Degtyaryova or "Degtyaryov light machine gun") model 1944.

Although the RPD was ready for mass production during the final stages of World War II, it was adopted in 1948 and large scale delivery of the weapon did not begin until 1953.

During the Vietnam War, the RPD and its Chinese copy served the Việt Cộng and the People's Army of Vietnam as their standard light machine gun.
SOURCE

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  PHOTO OF A MARCH 1966 NORTH VIETNAMESE ARMY TRAINING EXERCISE

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