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. It was created as a replacement for the DP machine gun chambered for the 7.62×54mmR round.

RPD是由苏联的捷格加廖夫设计的一种班用轻机枪，该枪于第二次世界大战后正式装备苏军，代替原来的DP-27式轻机枪。 但从1960年代起，苏联及一些东欧国家已用同口径的RPK轻机枪换装该枪。 在1943年，当苏联军方确定了俗称M43的7.62×39mm中间威力弹后，便开始了两项使用这种弹药的步兵武器研究工作，其中一项的成果便是后来的 SKS 半自动步枪，而另一项则是研制相应的班用轻机枪。 有三名苏联工程师被要求提交自己的设计，包括瓦西里·捷格加廖夫、谢尔盖·西 …

2023年1月31日 · The RPD was a belt-fed 7.62x39mm adaptation of the basic Degtyarev action that drove the WWII-vintage Soviet DP pan-fed machine gun. The RPD fed from a pair of non-disintegrating 50-round belts that linked together to provide 100 rounds of onboard firepower, all packed into a sheet steel drum.

2023年3月20日 · The RPD was an automatic machine gun featuring a gas-operated long-stroke piston system paired with the locking system of earlier small arms developed by Vasily Degtyaryov. Weighing just 16.31 pounds, it was considerably lighter than other machine guns from the time, such as the M60 , Bren Gun and M14A1.

2023年2月9日 · Developed as a portable, squad-level light machine gun, the RPD ("Ruchnoy Pulemot Degtyaryova" - "Hand-Held Machine Gun of Degtyaryov") was a further evolution of the storied DP line introduced in 1928 by Vasily Degtyaryov.

The RPD (Ручной Пулемёт Дегтярёва Ruchnoy Pulemyot Degtyaryova, lit. "Degtyaryov light machine gun") is a Soviet machine gun designed by Vasily Degtyaryov from 1943 to 1944 and produced by the Degtyaryov Plant from 1944 to 1960. A precursor to most squad automatic weapons, the RPD was originally...

2024年2月15日 · The RPD was developed as a companion light machine gun for the AK-47 to fire the same 7.62x39mm cartridge. An argument can be made that as good as this decision was logistically; tactically, it limited the Soviet squad automatic weapon in range and striking power.

2001年12月1日 · The Rushnol Pulemet Degtyareva (RPD) was fielded in the early 1950s and would become the Red Army’s standard issue light machine gun and squad automatic weapon. An evolution of other designs by design engineer Vasily Alexseyevich Degtyarev, the RPD is a gas operated, open-bolt, locked-breech design.

2017年4月21日 · The new 7.62 mm RPD was 10 pounds lighter than any machine gun then in service and used a round that inflicted far less recoil and was easier to feed into and eject from the firing chamber. Like the AK-47 assault rifle, the RPD fired over an open bolt and was gas operated. The final service model entered production in 1958.

2018年11月21日 · The RPD was the culmination of Soviet light machine gun designs that began with the DP-28 of pre-World War Two days, and ending with the RPD, or Ruchnoy Pulemyot Degtyaryova. It was a lightweight, belt-fed from a drum, gas operated machine gun chambered in the Soviet M43 7.62x39mm cartridge.