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The RPD (Russian: ручной пулемёт Дегтярёва; Ruchnoy Pulemyot Degtyareva; "Degtyarev's Handheld Machine Gun) light machine gun was initially developed in the late stages of WWII, it was briefly adopted by Soviet armed forces as a light machine gun in the late 50s and early 60s, later replaced by RPK magazine-fed LMG and, more significantly, the highly successful PKM belt-fed GPMG.
Specifications
(1944 – 1960s)
- Type: Light Machine Gun
- Caliber: 7.62×39mm
- Weight: 16.3 lbs (7.4 kg)
- Length: 40.8 in (103.7 cm)
- Barrel length: 20.5 in (52 cm)
- Feed System: 100-round non-disintegrating belt fed from a drum: MACV-SOG operators in Vietnam are known to have used a converted 125-round drum lined with linoleum to prevent it rattling.
- Fire Modes: Full-Auto
The RPD and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:
Film
Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
Maksim Perepelitsa | Sergei Sibel | Pvt. Samus | 1955 | |
Aleksandr Susnin | Pvt. Ezhikov | |||
Blue Arrow (Golubaya strela) | Yuriy Bogolyubov | Sgt. Grechka | 1958 | |
Saboteurs | ||||
Soldier's Heart (Soldatskoye serdtse) | Soviet soldiers | 1959 | ||
The Odd Angry Shot | VC | 1979 | ||
The Beast of War | Mujahideen | 1988 | ||
Born on the Fourth of July | Viet cong soldier | 1989 | ||
Cargo 300 (Gruz 300) | Afghan mujaheddins | 1989 | ||
Sniper | Drug lord's personal guards | 1993 | ||
Never Say Die | FBI commando | Fitted with heat shield | 1994 | |
Dead Presidents | An enemy machine gun crew | 1995 | ||
Goldeneye | Soviet Soldier | 1995 | ||
Courage Under Fire | Iraqi soldiers | 1996 | ||
Avalon | One of Bishop's NPC party members | 2001 | ||
Behind Enemy Lines | Serbian soldier | 2001 | ||
We Were Soldiers | NVA Soldier | 2002 | ||
Tears of the Sun | A militia fighter | 2003 | ||
The Battle of Long Tan | Vietcong | 2006 | ||
Hitman | Henry Ian Cusick | Udre Belicoff | 2007 | |
Shooter | Soldiers | 2007 | ||
The Interview | Diana Bang | Director of Communications Sook | DS Arms | 2014 |
22 Minutes (22 minuty) | Somali Pirates | 2014 | ||
Mad Max: Fury Road | mounted on rig | 2015 | ||
Tanks for Stalin (Tanki) | German saboteurs | Visually modified as MG34 | 2018 | |
The Axe (Topor) | Andrey Smolyakov | Ivan Rodin | Visually modified as MG34 | 2018 |
A German soldier |
Television
Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
Ultimate Force | Georgian Soldier | Fed from drum and fitted with a flash-hider/BFA | 2002-2006 | |
Russian Soldiers | ||||
Julian Rivett | Klimov | |||
Archer - Season 6 | Bornean Insurgent | Fed from drum magazine | 2015 | |
The Saboteur 3: Crimea (Diversant. Krym) | Aleksandr Oblasov | Senya Korol | Visually modified as MG34 | 2020 |
German soldiers | ||||
One Warrior in the Field (Odin v pole voin) | Aleksandr Sokolovskiy | Capt. Andrey Perevezyev | Visually modified as MG34; On motorcycles and an armored car | 2018 |
Ruslan Sasin | Venya Ladurevich | |||
German soldiers | ||||
The Last Battle (Posledniy boy) | Vladimir Gorislavets | Yashka | Visually modified as MG34 | 2019 |
Topi | seen on the training poster; "Frenzy" (S1E04), "Transfiguration" (S1E05) | 2021 | ||
Fallout - Season 1 | NCR Fighters | "The Beginning" (S1E08) | 2024 |
Video Games
Game Title | Appears as | Mods | Notation | Release Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear | Unusable | 1999 | ||
Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix | 2002 | |||
Vietcong | 2003 | |||
Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield | 2003 | |||
Battlefield: Vietnam | 2004 | |||
Conflict: Vietnam | 2004 | |||
Splinter Cell Chaos Theory | 2005 | |||
Vietcong 2 | 2005 | |||
Elite Warriors Vietnam | 2005 | |||
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare | RPD | Incorrectly used by Russian Troops in the 2010s | 2007 | |
7.62 High Calibre | 2008 | |||
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 | RPD | w/ RIS foregrip, suppressor, red dot sight, EOTech holographic sight, Trijicon ACOG, thermal sight, and/or extended magazine | Incorrectly used by Russian Troops in the 2010s | 2009 |
Max Payne 3 | RPD | 2012 | ||
Call of Duty: Black Ops II | RPD | Incorrectly used by Russian Troops in the 1980s; model reused from Modern Warfare 2 | 2012 | |
Call of Duty Online | RPD | DS Arms RPD | 2013 | |
Warface | RPD Custom | DS Arms RPD | 2013 | |
Survarium | 2013 | |||
Contract Wars | DS Arms RPD | 2014 | ||
World of Guns: Gun Disassembly | RPD | 2014 | ||
Squad | RPD | Introduced with V2.0 update | 2015 | |
Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades | 2016 | |||
Escape from Tarkov | "Degtyarev RPD 7.62x39 machine gun" | short barrel | Added in 0.14.0.0.28333 patch (2023) | 2016 |
"Degtyarev RPDN 7.62x39 machine gun" | short barrel, side mount for sights | |||
Rising Storm 2: Vietnam | 2017 | |||
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War | RPD | With a variety of attachments | 2020 | |
Far Cry 6 | Cut-down MACV-SOG/Rhodesian style | 2021 | ||
Enlisted | RD-44 | 2021 |