Talk:RPD

RP-44/RPD-44

Here's a fun bit of information. RPD was originally produced in the later stages of the Second World War, and became the staple light machine gun of the Combloc through the 50s, but it did actually see use as early as 1944-'45. Later stages of field testing with the 1000 unit strong conformance batch was handed to the troops, including the field army. However, it's very unlikely the weapon was used on the edge of the front or against the opposing forces. The machine gun would almost wait a decade before being widely fielded within the Soviet military, in 1953, phasing out the previous DP series machine guns as the mainstay infantry light machine gun.

Picture of the 1944 conformance model. --BeloglaviSup (talk) 04:09, 12 March 2016 (EST)