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.

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 …

2024年5月26日 · Other common NVA weapons included: RPD light machine gun: A 7.62mm belt-fed machine gun that was lighter and more portable than the M60. RPG-7 rocket-propelled grenade launcher: A reusable anti-tank weapon that could also be …

2002年3月1日 · An NVA soldier carrying the RPG-2 prepares to engage the American forces. He is wearing a protective hood and goggles worn to protect himself from the blast when firing the rocket.

2017年4月21日 · The Soviet-made PK general purpose machine gun—never as widely employed as the ubiquitous the Soviet-made AK-47 assault rifle and RPD light machine gun—began to replace the Soviets’ DP light machine gun in the North Vietnamese Army in late 1965.

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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...

This photo of a March 1966 North Vietnamese Army training exercise shows the NVA’s primary infantry weapons: in the background, the 7.62 mm AK-47, renowned for its reliability even in adverse conditions; in foreground, the 7.62 mm Degtyaryov RPD squad machine gun, lighter than the M60 but lacking the ability to change barrels when it overheated.

The VC and NVA used the RPG7V, a Soviet produced short-range, anti-armor, rocket-propelled grenade, from 1967 against armored vehicles, defensive positions, personnel and even helicopters. This smoothbore, recoilless weapon consists of a launcher tube fitted with a simple iron sight or a more sophisticated telescopic range-finding sight, and a ...

Everyone who was involved in the Vietnam War, referred to the enemy as the VC or Viet Cong and the NVA, North Vietnamese Army. These two titles helped to distinguish the difference between the regular army of the North and the gurella units which operated in South Vietnam.