RPD: The 80-year-old light machine gun that can clear trenches seen in Ukraine

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@dankeavey1210
@dankeavey1210 4 ай бұрын
So glad bfbs featured the foremost expert on firearms Jonathan Ferguson, the Keeper of the Firearms and Artillery at the Royal Armouries Museum in the UK, Which houses a collection of thousands of iconic weapons from throughout history.
@Tailssonic1999x
@Tailssonic1999x 4 ай бұрын
That's actually his full name. His father had incredible foresight.
@NSGrendel
@NSGrendel 4 ай бұрын
@@Tailssonic1999x 😂Slava Jonathan!
@peterjones-b5b
@peterjones-b5b 4 ай бұрын
I used the yugoslavian RPK , or kalashnikov PM as they called it , during the croation war and found it to be an ideal weapon in all combat situations ... The longer barrel meant it had a bit more range and accuracy than a normal AK'47 and once slung from the sling it gave good fire rates for covering fire . All in all i liked this gat and would carry into combat again without hesitation...
@Nattleby
@Nattleby 4 ай бұрын
Did you use drums or magazines with it?
@goose6604
@goose6604 4 ай бұрын
I heard a lot of people saying it was bad, I guess that is just people parroting what they hear someone else say. Where there any glaring negatives to it from your experience?
@TomGodson95
@TomGodson95 4 ай бұрын
Sorry you had to go through that but not only did you survive you more likely thrived
@peterjones-b5b
@peterjones-b5b 4 ай бұрын
@@Nattleby i had 30 round AK47 mags ! drum mags were like rocking horse poo to get hold of , and i never saw a 40 round mag ..... Most of the drum magazines were on the ak's of various ' sminker' troops in police special units .... who conducted the war from inside of town in a coffee bar ! lol
@peterjones-b5b
@peterjones-b5b 4 ай бұрын
@@goose6604 no not really , apart from being a bit heavy it was my choice to carry it , and i found it to be the right tool for what i was doing , which was aggressive patroling/ scouting the lines
@EC23331
@EC23331 4 ай бұрын
Good to see Jonathan Ferguson, the keeper of the Firearms and Artillery at the Royal Armouries Museum in the UK, which houses thousands of iconic weapons throughout history in todays video
@johnathan651
@johnathan651 4 ай бұрын
lol
@tavish4699
@tavish4699 4 ай бұрын
@@johnathan651 is this you lord and savior Jonathan Ferguso,he keeper of the Firearms and Artillery at the Royal Armouries Museum in the UK, which houses thousands of iconic weapons throughout history?
@KoRbA2310
@KoRbA2310 4 ай бұрын
I think that Jonathan Ferguson, the keeper of the Firearms and Artillery at the Royal Armouries Museum in the UK, which houses thousands of iconic weapons throughout history is one of the best gun history creators on the platform right beside Gun Jesus
@AwesomeRepix
@AwesomeRepix 4 ай бұрын
@@tavish4699 I think you meant "Jonathan Ferguson, the keeper of the Firearms and Artillery at the Royal Armouries Museum in the UK, which houses thousands of iconic weapons throughout history in todays video"
@Keithrrr
@Keithrrr 4 ай бұрын
Rapid People Destroyer- The RPD
@А106-б8т
@А106-б8т 4 ай бұрын
"R"eally bad accuracy and "P"oor-quality shot, the slightest displacement of the cartridge in the tape is a "D"elay in firing
@strikerstriker3378
@strikerstriker3378 4 ай бұрын
А теперь на родной мове, юмор уроженца кизяка и соломы не понят​@@А106-б8т
@RustyBear
@RustyBear 4 ай бұрын
@@А106-б8тfr. It sucks. But western media needs new stories to keep the dumb average western media viewer occupied 🤦‍♂️
@Guido-Fawkes
@Guido-Fawkes Ай бұрын
@@А106-б8т aerta e mata, é o suficiente, gringo...
@MrLoobu
@MrLoobu 4 ай бұрын
In my opinion, the coolest looking gun ever made.
@zoiders
@zoiders 4 ай бұрын
It wasnt the Navy SEALs who adopted the RPD it was the Green Berets of the Army SF. The SEALs had their own new Stoners. The Army SF never saw any Stoners but they wanted something like it. So they lopped the barrel down on the RPD and then they added an off cut of linoleum to the belt box to dampen the noise the belt makes on the move. The Army SF were specifically tasked with interception of arms from the Ho Chi-min trail and finding arms caches so they didnt have a shortage of Chi-Com and Russian weapons. The SEALs being tasked with raiding along the Mekong Delta never really hung around long enough to do that on the same scale. They were in and out. The SF guys tended to call in engineers and support if they found something.
@seancidy6008
@seancidy6008 4 ай бұрын
Stoner was a lot heavier surely.
@weronikazalewska2098
@weronikazalewska2098 4 ай бұрын
Countless photos of navy seals with them in vietnam
@seancidy6008
@seancidy6008 4 ай бұрын
@@weronikazalewska2098 Didn't have to carry them very far I suspect.
@zoiders
@zoiders 4 ай бұрын
@@weronikazalewska2098 Well no actually there isn't if you check the photo credits.
@zoiders
@zoiders 4 ай бұрын
@@seancidy6008 No. An RPD is a machined steel weapon which is 7.4kg unloaded. The Stoner 63 is made of stampings and plastics and weighs only 5.3kg unloaded. The MACV SOG favoured the RPD as it was all they had other than the M60 or the BAR. The SOG being involved with the CIA special activities as well had fairly unlimited access to Chi-Com arms and ammunition as they employed mercenaries. Many of whom were ex Viet Minh or NVA.
@samuelseymour7850
@samuelseymour7850 4 ай бұрын
Recieved a few good squirts from this MG in the Rhodesian Army, was used by our SAS in external ops in Mozambique and Zambia
@thetankhunter100
@thetankhunter100 4 ай бұрын
What were you guys doing in Zambia?
@stevee7467
@stevee7467 4 ай бұрын
​@@thetankhunter100 Counter terrorist operations.
@thetankhunter100
@thetankhunter100 4 ай бұрын
@@stevee7467 Oh yeah i remembered reading about em. Cool.
@hshocker98
@hshocker98 4 ай бұрын
​@@stevee7467nah, that'll be ethnostate uprising.
@cm-pr2ys
@cm-pr2ys 4 ай бұрын
Rhodesians never die.
@karoltakisobie6638
@karoltakisobie6638 4 ай бұрын
Just wait until they rediscover ppsh41 smg. Trench broom at its finest.
@ballsack8937
@ballsack8937 4 ай бұрын
Favorite sub machine gun of all time. Straight up bullet hose
@skipperclinton1087
@skipperclinton1087 4 ай бұрын
The VC/NVA used these to great effect on US & SVN forces during the Vietnam War, especially from ambushes and fortified positions like bunkers.
@boondocker7964
@boondocker7964 4 ай бұрын
Tell me about it.
@zhuangsaur227
@zhuangsaur227 Ай бұрын
The RPD indeed would have been more portable than the M60
@LinksRoyal
@LinksRoyal 4 ай бұрын
of all the firearms expert i really enjoy listening to Jonathan Ferguson, the Keeper of the Firearms and Artillery at the Royal Armouries Museum in the UK, Which houses a collection of thousands of iconic weapons from throughout history.
@norb0254
@norb0254 4 ай бұрын
Modern does not always mean better
@FyokeYuo
@FyokeYuo 4 ай бұрын
Yeah I guess that means the recruits too. Really scrapping the barrel. RU W incoming. Don't mess with the elections of other countries.
@lancebrown9019
@lancebrown9019 4 ай бұрын
The original 7.62x39 weapons family was meant to replace the WW 2 era of weapons in the Red Army. The RPD was meant to replace the DP-28 and Maxim machine guns. The Mosin Nagant 92/30 and later M-44 rifles were meant to be replaced by the SKS-45. And the PPsH family of SMG where replaced by the AK-47. However production problems and budget issues in the 1950s the Reds never fully adopted this family of weapons for the whole Red Army. In 1959 the ease and success of AKM made the Soviets replace the milled receiver AK and SKS with the AKM. The RPD was then replaced by the RPK and PK families of weapons.
@weronikazalewska2098
@weronikazalewska2098 4 ай бұрын
Most army's have realised you need to still have full scale rifle calibres around for certain rifles and MGs
@chost-059
@chost-059 4 ай бұрын
never realised this thing dates back to 1943, crazy to think they had this but were stuck with the less than ideal DP28 all the way to berlin
@holdenroth5929
@holdenroth5929 4 ай бұрын
That was when it was designed. It didn't actually see service until 1953.
@Radbot776
@Radbot776 4 ай бұрын
Dp28 shot a 7.62x54r Rpd shoots 7.62x39 Dp28 did amazing things in street fighting was a badass gun
@rostyslavadamchuk3300
@rostyslavadamchuk3300 4 ай бұрын
Rpd is a suppress fire machine gun... while DP28 assault machine gun!!!
@TwixSvK
@TwixSvK 4 ай бұрын
@@rostyslavadamchuk3300 Quite the opposite... DP28 have quick change barrel and can be used for sustained suppressive fire, while RPD cannot exchange the barrel.
@rostyslavadamchuk3300
@rostyslavadamchuk3300 4 ай бұрын
@TwixSvK indeed may be, but think of cartridge and ammo... RPD is hand-held... 7,62 x 39 same as AK's, while DP28 is 7,62 x 54 old rifle cartridge rare to find on the battlefield except another machine gunner, so one is quick maneuverable: "suppress fire" machine gun and another DP28 "assault" machine gun... which is supposed to provide suppression from cover! Think of year of manufacturing also!!!
@one-metallica4156
@one-metallica4156 4 ай бұрын
This is literally one of the coolest machine guns I’ve seen. I loved using it in COD games and I’m surprised that the Russians haven’t tried to modernize it for their military. Fun fact: special forces in Vietnam always wanted the RPD over the M60 because of its weight.
@alexvanderlinden6027
@alexvanderlinden6027 4 ай бұрын
They are being to busy on the new pkm special ❤🎉 but yeah this weapon needs a new modern version too for sure
@kermitthefragg
@kermitthefragg 4 ай бұрын
Loved using it in COD 😂
@angreyhewe4009
@angreyhewe4009 4 ай бұрын
It because it uses 7.62*39, which is used but not the main calibre, which is 5.45*39. So there’s little point. Moreover they are making the RPK-16, which is essentially the modern version of this, based off the AK-12
@one-metallica4156
@one-metallica4156 4 ай бұрын
@@angreyhewe4009 they could have chambered it for 5.45x39 and figured out how to do a quick barrel replacement, just saying.
@TwixSvK
@TwixSvK 4 ай бұрын
@@one-metallica4156 Why would they do that? Just use purpose built LMG like RPL-20 at that point.
@JewsRock-ILJ
@JewsRock-ILJ Ай бұрын
It's light weight 9kg loaded. Reliable, high rate of fire, accurate to 1000 meters. Only downside is the barrel is not removable. But as a squad foot patrol weapon it is superior.
@Chyrosran22
@Chyrosran22 4 ай бұрын
I find the drum is really in the way when you're trying to hold the thing, it's okay when you use the bipod, but aiming from the shoulder is really annoying with that drum in the way xD .
@yodaz101
@yodaz101 4 ай бұрын
Oldie but goodie ..works quite well and lighter than m60...rbd and rpk... Still in service. We find them all over mid east and Africa..... retired US Army special forces.
@HanSolo__
@HanSolo__ 4 ай бұрын
So glad to see Jonathan Ferguson here. Cutting off this barrel would make for an absolute atrocity LMG. My understanding of short case 7.62 is only when you can push the projectile for a bit longer in the barrel. If it makes sense. Many don't see the sense of RPK with a 40-round mag. I do. This trench warfare is a hell on the wheels.
@TinyLegend
@TinyLegend 4 ай бұрын
This is the weapon of choice because the Ukrainian Front is significantly short of machine guns. Not because the old stuff is special.
@1joshjosh1
@1joshjosh1 4 ай бұрын
I always like this weapon. Spent a little time in the Canadian infantry. It just looks handy and usable.
@tnreprasentog7769
@tnreprasentog7769 4 ай бұрын
Man that thing looks like it's in top notch condition smh that's sick af... one of the best LMGs ever created other then the PKM
@sergecashman4822
@sergecashman4822 4 ай бұрын
It's a good SAW. Definitely better than the RPK. I think they went with the RPK because the magazines are interchangeable with the AK 47, plus internal politics. Overall you don't need to change barrels on a gun like this if you pace yourself properly. It's not like German WW2 tactics where you go through boxes of ammo in minutes. Three things that I don't like: - There's an open gap between the gas port and the piston tube. Kind of bad things waiting to happen. - Belts don't disintegrate. At least they could make them in shorter pieces, if the idea is to reload them. 100 round empty belt is a lot to drag around. -Sights are on the top cover. -Metal ammo drum instead of a modern style ammo bag. It would work better, as it works better today. You can bend them out of the way and they don't rattle.
@calummackenzie1797
@calummackenzie1797 4 ай бұрын
During the Rhodesian bush war, we used a canvas bag, rather than the metal drum magazine, because of the noise factor. If l remember correctly the belt came in 25 round links, but it was 45 years ago that l last used one so l can't be sure
@sergecashman4822
@sergecashman4822 4 ай бұрын
@@calummackenzie1797 That would be a very reasonable setup for the time. Really forward thinking. I'm not kidding - for some reason machine guns take forever to evolve. Thank you for your service. Metal on metal noise is a big deal. Belt bags work really well to avoid it. And you don't want a long empty chain hanging between your legs as you run. I think Negev and Negev 7 have it figured out now, but the Soviets had it almost figured out 80 years ago. And the Rodesians improved on it.
@ifv2089
@ifv2089 4 ай бұрын
You can just load disintegrating link, but the fact you can't change the barrel disqualifies it as an LMG in the traditional sustained role imo.
@sergecashman4822
@sergecashman4822 4 ай бұрын
@@ifv2089 You know, I carried a spare barrel for my MAG for 2.5 years. I never had to change it once, and I don't know of any magist who had to change it. Not during the training and not in combat. You'd have to be in some serious sustained firefight to get to that point. You'd run out of ammo first. Maybe if you're defending Omaha beach or something it's different. :) But overall you might be carrying 800 rounds or something maximum. If you pace yourself it will not blow up the barrel.
@ifv2089
@ifv2089 4 ай бұрын
@sergecashman4822 then you never really worked that weapon system in the sustained mate, why even carry the spare barrel if you weren't switching over every six hundred to a grand even 400 hundred in some countries.. your accuracy be all over the shop.
@johnathan651
@johnathan651 4 ай бұрын
It's only old until you're on the other end of it.
@TheDirtyvermonter
@TheDirtyvermonter 4 ай бұрын
Wouldn't be surprised to start seeing the cut down version as well over there
@johngeiger3770
@johngeiger3770 4 ай бұрын
Soviet era machine guns are so beautiful. It's like the Soviets were trying to seduce the enemies into its iron sights.
@jerryle379
@jerryle379 4 ай бұрын
Vietnam still produce them till today and it still main squad lmg , it interest how we ditch tul-1(vietnam rpk copy ) to switch back to producing the rpd
@ThePecky1966
@ThePecky1966 4 ай бұрын
I like the way that MACV-SOG teams used the RPD. They would cut the barrel down, just in front of the gas block. It would make it a great short-range weapon for jungle combat.
@olenagoncharuk5061
@olenagoncharuk5061 4 ай бұрын
Many thanks for a very interesting story.
@Slava5982
@Slava5982 4 ай бұрын
Our Bangladesh army still produced this LMG. (Chinise copy variant)
@SeeOhBeeWhy
@SeeOhBeeWhy 4 ай бұрын
The more things change the more things stay the same.
@s.weissenberger8102
@s.weissenberger8102 2 ай бұрын
The German Army still has those snail drums for the MG3, but nowadays they are made in plastic.
@cedhome7945
@cedhome7945 4 ай бұрын
If it ain't broke.....
@ryanbales8116
@ryanbales8116 4 ай бұрын
This might sound ridiculous, but the RPD was my favorite weapon on Call of Duty MW2 multiplayer. It’s cool to see this weapon being such a beast in Ukraine.
@poorfordtransitowner1627
@poorfordtransitowner1627 4 ай бұрын
I was looking for the same comment as mine lol
@gregghuge3270
@gregghuge3270 4 ай бұрын
There is almost zero chance the rpd is seeing front line troop usage. It is old, heavy and uses an awful round for the current war. x39 has a truly effective range of like 350 yards at most, while they are in trench warfare engaging at 1000 plus yards. Most front line troops are using 223 or 308 rifles so its not even like its sharing ammo type with them which was one of its strongest points back in the day. I would be amazed to see one in service above way rear echelon border national guard or irregular troops given scraps.
@ScreamingSturmovik
@ScreamingSturmovik 4 ай бұрын
i have a hard time believing that the quick detach barrel is the reason why the guns would be so much heavier as it's deliberately done to ensure a relatively light barrel can be used while maintaining a large amount of fire, most of the B.A.R variants are close to 20 lbs without a quick change barrel
@ppgnurse1847
@ppgnurse1847 4 ай бұрын
I love rpd
@mcuffman1
@mcuffman1 3 ай бұрын
A old lmg with a lot of potential put a barrel with built in coil fins on it add plastic furniture like a adjustable stock and optics rail maybe a bipod with built in grip mind blowing it wasn't further refined
@alexvanderlinden6027
@alexvanderlinden6027 4 ай бұрын
❤❤❤❤❤love from day one make it the rpd special and its pure magic
@boondocker7964
@boondocker7964 4 ай бұрын
If it's not broke, don't try to fix it.
@pariscommune9742
@pariscommune9742 4 ай бұрын
Ruchnoi Pulemet Degtyareva viz RPD
@KeystoneCarcajou
@KeystoneCarcajou 4 ай бұрын
SOG modified RPD's, not the SEALs.
@nerminerminerminermi
@nerminerminerminermi 4 ай бұрын
A legend und beauty
@kowell
@kowell 4 ай бұрын
RPD doesn't seem too bad considering they've also been seen using 100 years old Maxims
@weronikazalewska2098
@weronikazalewska2098 4 ай бұрын
I'd rather have a maxim in a defensive position than most modern MGs, the weight/size/having to mess about with water is it's obvious downfall but thats not so important in a stationary position. it's reliability, continuous firing ability and indirect fire role is unmatched in non electrical powered MGs
@TwixSvK
@TwixSvK 4 ай бұрын
@@weronikazalewska2098 Ability to quickly relocate the MG is far more important than sustained fire.
@thanksskeletor4812
@thanksskeletor4812 4 ай бұрын
@@weronikazalewska2098you should stop giving opinions lol nobody ever values them, trust me.
@MrLoobu
@MrLoobu 4 ай бұрын
A belt box is also a magazine. Anything that holds ammo outside of the chamber on a weapon system is a magazine.
@infantryattacks
@infantryattacks 4 ай бұрын
We grunts often referred to it as the Rapid People Destroyer MG.
@TheStrayHALOMAN
@TheStrayHALOMAN 4 ай бұрын
I really want RPD grips for the AK platform... I was to turn my Type-56 into the Fallout 3 Chinese Type-93
@dookiepost
@dookiepost 4 ай бұрын
It's a nice looking weapon
@mikewinston8709
@mikewinston8709 4 ай бұрын
Still in use, just like a GPMG, because it works…..
@fredhercmaricaubang1883
@fredhercmaricaubang1883 4 ай бұрын
I just LOVE how you make these weapon presentations! You just keep it simple & sensible WITHOUT insulting people's intelligence or disdaining them! WELL DONE! MORE! MORE!
@alijankhan3330
@alijankhan3330 4 ай бұрын
If it ain't broke don't fix it
@yutuniopati
@yutuniopati 4 ай бұрын
Weapon of choice ? Never seen a video featuring it in Ukraine
@georgewashington3393
@georgewashington3393 2 ай бұрын
Neither have I, these people just like to hear themselves talk. Sure they have a lot laying around to train with though. I think I'd seen one video of an rpd on the frontline and it was sitting in a corner in a bunker...🙄
@robertsolomielke5134
@robertsolomielke5134 4 ай бұрын
TY Jonathan. I never carried one, but I recall the hand guards will combust when used by semi-trained troops, firing long bursts, as reported by mercs in Africa. 1980's report so it must be true, with NO barrel change ability.
@PandaMan-xy1he
@PandaMan-xy1he 4 ай бұрын
It can happen, but requires a very unlikely situation. Kalashnikov Concern's youtube channel (before it got taken down due to the war) had a video firing an RPD until it broke, and it started burning only after like 500 or 600 rounds continuous. Given that's as much ammo as a gun team is likely to carry, it's unlikely someone's going to fire off their entire load as fast as possible.
@robertsolomielke5134
@robertsolomielke5134 4 ай бұрын
@@PandaMan-xy1he TY. Yes I get that we are talking about very low-end troops in the article, and otherwise I like what I know about the RPD, and it is a milestone in the class.
@shinigami117s8
@shinigami117s8 4 ай бұрын
Bren gun?
@georgewashington3393
@georgewashington3393 2 ай бұрын
This guy is just rambling, he doesn't know what he's talking about.
@keuroe
@keuroe 2 ай бұрын
근데 저 RPD가 소련제인지 중국제인지 제대로 알아봐야 할겁니다.왜냐하면 월남전 당시 소련제 무기는 거희 없다 할수없고 대부분 중국이 라이센스 생산한 중국제 물건밖에 없을겁니다.
@unter1103
@unter1103 3 ай бұрын
everytime I visit a video "Ukraine is using X weapon from X years ago" everyone seems to like it despite the fact 30+ countries are funding Ukraine they should be equipped with something more modern on the contrary if its russia alone the cmments take a negative turn
@drr301
@drr301 4 ай бұрын
British say, “To Fire in Anger”.
@georgewashington3393
@georgewashington3393 2 ай бұрын
Seals didn't use the rpd in Vietnam, that was sog...
@zulubeatz1
@zulubeatz1 4 ай бұрын
I have seen these cutdown in use by US sof in Vietnam
@danielandjenny9
@danielandjenny9 4 ай бұрын
Haha I could watch Jonathan talk about historical firearms all day but that’s not allowed as I’d be considered a gun nut lol 😆
@jon6815
@jon6815 4 ай бұрын
This was the preferred LMG of the Golani Brigade Recce Coy. up to around 1990, even though the rest of the IDF had the FN MAG (GPMG).
@casioak1683
@casioak1683 4 ай бұрын
Yep. The behind-enemy-lines commandos of the IDF often used captured Egyptian/Syrian Soviet arms like AKM, RPK, RPG7, and RPD
@AryehDenn
@AryehDenn 4 ай бұрын
we are awake, semper fi, who wah ! we are awake ! God bless take care
@will5989
@will5989 4 ай бұрын
Ask anyone who’s carried a gpmg.
@BadBomb555
@BadBomb555 4 ай бұрын
So RPD was produced in 1953, only 69 years before war in Ukraine.
@angelogoreham4155
@angelogoreham4155 4 ай бұрын
1943 but produced on a large scale in 1953.
@Aex3f4
@Aex3f4 4 ай бұрын
War began in 2014
@angelogoreham4155
@angelogoreham4155 4 ай бұрын
@@Aex3f4 really? My nutsack stretches from here to 2014.
@Aex3f4
@Aex3f4 4 ай бұрын
@@angelogoreham4155 Don't talk to me about your gayness
@ifv2089
@ifv2089 4 ай бұрын
If this was titled Russia using RPD in Ukraine, all the comments would be about how much of a joke of a museum peice it is 😂
@ravusursi893
@ravusursi893 4 ай бұрын
Stop with the silly editing and close-up faces, it distracts from the legitimacy of the topic.
@MichaelPelestano-it4ym
@MichaelPelestano-it4ym 4 ай бұрын
Look at all the Russian guns 😮😮😮😮
@peroceketic3451
@peroceketic3451 4 ай бұрын
Pkm is m60 of Russia Rpd is m249 of Russia
@MQurashi556
@MQurashi556 4 ай бұрын
Yes Pakistan Army still use it and when its fired its too fast tak tak tak
@thediner8929
@thediner8929 4 ай бұрын
Loved that gun in the COD Modern Warfare.
@NoahBranch503
@NoahBranch503 Ай бұрын
GREEN BERETS NOT SEALS green berets macv sog used the shorty rpd seals used a different type that was reliable if cleaned regularly. Macv sog used a bunch of them to ambush and confuse sounds like your buddy's are firing😂
@meiteimandies5406
@meiteimandies5406 4 ай бұрын
Call of duty fans?
@dkcorderoyximenez3382
@dkcorderoyximenez3382 4 ай бұрын
I can't imagine going prone with a 40 rd magazine....
@lws7394
@lws7394 3 ай бұрын
What a bullcrap title. The rpd is an effective machine gun still used by many armies... The AK47 is still in full use ... You could make a similar title "Western armies still use 90 year old machine guns to surpress and attack enemy forces "... ... with the M2 Browing .50 and the M34/M3 machine guns
@smittydubs3639
@smittydubs3639 4 ай бұрын
“The RPD is the gold standard for the US military. RPD has unlimited ammo,” -Dunkey
@georgewashington3393
@georgewashington3393 2 ай бұрын
Ramblings full of misinformation 👍
@joemama397
@joemama397 4 ай бұрын
Fave weapon in Cod😂😂
@Mr-Science-Stevens
@Mr-Science-Stevens 4 ай бұрын
More or less accurate than equivalent western assault gun?
@AutieTortie
@AutieTortie 4 ай бұрын
Accuracy is not really much of a muchness with machine guns usually used for area suppression.
@drewpackman2929
@drewpackman2929 4 ай бұрын
Not exactly.
@TheSuspectOnFoot
@TheSuspectOnFoot 4 ай бұрын
​@@AutieTortie Area suppression with continous fire is one thing but the effective range and accuracy of a machine gun is typically higher than the standard-issue personal weapons used by average riflemen meaning that the MG is actually the most accurate weapon in a squad unless they have a designated marksman with a marksman rifle.
@andrewbantick6311
@andrewbantick6311 4 ай бұрын
LSW a awful support weapon no support just a longer barrel
@umanoomgombi3842
@umanoomgombi3842 4 ай бұрын
used it in black ops 2 zombies; I can tell you its reliable.
@cccc7666
@cccc7666 4 ай бұрын
Thank you for your service. Get a life.
@cccc7666
@cccc7666 4 ай бұрын
Thank you for your service. Get a life.
@ifv2089
@ifv2089 4 ай бұрын
​@@cccc7666do you understand *fun*
@poorfordtransitowner1627
@poorfordtransitowner1627 4 ай бұрын
My favourite in mw2
@klimentvoroshilov8273
@klimentvoroshilov8273 4 ай бұрын
Is Ukraine winning?... I guess... 😂😂😂
@takumifujiwara2951
@takumifujiwara2951 4 ай бұрын
Saw my cousin gave the lil fella my chain told him when the city fella make it rain
@bryandow2827
@bryandow2827 4 ай бұрын
The American SEAL teams in Vietnam used these. It was shortened for there uses but they always if possible use them.
@zoiders
@zoiders 4 ай бұрын
No they didn't. The SEALS had Stoners. The Green Berets of the MACV-SOG never recieved any Stoners so they were the ones who used RPDs. They cut the barrel down and they inserted a round off cut of linoleum into the ammunition box to dampen the noise of the belt inside it.
@chadclay1643
@chadclay1643 4 ай бұрын
They mostly used napalm and agent orange
@RustyBear
@RustyBear 4 ай бұрын
@@chadclay1643🤦‍♂️
@improvisedsurvival5967
@improvisedsurvival5967 4 ай бұрын
The avt 40 is more interesting to me
@jesseterrell2109
@jesseterrell2109 4 ай бұрын
Lol. This is what it’s come down to. 😂
@tacokoer7821
@tacokoer7821 4 ай бұрын
wdym?
@J9_j3
@J9_j3 4 ай бұрын
why such a terrible video quality? watching it on a computer so it's very apparent.
@improvisedsurvival5967
@improvisedsurvival5967 4 ай бұрын
Leever
@peterpanini96
@peterpanini96 4 ай бұрын
Yeah where the weastern ammo west? 😂
@RustyBear
@RustyBear 4 ай бұрын
That’s not a weapon of choice lol 😂. Who ever said that is lying
@markkierznowski6121
@markkierznowski6121 4 ай бұрын
So why is Ukraine losing so badly?
@AnythingForSouls
@AnythingForSouls 4 ай бұрын
cod 4 was right all along
@Rusbomb21
@Rusbomb21 4 ай бұрын
Ukraine troops poor. Begging begging weapons and vehicles. For free? Suggest white flags 🏳️
@napalmholocaust9093
@napalmholocaust9093 4 ай бұрын
Your watermark instead of theirs is theft.
@AutieTortie
@AutieTortie 4 ай бұрын
This guys should serioisly plan his video scripts a bit better. Very overly verbose, repetitive and stuttery. Hard to watch. Cringe.
@___AND___
@___AND___ 4 ай бұрын
справа в тому, що всі 30-ть років в Україні препизденти і влада злочинців розграбовували і продовжуюють дограбовувати державу Україна. І нам доводиться воювати тим чим є, бо запаси, зброя, ракети, арта, танкі було розпродані в Африку і по світу злочинцями -казнокрадами препиздентами України усі 30 років. Дякую всім Людям планети , які допомагаюють ЗСУ зброєю і літаками!
@hoilst265
@hoilst265 4 ай бұрын
I wish Jonathan would write scripts. Because the Stammering Hugh Grant Luvvie speech he does is rather irritating.
@ericmiddleton8367
@ericmiddleton8367 4 ай бұрын
Only to you.
@hoilst265
@hoilst265 4 ай бұрын
@@ericmiddleton8367 Very good, eric! Yes, that bit where I spoke for myself was, indeed, me speaking only for myself and not anyone else. You're very good for recognising that! Well done! Your interpersonal skills are coming along nicely! Soon, you'll be able to go outside and interact with people in person!
@ericmiddleton8367
@ericmiddleton8367 4 ай бұрын
@@hoilst265 - Your grammar and your sarcasm are rather lacking.
@hoilst265
@hoilst265 4 ай бұрын
@@ericmiddleton8367 I mean, if you think Jonathan's coherent and literate, I supposed you'd think that, wouldn't you?
@sergelynch6200
@sergelynch6200 4 ай бұрын
Just out of curiosity...., how can it be made in 1943, if cartridge 7.62x39 was introduced in 1945 ???...
@mikepj67
@mikepj67 4 ай бұрын
known as the M 43 cartridge developed in 1943
@DyingNuggetz
@DyingNuggetz Ай бұрын
The RPD is perfectly adequate for the job these soldiers have. I wish a company would re-manufacture these and sell them in the USA for $1500 I love my American weapons, but I love Russian calibers more.. they are more deadly in my personal experience. The US needs to stockpile and adopt its new AP rifles and calibers ASAP!!!!!!
@tonyyarbray
@tonyyarbray 4 ай бұрын
it's the one thing they always accidentally make well cheap weapons that spew lead in the general direction of the enemy at a high rate of fire and these are light compared to other light machineguns but I can still think of other light machineguns I would rather have but you only have access to what you have access to ... I wonder if any Ukrainians chop them? I haven't seen any Ukrainian footage of a chopped RPD yet
@OperatorMax1993
@OperatorMax1993 4 ай бұрын
Would be interesting to see the return of short barreled RPDs like what the Navy SEALs did in the Vietnam war
@frankrenda2519
@frankrenda2519 4 ай бұрын
Russian masterpiece
@robbarrett4038
@robbarrett4038 4 ай бұрын
British Army should never got rid of the Bren 7.62 LMG
@JohnJohnson-xj6xd
@JohnJohnson-xj6xd 4 ай бұрын
when you wanted to be Poland but ended up being Libya ….. west you are cowards. Cope ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️
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