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.
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 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?
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
@@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"
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...
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?
@@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
@@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
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!
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 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.
@@rostyslavadamchuk3300 Quite the opposite... DP28 have quick change barrel and can be used for sustained suppressive fire, while RPD cannot exchange the barrel.
@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!!!
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 .
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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
@@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 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.
@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.
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
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
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...🙄
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.
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.
@@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.
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
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
@@TheRealEtaoinShrdlu 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.
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.
@@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!
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!
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
Assault machine gun ? that is weird term - if we call them non violence guns could they be sold to general public lol ? if used against russia - call it PEACE GUN !
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.
That's actually his full name. His father had incredible foresight.
@@Tailssonic1999x 😂Slava Jonathan!
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
lol
@@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?
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
@@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"
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...
Did you use drums or magazines with it?
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?
Sorry you had to go through that but not only did you survive you more likely thrived
@@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
@@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
Rapid People Destroyer- The RPD
"R"eally bad accuracy and "P"oor-quality shot, the slightest displacement of the cartridge in the tape is a "D"elay in firing
А теперь на родной мове, юмор уроженца кизяка и соломы не понят@@А106-б8т
@@А106-б8тfr. It sucks. But western media needs new stories to keep the dumb average western media viewer occupied 🤦♂️
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!
In my opinion, the coolest looking gun ever made.
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.
Stoner was a lot heavier surely.
Countless photos of navy seals with them in vietnam
@@weronikazalewska2098 Didn't have to carry them very far I suspect.
@@weronikazalewska2098 Well no actually there isn't if you check the photo credits.
@@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.
Recieved a few good squirts from this MG in the Rhodesian Army, was used by our SAS in external ops in Mozambique and Zambia
What were you guys doing in Zambia?
@@thetankhunter100 Counter terrorist operations.
@@stevee7467 Oh yeah i remembered reading about em. Cool.
@@stevee7467nah, that'll be ethnostate uprising.
Rhodesians never die.
Just wait until they rediscover ppsh41 smg. Trench broom at its finest.
Favorite sub machine gun of all time. Straight up bullet hose
The VC/NVA used these to great effect on US & SVN forces during the Vietnam War, especially from ambushes and fortified positions like bunkers.
Tell me about it.
Modern does not always mean better
Yeah I guess that means the recruits too. Really scrapping the barrel. RU W incoming. Don't mess with the elections of other countries.
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
That was when it was designed. It didn't actually see service until 1953.
Dp28 shot a 7.62x54r
Rpd shoots 7.62x39
Dp28 did amazing things in street fighting was a badass gun
Rpd is a suppress fire machine gun... while DP28 assault machine gun!!!
@@rostyslavadamchuk3300 Quite the opposite... DP28 have quick change barrel and can be used for sustained suppressive fire, while RPD cannot exchange the barrel.
@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!!!
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.
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.
They are being to busy on the new pkm special ❤🎉 but yeah this weapon needs a new modern version too for sure
Loved using it in COD 😂
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
@@angreyhewe4009 they could have chambered it for 5.45x39 and figured out how to do a quick barrel replacement, just saying.
@@one-metallica4156 Why would they do that? Just use purpose built LMG like RPL-20 at that point.
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.
Most army's have realised you need to still have full scale rifle calibres around for certain rifles and MGs
Wouldn't be surprised to start seeing the cut down version as well over there
I always like this weapon. Spent a little time in the Canadian infantry. It just looks handy and usable.
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.
It's only old until you're on the other end of it.
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
Wait til they find out the basic design of the AR is almost 70 years old
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.
Many thanks for a very interesting story.
Our Bangladesh army still produced this LMG. (Chinise copy variant)
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.
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 .
This is the weapon of choice because the Ukrainian Front is significantly short of machine guns. Not because the old stuff is special.
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
I love rpd
The more things change the more things stay the same.
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
If it ain't broke.....
Soviet era machine guns are so beautiful. It's like the Soviets were trying to seduce the enemies into its iron sights.
I really want RPD grips for the AK platform... I was to turn my Type-56 into the Fallout 3 Chinese Type-93
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.
I was looking for the same comment as mine lol
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.
Still in use, just like a GPMG, because it works…..
We grunts often referred to it as the Rapid People Destroyer MG.
A belt box is also a magazine. Anything that holds ammo outside of the chamber on a weapon system is a magazine.
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.
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
@@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.
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.
@@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.
@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.
SOG modified RPD's, not the SEALs.
❤❤❤❤❤love from day one make it the rpd special and its pure magic
A legend und beauty
It's a nice looking weapon
If it's not broke, don't try to fix it.
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
RPD doesn't seem too bad considering they've also been seen using 100 years old Maxims
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
@@weronikazalewska2098 Ability to quickly relocate the MG is far more important than sustained fire.
@@weronikazalewska2098you should stop giving opinions lol nobody ever values them, trust me.
Ruchnoi Pulemet Degtyareva viz RPD
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 😆
Fave weapon in Cod😂😂
If it ain't broke don't fix it
British say, “To Fire in Anger”.
Seals didn't use the rpd in Vietnam, that was sog...
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).
Yep. The behind-enemy-lines commandos of the IDF often used captured Egyptian/Syrian Soviet arms like AKM, RPK, RPG7, and RPD
Weapon of choice ? Never seen a video featuring it in Ukraine
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...🙄
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.
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.
@@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.
Ask anyone who’s carried a gpmg.
Bren gun?
This guy is just rambling, he doesn't know what he's talking about.
근데 저 RPD가 소련제인지 중국제인지 제대로 알아봐야 할겁니다.왜냐하면 월남전 당시 소련제 무기는 거희 없다 할수없고 대부분 중국이 라이센스 생산한 중국제 물건밖에 없을겁니다.
I have seen these cutdown in use by US sof in Vietnam
So RPD was produced in 1953, only 69 years before war in Ukraine.
1943 but produced on a large scale in 1953.
War began in 2014
@@Aex3f4 really? My nutsack stretches from here to 2014.
@@angelogoreham4155 Don't talk to me about your gayness
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 😂
we are awake, semper fi, who wah ! we are awake ! God bless take care
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
Loved that gun in the COD Modern Warfare.
Stop with the silly editing and close-up faces, it distracts from the legitimacy of the topic.
Pkm is m60 of Russia
Rpd is m249 of Russia
Look at all the Russian guns 😮😮😮😮
I can't imagine going prone with a 40 rd magazine....
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
Yes Pakistan Army still use it and when its fired its too fast tak tak tak
“The RPD is the gold standard for the US military. RPD has unlimited ammo,”
-Dunkey
My favourite in mw2
More or less accurate than equivalent western assault gun?
Accuracy is not really much of a muchness with machine guns usually used for area suppression.
Not exactly.
@@TheRealEtaoinShrdlu 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.
The American SEAL teams in Vietnam used these.
It was shortened for there uses but they always if possible use them.
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.
They mostly used napalm and agent orange
@@chadclay1643🤦♂️
used it in black ops 2 zombies; I can tell you its reliable.
Thank you for your service.
Get a life.
Thank you for your service.
Get a life.
@@cccc7666do you understand *fun*
Saw my cousin gave the lil fella my chain told him when the city fella make it rain
Call of duty fans?
The avt 40 is more interesting to me
Lol. This is what it’s come down to. 😂
wdym?
LSW a awful support weapon no support just a longer barrel
Leever
why such a terrible video quality? watching it on a computer so it's very apparent.
Your watermark instead of theirs is theft.
Ramblings full of misinformation 👍
cod 4 was right all along
Just out of curiosity...., how can it be made in 1943, if cartridge 7.62x39 was introduced in 1945 ???...
known as the M 43 cartridge developed in 1943
That’s not a weapon of choice lol 😂. Who ever said that is lying
Is Ukraine winning?... I guess... 😂😂😂
Yeah where the weastern ammo west? 😂
So why is Ukraine losing so badly?
Ukraine troops poor. Begging begging weapons and vehicles. For free? Suggest white flags 🏳️
This guys should serioisly plan his video scripts a bit better. Very overly verbose, repetitive and stuttery. Hard to watch. Cringe.
I wish Jonathan would write scripts. Because the Stammering Hugh Grant Luvvie speech he does is rather irritating.
Only to you.
@@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!
@@hoilst265 - Your grammar and your sarcasm are rather lacking.
@@ericmiddleton8367 I mean, if you think Jonathan's coherent and literate, I supposed you'd think that, wouldn't you?
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!
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
Would be interesting to see the return of short barreled RPDs like what the Navy SEALs did in the Vietnam war
British Army should never got rid of the Bren 7.62 LMG
Russian masterpiece
when you wanted to be Poland but ended up being Libya ….. west you are cowards.
Cope ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️
Assault machine gun ? that is weird term - if we call them non violence guns could they be sold to general public lol ? if used against russia - call it PEACE GUN !
Fave weapon in Cod😂😂