The RPD (Russian: Ruchnoy Pulemyot Degtyaryova, English: Hand-Held Machine Gun of Degytyaryov) is a Soviet light machine gun designed by Vasily Degtyaryov in 1944. It was meant to replace the DP Machine Gun used by the Red Army during WWII, but it only saw extensive production in the early 1950s. Then, as with many Soviet weapons, RPDs were sold to, and soon manufactured in, many mutually communist countries such as China, North Korea and Vietnam.

Battlefield VietnamEdit

RPD
Damage	5
Damage multipliers	5 (head) 4 (torso) 2 (limbs)
Ammunition capacity	100 rounds
Reload time	7.5 seconds
Rate of fire	600 rounds per minute
Fire mode	Fully automatic
Faction	NVA
Kit	Assault Kit
Sound(s)
Battlefield Vietnam - Стрельба из РПД(00:26) 46 views

In Battlefield Vietnam, the RPD is issued uniquely to the NVA Assault kit. It has a 100 round capacity, high recoil, high damage and low accuracy. It can kill in 2-3 shots. It can be very reliable in close quarters combat, but is essentially a support weapon due to its high damage and capacity. When standing up, the RPD has extremely high recoil, so going prone is necessary for targets anywhere beyond 5 meters away. Going prone will eliminate almost all recoil, but the accuracy will still deteriorate.

VideosEdit

All weapons Battlefield Vietnam Online Part 6 "RPD"-0(07:39)
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v • d • e Weapons of Battlefield Vietnam Because Battlefield Vietnam features different loadouts for each faction, this list may not be specific enough. Please see each faction's respective page for information on individual weapon kits and loadouts. All Kits Handguns - M-19 · M1911 · TT-33 Equipment - Binoculars · Combat Knife · Machete · Plantation Knife Assault Kit Assault Rifles - AK-47 · AKMS · CAR-15 · M16 Machine Guns - Type-53 · RPD Shotguns - Mossberg 500 Equipment - Grenade · XM148 · Medkit Engineer Kit Battle Rifles - M14 Submachine guns - MAT-49 Equipment - Wrench · M1 Mortar · Claymore · C4 Explosive · Welding Torch · Type 63 Mortar · Shovel · Booby Trap · Pungi Sticks Heavy Assault Kit Battle Rifles - M14 · Type-56 Machine Guns - M60 Launchers · L.A.W. · M79 · RPG-2 · RPG-7V · SA-7 Equipment - Grenade · TNT Scout Kit Sniper Rifles - M16 Sniper · M21 · M40 · SVD · M91/30 Battle Rifles - Type-56 Equipment - Smoke Grenade · Caltrops · Bouncing Betty · Time Bomb Cut From Kit Equipment - Wirecutters · Flaregun · Commando knife