"The rounds slapping around in the drum could give away the machine gunner's position!"......O, and the inconvenient noise that it makes when you pull the trigger - won't?
During running and walking movement. The metal on metal clanging travels. You got to get into position before you can fire the thing. It's kind of important.
SOG Recon Teams and SEAL Teams were recorded to have carried modified shortened RPDs during the Vietnam War. Not just for deniability and ease of resupply but definitely for its reliability :)
Same in Rhodesia, we used to pick up plenty of these after a contact, the Terrs would just drop them and run when the FN MAG opened up on their positions, we`d then hand them in and the SAS and Selous Scouts would modify them and use them on their sneaky beaky trips into the bush...
Clearly the example that was being used in this video needs/needed trigger and/or sear work. It continued to fire even after the guy let go of the trigger.
Rattling around can give away the gunners position Im sure with all the gunfire around they are gonna notice that. These are the type of idiots that think M1 Garand ping can give away your position.
A forced air cooling system, like on the new pkm via Lewis gun, would solve the quick change barrel problem. You could fire it longer without fear of barbecuing your hand.
"The rounds slapping around in the drum could give away the machine gunner's position!"......O, and the inconvenient noise that it makes when you pull the trigger - won't?
During running and walking movement. The metal on metal clanging travels. You got to get into position before you can fire the thing. It's kind of important.
SOG Recon Teams and SEAL Teams were recorded to have carried modified shortened RPDs during the Vietnam War. Not just for deniability and ease of resupply but definitely for its reliability :)
Same in Rhodesia, we used to pick up plenty of these after a contact, the Terrs would just drop them and run when the FN MAG opened up on their positions, we`d then hand them in and the SAS and Selous Scouts would modify them and use them on their sneaky beaky trips into the bush...
The trigger on the RPD has a mind of its own
Clearly the example that was being used in this video needs/needed trigger and/or sear work. It continued to fire even after the guy let go of the trigger.
I am heavy weapons guy.. and *this* is my weapon
Rattling around can give away the gunners position Im sure with all the gunfire around they are gonna notice that.
These are the type of idiots that think M1 Garand ping can give away your position.
did anybody else see the gun start to run away on them at 1:50-1:56... also, are there any other comments?... i don't see any
Many times in the video... Wide range of cyclic rate too.
yeah that's why I came to the comments, rpd runs away a couple times.
The runaway on their RPD sample is ridiculous
I have had the pleasure of shooting one a few times and I fell in love immediately.
A forced air cooling system, like on the new pkm via Lewis gun, would solve the quick change barrel problem. You could fire it longer without fear of barbecuing your hand.
Ussr weapons is the best until today , it will works forever
I'm pretty sure the noise from the drum didn't give away the gunners position LOL
I have three videos of the RPD on my channel.
the way they said kalishnikov made me mad
love your videos you got a new sub
Real name of this mg is RPD-44
Didn’t seem to want to stop firing when you let go of the trigger
I broke the cocking handle on one of those
5:00 did that thing just run away??
Flaps.
That is why the vetkong love it
1:53 is that firing with the finger off the trigger?
Worn down sear.
I have 2 RPD guns
fix that trigger sear the machine-gun is running off
Fires out of battery quite a bit...
I like things with flaps too 💋👅🐱☔️🌽
Yeah, but in the long run they cost more in maintenance and feeding than an RPD...
Why do these have no comments?
wow
Was this gun used in Korea?
No, first time it saw use it was 1956 Soviet intervention in Hungary but the first war was the Vietnam.
The greatest infantry support weapon ever made in the 20th century