Russian RPD Light Machine Gun

[youngdones]

This was the light machine gun used by the NVA and Vietcong during the Vietnam war?

[DjLesD]

@youngdones This was one of them, they also used the DP-28.

[radioblueheart]

I think this weapon would have been even more successful if it had a forced air cooling system like the Lewis gun or the PKP. Its still effective but it could really improve its service.

[Mohitsidhpura]

So the credits goes to Germans and the MG-34.Then also this is one of my favourite Russian LMG.Please make separate shooting video of RPD,You didn't shoot much in this video.

[Domino587fly]

wow high RoF

[5000mahmud]

rpd best gun ever

[C2builder]

@WalkerCrispyMunch No, the BAR used the full rifle cartridge .30-06 and the first intermediate cartridge was the German Kurtz 7.92x33mm designed for the Stg43 during WW2.

[KnorpelDelux]

@C2builder I always asked myself what a SAW with a 20 round boxmag is good for. Do you have an answer to this question? I also heard that the BAR had a ton of parts so fieldstripping was a pain in the a**, making the weapon quite "unloved" by the troops. Oh, I have to be a smartarse...it´s "kurz" in German, meaning short as you probably know ;)

[boug100]

how do you go about purchasing a machine gun in general

[C2builder]

@boug100 Be a US Citizen over 21yrs old and pass a background check.

[jnmassaro]

@C2builder and have a lot of money and time to spend

[blackcountryme]

A decent video with someone talking sense... great vid thanks.

[Ph4zeZeroFox]

Very nice video sir. Knowledgeable as well!

[gruntspy44]

can you make a RPD semi auto? or if I buy parts what would it cost in labor?

[jesusonXTC]

good video bro!! you look like super mario :)

[C2builder]

@jesusonXTC Some days I feel like Super Mario.

[kttcox1]

which do you think is better the RPD or RPK full auto versions

[C2builder]

@kttcox1 IMHO I have no idea why they did away with the RPD. Any belt-fed gun is going to be a better squad level support weapon than a mag-fed gun. RPD wins!

[EchoOfLohengrin]

@C2builder RPK can share magazines with the infantrymen carrying rifles. RPD can not. That's why they dropped it.

[lexys979]

@EchoOfLohengrin

not only this reason

it's cheaper to have an assault rifle (AK-47) and machine guns (RPK, PK) of the same family sharing many many common parts as well as produce them.

the Russian Wikipedia says it's due to commonality, it also says many RPD's are stored in military depots.

[dopefish93]

@C2builder well if understood it right they had issues with it. it was not as flawless as other russian firearms

[XxXKillaBoi]

HAR PEE DEE

[fishermen755]

i envy the americans for the law that they may have machine guns

[nowthisis2stupid]

@fishermen755 Uh not all Americans my friend, I am in Illinois and cannot own any NFA item period.

[cenotosa1]

How does it strip the round from the belt?

[C2builder]

@FunkyDudee93 About the only way you can slow down a gas operated gun (like the RPD) is to move the gas regulator up to the next larger hole size setting.

[Craniken]

OMG look at that thing O.O whoooa!!

[spartan36789]

hey, ive been looking into the RPD, and ive seen plenty of parts kits (minus reciever), and i know theres a U.S. Company that produces a semi-auto reciever for the gun. and looking online a complete, allready built semi auto RPD nearly costs $4,000.

do you recomend building one up from a 500$ parts kit w/ the semi auto reciver, or should i go with the allready built semi-auto RPD?

also what would the legal processes be to have the RPD certified/legalized for owning, besides the transfer?

[C2builder]

@spartan36789 People without a Class 3 license can only build a semi-auto, once built it can never be papered or registered into a machine gun. You can built a RPD from a parts kit with the new semi recievers out there and you can build it for alot less than buying a ready built one. Good luck.

[PAOps]

@spartan36789 I work or a gunsmith shop, and we do this kind of thing once and a while, and unless you have an extensive knowledge of an RPD, and access to a machine shop, you will NOT be able to build one yourself.

[vlad9vt]

7:32 i like this sound !!)))) :)

[Naccix4]

I agree with wild50gunner rpd is a very well made, awesome gun even though its a little outdated. If they could recreate a better rpd with better matierials, It could become one of the best squad automatic weapons of this era

[Danothemano40]

I own a semi automatic RPD made by DSA arms, I have a question, every time I charge the weapon there is a large gap left evry time the piston goes back the is a large gap... my question is, is that suppose to be there or is there supposed to be a cover over that?

[wild50gunner]

my favorite LMG to wish I hade one in the US

[C2builder]

@SpiritofAdventure22 You need a FFL license and also pay a SOT Federal Tax to own any machine gun. There are different types of licenses, some allow only buying and selling and others allow building buying and selling.

[MrPennyworth007]

how much would this go for?

[C2builder]

@MrPennyworth007 A legal transferable RPD sells for about $18,000US.

[xxMerc1988xx]

@C2builder wow no way man 18,000dollers well if i had the money i would get 1 myself it just looks like a shit ton of fun

[Sturmgewehre]

@xxMerc1988xx

For now you can buy a semi-auto RPD from DS Arms for about $2,100. It's not quite as fun as full-auto, but it's darn nice having a belt fed semi! Check them out.

[ENTERMYDEATHMASK]

i like this so im gonna subscribe!

[moopism]

@9phillyphan9 7.62 is the caliber of the bullet. 39mm is the length of the casing. So when you see that it refers to the size of the round and how powerful it is, i.e. pistol vs carbine vs rifle.

A 39mm casing is a carbine used in assault rifles, the M1 rifle fired a .30-06 round, which is a 7.62x63. It has a longer effective range, see?

[cmccabe1991]

were do youi get those

[C2builder]

@cmccabe1991 You can buy them here in the USA.

[cmccabe1991]

@C2builder wow your lucky you must know every gun there is

[bs1174]

Great vid! Thanks for posting.

[Wxn30]

So... you modified it to fire 7.62x39? I was pretty sure it fired 7.62x54.

[C2builder]

@Wxn30 No, the RPD fires the 7.62x39. The PKM fires the 7.62x54r.

[enclavebrandon3]

@C2builder cool ware did you get these kind of guns

[C2builder]

@Wxn30 No modification. All RPD fire the 7.62x39 cartridge.

[Wxn30]

@9phillyphan9 7.62x39 is a type of ammunition, fired by most Russian guns, aside from the RPD in this video, which fires a 7.62x54, or Russian .308.

[C2builder]

@Wxn30 No, the RPD fires the 7.62x39, always has. Same caliber as the AK47.

[cokeman2423]

ill give you 10 dollars for it right now! LOL great gun, i like the pkm better though

[C2builder]

@cokeman2423 LOL. I might have taken you up on that but I sold this RPD a few months ago. I'm sure I'll build another one some day.

[ENTERMYDEATHMASK]

@C2builder why would you sell it?

[C2builder]

@ENTERMYDEATHMASK If you are a Class 3 dealer you are in business to sell machine guns. ATF frowns on you buying only and collecting.

[ENTERMYDEATHMASK]

@C2builder so what do you need to collect them?

[cubman]

great video very informative

[CheckersTV]

I love Russian-made weapons. I love RPGs, AK Assault rifles, and the RPD.

[with33]

its a very slim gun looks awsome how much would one cost in the us?

[lukasz1099]

Great video, very professional and informative. Keep them coming

[BeantownJim]

nice!

[eagerbeaver53]

ive always loved the way this thing looks

[AAORoLLEmUp]

great videos C2 Thumbs up

[Fedaykin24]

Interesting Video C2builder, all the more interesting that while Russia was the first for a squad atomatic weapon they then replaced it with the PK.

I'm sure I read somewhere that not all Russian units were happy to lose their RPD when the PK entered service.

[J0hannski]

What's the difference between an LMG and an assault rifle? Can't you just put a drum magazine on an AK-47 and call it an LMG? Are the LMG's more resistant to heat? Can someone tell me the difference?

[C2builder]

@J0hannski, the difference between the two are that the LMG will allow you to put a greater amount of sustained fire on a target from a single weapon. Most LMG will have a greater mag or belt capacity and a heavier barrel to handle the high volume of fire.

[hardr0cker64]

how do people get fully-automatic's?

[PS3WPRODUCTIONS]

@hardr0cker64

u have to get a special liscense and pay a lot of money is what i heard

[MegaHungrybear]

@hardr0cker64 black market ;) ask around for a dealer

[hardr0cker64]

how to people gae fully-automatic machine guns?

[timrocket007]

nice video best ever review

the only thing that could be better is if u put the camera behind the sights to show whats its like

[TheBelva85]

Nice! Alimentation system very similar to mg42...intermediate caliber makes it like the first SAW or something like it...

[MyNameIsVedran]

great review

[mainminevin]

nice vid! i learned alod of your video's. you are awesome!

[FirstSpaceLord]

better then the other around :)

[pinhead1304]

gerat vid