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TBT: The inside story of the Soviet Red Army’s RPD machine gun
The RPD’s pedigree goes back to 1921, when Vasily A. Degtyaryov began work on an easily-manufactured gas-operated light machine gun, which was adopted by the Red Army in 1928.
By Jon Guttman