The Ruchnoy Pulemyot Degtyareva (abbreviated RPD) is a light machine gun designed in 1944 in the Soviet Union. It first entered service during the 1950s. Like most weapons of the post-war period in Soviet service, the RPD fires a 7.62x39mm round, which is fed into the RPD from a non-disintegrating 100-round belt in a drum magazine. Although first produced in the Soviet Union, significant numbers were also built in China. It was later replaced in Soviet Service with the Ruchnoy Pulemyot Kalashnikov (RPK), a light machine gun derivative of the AKM in the late sixties. The RPD is still used by some national armies, including North Korea and Egypt, as well as paramilitary and insurgent groups.
In-game
In the single-player campaign of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, the RPD is frequently used by the Loyalists, Ultranationalists and OpFor. To this end, it can be more useful than the M249 SAW in some stages, as ammunition is frequently available.
In multiplayer, it is available from the start and can be modified with a red dot sight, ACOG and foregrip. It is primarily used for medium to long distances and is particularly liked for its magazine's high capacity. Like all LMGs, the RPD is capable of firing through walls without Deep Impact, it is capable on getting long distance kills as the recoil is less that the AK-47's cosmetic recoil, and is very accurate, making a good long range gun.
Many players like the RPD's iron sights and prefer to use it with the foregrip rather than the red dot sight or ACOG.
