RPD machine gun (English Wikipedia)

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Chevraux, Jacob (February 26, 2013). "Gun Review: DS Arms RPD Carbine: An affordable belt-fed rifle". Guns.com. Archived from the original on 8 October 2017. Retrieved 30 May 2017.

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"RPD: Eksistensi Senapan Mesin Regu Legendaris TNI/Polri". Indomiliter.com (in Indonesian). 2017-01-25. Archived from the original on April 11, 2023. Retrieved 2022-04-22.

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"Nigér special forces fielding Bulgarian made AR-M52T assault rifles". 30 March 2023. Archived from the original on April 8, 2023. The country's special forces contingent were seen during the Flintlock 2023 joint exercise with the Bulgarian firearm. The country's military forces typically uses the various variants of the Soviet-built AKMs assault rifle, RPD and RPK squad automatic weapons, as well as the Chinese Type 56 assault rifle.

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"CLEANING – TOOL – SPARE PARTS KIT – RPD". RTG Parts, LLC. Archived from the original on 2017-12-01. Retrieved 2017-11-17.

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"RPD Belt Loader". Archived from the original on 2017-12-01. Retrieved 2017-11-21.
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Berman, Eric G. (March 2019). Beyond Blue Helmets: Promoting Weapons and Ammunition Management in Non-UN Peace Operations (PDF). Small Arms Survey/MPOME. p. 43. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 3, 2019.
Small Arms Survey (1998). Politics From The Barrel of a Gun (PDF). Cambridge University Press. p. 40. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-07-05. Retrieved 2018-09-15.
Small Arms Survey (2005). "Sourcing the Tools of War: Small Arms Supplies to Conflict Zones". Small Arms Survey 2005: Weapons at War. Oxford University Press. p. 166. ISBN 978-0-19-928085-8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-08-30. Retrieved 2018-08-29.
Small Arms Survey (2012). "Surveying the Battlefield: Illicit Arms In Afghanistan, Iraq, and Somalia". Small Arms Survey 2012: Moving Targets. Cambridge University Press. p. 339. ISBN 978-0-521-19714-4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-08-31. Retrieved 2018-08-30.

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Johnston, Gary Paul (December 2012). "The 21st Century RPD". Soldier of Fortune. Archived from the original on 23 August 2017. Retrieved 30 May 2017.

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"Arms for freedom". 29 December 2017. Archived from the original on February 13, 2023. Retrieved 2019-08-31.

web.archive.org

"RPD Belt Loader". Archived from the original on 2017-12-01. Retrieved 2017-11-21.
"CLEANING – TOOL – SPARE PARTS KIT – RPD". RTG Parts, LLC. Archived from the original on 2017-12-01. Retrieved 2017-11-17.
Johnston, Gary Paul (December 2012). "The 21st Century RPD". Soldier of Fortune. Archived from the original on 23 August 2017. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
Chevraux, Jacob (February 26, 2013). "Gun Review: DS Arms RPD Carbine: An affordable belt-fed rifle". Guns.com. Archived from the original on 8 October 2017. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
"Semiautomatic RPD Build". www.smallarmsreview.com. Archived from the original on 2017-12-01. Retrieved 2017-11-17.
"wiw_sa_bolivia worldinventory". 2016-11-24. Archived from the original on 2016-11-24. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
Small Arms Survey (2007). "Armed Violence in Burundi: Conflict and Post-Conflict Bujumbura" (PDF). The Small Arms Survey 2007: Guns and the City. Cambridge University Press. p. 204. ISBN 978-0-521-88039-8. Archived from the original on 2018-08-27. Retrieved 2018-08-29.
Small Arms Survey (2003). "Making the Difference?: Weapon Collection and Small Arms Availability in the Republic of Congo". Small Arms Survey 2003: Development Denied. Oxford University Press. p. 267. ISBN 0199251754. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-08-29. Retrieved 2018-08-29.
"RPD: Eksistensi Senapan Mesin Regu Legendaris TNI/Polri". Indomiliter.com (in Indonesian). 2017-01-25. Archived from the original on April 11, 2023. Retrieved 2022-04-22.
de Tessières, Savannah (April 2012). Enquête nationale sur les armes légères et de petit calibre en Côte d'Ivoire: les défis du contrôle des armes et de la lutte contre la violence armée avant la crise post-électorale (PDF) (Report). Special Report No. 14 (in French). UNDP, Commission Nationale de Lutte contre la Prolifération et la Circulation Illicite des Armes Légères et de Petit Calibre and Small Arms Survey. p. 74. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-10-09. Retrieved 2018-08-30.
Berman, Eric G. (March 2019). Beyond Blue Helmets: Promoting Weapons and Ammunition Management in Non-UN Peace Operations (PDF). Small Arms Survey/MPOME. p. 43. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 3, 2019.
"Nigér special forces fielding Bulgarian made AR-M52T assault rifles". 30 March 2023. Archived from the original on April 8, 2023. The country's special forces contingent were seen during the Flintlock 2023 joint exercise with the Bulgarian firearm. The country's military forces typically uses the various variants of the Soviet-built AKMs assault rifle, RPD and RPK squad automatic weapons, as well as the Chinese Type 56 assault rifle.
"North Korean Small Arms (Democratic People's Republic of Korea)". Small Arms Review. Vol. 16, no. 2. June 2012. Archived from the original on 2019-02-02. Retrieved 2019-02-03.
Neville, Leigh (19 Apr 2018). Technicals: Non-Standard Tactical Vehicles from the Great Toyota War to modern Special Forces. New Vanguard 257. Osprey Publishing. p. 15. ISBN 9781472822512. Archived from the original on 26 October 2018. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
Noir, War. "Weaponry of the Georgian Combatants in Ukraine's Territorial Defence Forces Following the Invasion". www.militantwire.com. Archived from the original on February 15, 2023. Retrieved 2022-07-09.
Association, National Rifle. "An Official Journal Of The NRA | Behind Enemy Lines: Guns of Vietnam's SOG Warriors". An Official Journal Of The NRA. Archived from the original on December 10, 2022. Retrieved 2022-10-18.
"Bewaffnung". fallschirmjaeger-nva.de (in German). Archived from the original on March 17, 2023. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
Small Arms Survey (1998). Politics From The Barrel of a Gun (PDF). Cambridge University Press. p. 40. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-07-05. Retrieved 2018-09-15.
"מתנות מהאויב: ההיסטוריה המפותלת של נשק השלל". Mako. 27 April 2016. Archived from the original on 5 February 2018. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
Small Arms Survey (2005). "Sourcing the Tools of War: Small Arms Supplies to Conflict Zones". Small Arms Survey 2005: Weapons at War. Oxford University Press. p. 166. ISBN 978-0-19-928085-8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-08-30. Retrieved 2018-08-29.
"Portuguese Military Procurement During the Colonial War (1961-1974)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on May 9, 2022.
"Soviet RPD light-machine gun". iwm.org.uk. Archived from the original on 2018-11-27. Retrieved 2018-11-26.
"Arms for freedom". 29 December 2017. Archived from the original on February 13, 2023. Retrieved 2019-08-31.
Sicard, Jacques (November 1982). "Les armes de Kolwezi". La Gazette des armes (in French). No. 111. pp. 25–30. Archived from the original on 2018-10-19. Retrieved 2018-10-18.
Small Arms Survey (2012). "Surveying the Battlefield: Illicit Arms In Afghanistan, Iraq, and Somalia". Small Arms Survey 2012: Moving Targets. Cambridge University Press. p. 339. ISBN 978-0-521-19714-4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-08-31. Retrieved 2018-08-30.