Does anyone know: would the Russian RPD machinegun have seen any action during the last stages of World War II?
Interstingly though the SKS did see action in WW2, it was field tested with a certain unit and enjoyed great success.
The RPD was developed for the Russian military in 1944 for use as a squad automatic weapon, and entered service during the 1950s
An unsourced quote off Wikipedia, from a page that says it was in service from 1945 to current (see sidebar). So it's contradicting itself ...
If you clicked on any of the links on there it would have taken you to a wiki page. Why put a source when it's that obvious.
Because there is a difference between a field-test and the official adoption by the army ?An unsourced quote off Wikipedia, from a page that says it was in service from 1945 to current (see sidebar). So it's contradicting itself ...
Because there is a difference between a field-test and the official adoption by the army ?
The RPD was developed for the Russian military in 1944 for use as a squad automatic weapon, and entered service during the 1950s.
Service history In service 1945
It was developed circa 1944 and was a standard squad automatic weapon of Soviet army since early 1950s and until 1960s