| « | The RPD is a 7.62x39mm belt-fed machine gun developed in the Soviet Union as a replacement for the 7.62x54mmR DP-27 machine gun. The weapon is fed by drum magazines containing 100-round belts, and has a bipod for stability. It can be found mounted on vehicles, boats and tripods. US MACV SOG teams made field modifications to captured weapons by sawing off the barrel to cut its weight and encumbrance, and packed in an extra 25 rounds in the drum. Field Manual
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| RPD 7.62 mm | |
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| Faction |  MACV-SOG PAVN Viet Cong
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| Type | Light Machine Gun / SAW |
| Calibre | 7.62×39 mm |
| Magazine capacity |
100 / 125 |
| Dispersion | 0.002 rad |
| Mass | 220 |
| Variants | El Cid, Shorty, RPD (High) |
| Games |  |
The RPD is a 7.62 mm light machine gun used by several BLUFOR and REDFOR factions in ArmA 3. It was added with the release of the S.O.G. Prairie Fire Creator DLC.
Overview
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The RPD is a belt fed, gas operated light machine gun that uses a long stroke gas piston. It is chambered to fire the 7.62×39 mm round.
It can load from either 100- or 125-round drums. RPDs are able to attain fire rates of up to ~ 857 rounds per minute with a muzzle velocity of 860 m/s.
RPDs have integral bipods but do not possess the ability to mount optical scopes, bayonets nor sound suppressors. However, their ironsights can be adjusted starting at a zeroing of 100 metres up to a maximum of 1,000 metres (adjustments are made in increments of 100 metres).
Variants
RPD Shorty (El Cid)
| RPD Shorty (El Cid) 7.62 mm | |
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| Faction | MACV-SOG
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| Type | Light Machine Gun / SAW |
| Calibre | 7.62×39 mm |
| Magazine capacity |
100 / 125 |
| Dispersion | 0.003 rad |
| Mass | 180 |
| Variants | RPD, Shorty, RPD (High) |
| Games | |
This variant is a customised model carried exclusively by El Cid of MACV-SOG.
Unlike the baseline RPD, it has a sawn-off barrel, sight and bipod. It is slightly less punishing on the user's stamina thanks to the shaving of 40 "mass" from the weapon itself.
However, recoil and inertial penalties remain unaltered from the baseline RPD. The shorter barrel also significantly reduces its accuracy by up to 40%. Furthermore, the lack of ironsights forces the RPD to use a fixed zeroing of 100 metres which cannot be adjusted.
RPD Shorty
| RPD Shorty 7.62 mm | |
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| Faction | MACV-SOG
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| Type | Light Machine Gun / SAW |
| Calibre | 7.62×39 mm |
| Magazine capacity |
100 / 125 |
| Dispersion | 0.003 rad |
| Mass | 180 |
| Variants | RPD, El Cid, RPD (High) |
| Games | |
The Shorty variant is statistically and functionally identical to El Cid's personalised RPD.
As such, it lacks the ability to zero beyond 100 metres and no longer has an integral bipod. Likewise, its accuracy is sharply reduced compared to the parent RPD though unlike the El Cid variant, the ironsight remains intact and can still be used to aim with.
RPD (High)
| RPD (High) | |
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| Faction | PAVN Viet Cong
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| Type | Static Light Machine Gun |
| Calibre | 7.62×39 mm |
| Magazine capacity |
100 |
| Dispersion | 0.003 rad |
| Mass | 56.2 (Weapon) 180 (Tripod) |
| Variants | RPD, El Cid, Shorty |
| Games | |
The RPD (High) is a static defence version of the RPD.
It is mounted onto a raised tripod and is statistically identical to handheld RPDs. Static RPDs are always pre-loaded with a single 100-round drum but have access to a further ten spare drums, providing a total ammunition count of 1,100 rounds.
The tripod can be swivelled in all directions horizontally but is limited to a vertical elevation/depression limit of 30 degrees.
Disassembling the turret will separate it into two components: the weapon bag itself, and the tripod. Static RPDs cannot be assembled from handheld RPDs as the two are mutually exclusive platforms.
Ammunition
| Base damage value | Aerodynamic friction | Initial velocity (m/s) | Penetration depth (mm) |
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| 10.17 | -0.0016 | 745 | 13.41 |
Handheld RPDs can load from two types of drum magazines while static RPDs are limited to just one:
100Rnd. RPD Belt
Standard 100-round belt drum loaded with 7.62 mm ball ammunition. Weighs a "mass" of 34.
Every fourth round fired will be a visible tracer round. Only the last five rounds of the belt will consistently comprise of tracers.
125Rnd. RPD Belt
Extended capacity 125-round magazine used exclusively by MACV-SOG operators. It weighs a total of 44 "mass" units.
Unlike conventional 100-round drums, this "magazine" specifically uses a mix of one visible tracer for every two rounds fired.
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See also
Weapons of comparable role and configuration
 MACV - Armoury (S.O.G. Prairie Fire)
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 PAVN - Armoury (S.O.G. Prairie Fire)
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 Viet Cong - Armoury (S.O.G. Prairie Fire)
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