We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2007 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/06/another_arsenal_artifact_the_rpd.html Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2008 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Not everything in the Arsenal is a relic, or antique. Meet the Castle RPD, this one a Bulgarian example. Note to the aghast: Legal Where I Live, may not be where you live. Which is *your* problem. Not mine. And I'm not your problem, either. So put the phone down. Basic stats: Caliber 7,62x39 mm Weigth 16 pounds empty, on integral bipod Length 41" Length of barrel 20.47" Feed: 100 round belt loose or in drum Rate of fire 650 rounds per minute Muzzle velocity 735 m/s The RPD (Ruchnoy Pulemet Degtyarova - Degtyarev Light MG) was one of the... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/06/another_arsenal_artifact_the_rpd.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/06/another_arsenal_artifact_the_rpd.html Fri, 16 Jun 2006 05:01:01 -0600