qsy-complains-a-lot:Ruchnoy Pulemyot Degtyaryova light machine gunDesigned by Vasily Degtyaryov
qsy-complains-a-lot:Ruchnoy Pulemyot Degtyaryova light machine gunDesigned by Vasily Degtyaryov c.1943-44 and manufactured c.1944-60, with mass production starting around 1953.7,62x39mm M43 100-round belt housing in a drum magazine, gas-operated full-automatic fire, folding bipod.The first firearm to be designed using the M43 cartridge used to this day in the AK line of assault rifles. Although production started during the late stages of WW2, it only saw wide usage during following Cold War conflicts. -- source link
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