Talk:RPD machine gun/Archive 1

Reverts
User:141.213.196.250, the Type 56 is a belt-fed machine gun based on the Russian RPD. The Type 81 in your link is a magazine-fed assault rifle based on the "AK" design. For a visual cue, check the position of the gas system on the two weapons. Basically, the link you have posted refers to a completely different gun... or am I missing something here? - Tronno ( t | c ) 13:59, 4 April 2006 (UTC)


 * The Type 81 in the link looks almost identical to the Russian RPD, except for some simple modifications such as the position of the gas systems. As for a Type 56 version of the RPD, I haven't seen any of that on the website I linked. The web link to the Type 81 is the only evidence I see that fits the discription of a Chinese copy of the Russian RPD.--141.213.196.250 10:45, 5 April 2006 (UTC)

I say again, the Type 81 is internally different and unrelated - it's not even belt-fed. If you want references, check the External Links section at the bottom of the article, or google "Type 56 RPD". Mind you, to add to the confusion, there's a Type 56 assault rifle (AK-47) AND a Type 56 machine gun (RPD). This is a Type 81 (AK-74/RPK). Totally different. :) - Tronno ( t | c ) 15:01, 5 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Modern Firearms - RPD
 * Nazarian`s Gun`s Recognition Guide
 * 101st Airborne

Factual Inaccuracy
No in fact this is a downright lie. The RPD machine gun is chambered for the 7.62 x 39 cartridge and not the bigger 7.62 x 54R cartridge. Look this up at nazarian or world.guns.ru or whatever... please someone change this information as soon as possible. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.83.231.30 (talk • contribs).


 * Why don't you? —Thernlund (Talk 23:41, 16 August 2007 (UTC)


 * Nevermind I guess. I did it.  But I still wonder why you didn't just do it.  And "downright lie" is kind of strong don't you think?  —Thernlund (Talk 23:46, 16 August 2007 (UTC)


 * Yeah, "Lie" kind of implies they knew it was incorrect, and meant to deceive people. Why would anyone want to deceive people as to the caliber of an obsolete Russian LMG? --DOHC Holiday 04:05, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

Internal contradictions
So did this enter service in the 1950s (body copy) or 1945 (sidebar)? Where are the sources?--Thatnewguy 02:02, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

Korean War?
I've never seen any evidence that the RPD was used during the Korean War. Indeed, the article mentions that "large scale" delivery of the weapon (presumably to the Soviets themselves, of course) didn't begin until 1953, which makes it rather unlikely that they would turn around and hand them over to the North Koreans and Chinese as the war was winding down.--172.162.2.93 (talk) 09:42, 20 February 2014 (UTC)

Requested move 17 October 2020

 * The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion. 

The result of the move request was: '''RPD machine gun not moved. Make RPD a disambiguation page.''' (non-admin closure)   Vpab15 (talk) 15:38, 23 November 2020 (UTC)

RPD machine gun → RPD – unexplained and unjustified move in 2012 was unnecessary and should be reverted to the less redundant and more common title. 2A02:C7D:3FB0:300:7403:5F29:645A:81C8 (talk) 14:46, 17 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Support: if RPD is the primary topic, which it seems to be since RPD redirects to RPD machine gun anyways, then there is no need for any sort of disambiguation.  Bait30   Talk 2 me pls? 19:11, 17 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Why? How is a Wikipedia editor having left a redirect relevant? PT depends on evidence of WP:RS usage. In ictu oculi (talk) 20:08, 18 October 2020 (UTC)


 * Oppose, stable title since 2012 and move RPD (disambiguation) per WP:NOPRIMARY: click here In ictu oculi (talk) 20:06, 18 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Oppose per In ictu, I'm not seeing a primary topic either. Suggest dab at the base name RPD. (t &#183; c)  buidhe  23:22, 25 October 2020 (UTC)
 * The gun is the primary and only topic. 2A02:C7D:3FB0:300:9C8E:97FC:DAC6:DCDF (talk) 22:07, 26 October 2020 (UTC)
 * This Swindon-based IP is the same location as the nom IP In ictu oculi (talk) 23:15, 29 October 2020 (UTC)


 * Oppose and move RPD (disambiguation) to RPD; a fairly quick search turned up five uses of "RPD" in the encyclopedia that were not even on the disambiguation page. It is fairly difficult for a primary topic to be established for a three-letter acronym. BD2412  T 02:49, 21 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Oppose and move RPD (disambiguation) to RPD; no primarytopic. Dicklyon (talk) 16:21, 22 November 2020 (UTC)


 * The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

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