A US Marine fires a Russian RPD machine gun during a familiarization course. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Danielle Prentice) The Soviet Union produced five progressively improved versions of ...

Let’s look at two even older weapons that Ukraine’s armed forces are using to good effect on the battlefield in the war with Russia. The Ruchnoy Pulemyot Degtyaryova (Degtyarov Hand-Held Machine Gun), ...

the World War II-fielded RPD machine gun, and a World War I-era Mossin-Nagant bolt-action rifle, with bayonet. Comments one soldier: “Friggen amazing.” Russia in its now 16-month-old war with Ukraine ...