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Introduction:

Hey guys, I've decided to make a guide about my favorite LMG, the RPD.The RPD is unlocked at level 4, and it is one of the most powerful guns in the game. It is accurate,powerful,and it has a decent rate of fire, not to mention the iron sights are awesome.In this guide, I will be discussing what attachments and perks to use with this gun, strategies, and some class setups.Hope you enjoy!


Attachments:

Grip:10 kills
Grip is a great attachment for this gun, if not the best.It reduces the recoil greatly and makes the gun more accurate. 9/10


Red dot sight:25 kills
Red dot sight is a waste of an attachment, in my opinion, as the iron sights are awesome and one could use a much more useful attachment. 3/10

Silencer:75 kills
The silencer is decent if you don't want to be found easily, it is pretty effective when you use bling and put on the silencer and grip. 6/10

ACOG scope:150 kills
Not so great. This scope is trash on LMG's and again, there are better attachments out there.Only use this to unlock thermal. 3/10

FMJ:300 kills
Use this if you find yourself constantly getting hit markers before your enemy goes behind cover. 7/10

Holographic Sight:60 kills while looking through the RDS
See red dot scope. 4/10


Heartbeat Sensor:15 kills while using the silencer
Good when you need to clear a building or you find yourself on a mad dash to find the last guy alive in SnD (this seems to happen to me alot), although many people use ninja nowadays. 6/10


Thermal:20 kills while looking through the ACOG scope
Believe it or not, this is great. It makes the RPD an automatic sniper rifle and actually beats most regular snipers in a long distance battle. 8/10

Extended mags:40 kills through a surface while using FMJ
This is not needed at all, 200 bullets is plenty to last you a game. 3.5/10


Perks:

Sleight of Hand: This is great for the RPD, as it has a very long reload time.Pro ability is excellent, it gives you that boost you need when your in a 1 vs 1 situation. 7.5/10


Bling: Pretty good perk, here are some combinations of attachments that are effective: Grip + Heartbeat sensor, Grip + Thermal, Grip + Silencer, Grip + FMJ. 7.5/10

Stopping Power: Awesome perk, but it's not necessarily needed. 8/10


Cold-Blooded: This is what you should use if you don't want stopping power, it is efficient because it makes you invisible from UAV,air support,thermal,and sentries. 6.5/10

Steady Aim: Awesome if you find yourself in one of those "spray n' pray" situations, the pro ability is good too if your using the grip + thermal combo. 7.5/10


Ninja: Most people think they're safe when their heartbeat sensor doesn't pick anything up. This'll prove them wrong. 7.5/10


Strategies


Strategy one:
So,basically, this strategy is locking down a high traffic part of the map and setting up a claymore to guard your weak side. This is NOT camping, as the part of the map should be fairly large and you should be moving, Example: House in Estate,cliff in Afghan,etc.


Strategy two:
Another strategy that's decent is to go to high traffic areas, get a few kills there, and move on to another high traffic area. It's good to have atleast three and keep switching after you get two or three kills.The difference between this and strategy one is that strategy one is having ONE high traffic area and just changing your spot a little, like where bomb B is in afghan, there are lots of rocks you can climb onto and you can switch rocks every now and then. Strategy two is moving between a few large areas.


Strategy three:
This strategy consists of putting thermal on your RPD and going to a good sniping spot.Then sniping like you regularly would, but instead with an automatic sniper rifle.


Class setups:


Class one:
Primary: RPD with Grip
Secondary: Any
Equipment: Any
Special grenade: Any
Perk one: Sleight of hand
Perk two: Stopping power
Perk three: Steady aim
Useful with: Strategy one or two

Class two:
Primary: RPD with Silencer (If you have bling, then silencer and grip)
Secondary: Any
Equipment: Any
Special grenade: Any
Perk one: Bling or Sleight of hand
Perk two: Stopping power or Cold blooded
Perk three: Ninja
Useful with: Strategy one

Class three:
Primary: RPD with thermal ( If you have bling, then thermal and grip)
Secondary: Any
Equipment: Any
Special grenade: Any
Perk one: Bling or Sleight of hand
Perk two: Stopping power
Perk three: Steady aim (pro)
Useful with: Strategy three


Conclusion:


Yeah, that's my guide, I don't really know what else to explain, but yeah, hope you guys enjoyed, and remember: This is mostly MY OPINION.

thanks to winged taco for this

RPD is like one of the most under rated guns in the game in my opinion. I love the gun though

i agree man, it is a 2 bullet kill from any distance with stopping power, it has minimal recoil with the grip, amazing iron sights and tons of ammo, i personally feel it is the best light machine gun in the game and one of the best overall guns in the game. i love it as well

The RPD is the 2nd best LMG in my opinion. AUG all the way

RPD and the AUG have the same damage but different accuracy and magazine

lol i use to love the aug bar but i hate how little clip size it has, it is pretty much just an assault rifle to me, and well actually it is an assault rifle but the people who made the game called it a light machine gun and in black ops it is an assault rifle. but i use light machine guns because of the larger clip size, and i do not feel aug stands up to this standard

true another highly under rated weapon in the game. people tend to go towards the aug which i love to use but the rpd is the most accurate out of any of them. i use grip but if i use bling like i would on any lmg, i would attatch either silencer or fmj. but then i would have to equip stopping power if im using a silencer.

i agree man. but if you mean the rpd is the most accurate of all the light machine guns, i have to disagree since the mg4 is the most accurate then the aug which only has a bit less recoil then the rpd

also just a tip because you said you use grip on every light machine gun, i would say use something like red dot sight or holographic sight on the mg4

but i agree with the fmj/silencer part to go along with grip on the rpd if you use bling

also as you said if you are going with silencer then stopping power is more of the better option but hardline i feel is the second best perk for most light machine guns

For some reason the RPD reminds me of the PPSH-41. :confused:
Nice guide.


~Elmo

yea sorry i meant its iron sight is most accurate to me. but u need to have grip attatched in order for it to not going crazy. i use mostly fmj more than a silencer on a lmg when its unlocked. i probably get the most fmj kills with a lmg like the rpd. i rarely use it on smg and snipers.