Meet Vasily Alekseevich Degtyarev, the Soviet Union’s rockstar of weapon design! This guy was a total legend, cranking out iconic firearms like the DP-27 light machine gun in ’27, the beastly DShK in the ’30s, and the RPD in ’44, perfectly tailored for those snazzy intermediate cartridges. If you’re into badass Soviet weaponry, Degtyarev’s your man!