RPG-43

RPG-43 was a high explosive anti-tank grenade used by the Soviet Union in World War II.

This is the second Soviet weapon in the last three Wikibloogias. I believe the universe is constantly trying to communicate with us, so I see this meaning one of two things: 1) Wikibloogia knows something and I should prepare my apartment for a Russian attack; or 2) I should finally watch the movie Red Dawn.

I don't see myself doing either of these things.

See, that's just it. I do believe the universe is constantly trying to communicate with me. But all too often, I ignore it.


Or maybe I'm supposed to go buy a sickle.
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RPD

RPD is a light machine gun developed in the Soviet Union. Its development began in 1943, but it wasn't put into wide use until the 1950s.

I don't know what RPD stands for. I imagine it's something in Russian, which is not so helpful because I don't speak Russian and neither do you.

I just looked up Rodney Dangerfield to see if maybe RPD were his initials, but they weren't. Rodney Dangerfield's real name was Jacob Cohen.

I also looked up Robert Duvall. But his middle name was Selden.


Like most people, Rodney Dangerfield is dead.
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Chain whip

Chain whip is a weapon used in certain Asian martial arts. It is made of little metal rods connected by little chains, with a handle at one end and a metal dart at the other. It appears that the chain whip was first used in battle during the Jin Dynasty (265-420).

In a perfect world, we wouldn't need chain whips. Or any weapons at all, for that matter. But this world is far from perfect, and so we do. We need chain whips, and guns, and bombs, and swords in order to defend ourselves against other people's chain whips, and guns, and bombs, and swords. But those people only have chain whips, and guns, and bombs, and swords to defend themselves against our chain whips, and guns, and bombs, and swords.

All this leads me to one conclusion.


Do not be at the business end of a chain whip.
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