DShK
DShK 1938 in Batey ha-Osef museum, Israel.
Type	heavy machine gun
Place of origin	Soviet Union
Service history
Used by	Soviet Union
Wars	WW2
Production history
Designed	1938
Variants	DShKM
Specifications
Weight	34 kg (gun only) 157 kg on wheeled mounting
Length	1625 mm
Barrel length	1070 mm
Cartridge	12.7 x 109 mm
Caliber	12.7
Action	gas
Rate of fire	600 rounds/min
Muzzle velocity	850 m/s
Feed system	belt 50 rounds

The DShK 1938 (ДШК, for Дегтярёва Шпагина Крупнокалиберный, Degtyaryova Shpagina Krupnokaliberniy, 'Degtyarev-Shpagin Large-Calibre') is a Soviet heavy anti-aircraft machine gun firing 12.7×107 mm Soviet cartridges, also used at some times as a heavy machine gun for infantry use, in which case it was frequently seen on a two-wheeled mounting with a single-sheet armour-plate gun shield. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (766x1094, 239 KB) Summary Description: DShK 12. ... The barrel of a gun or other firearm is the tube, usually metal, through which a controlled explosion is released in order to propel a projectile out of the end at great speed. ... It has been suggested that Firearm brass and Casing (ammunition) be merged into this article or section. ... The word calibre (British English) or caliber (American English) designates the interior diameter of a tube or the exterior diameter of a wire or rod. ... In firearms terminology, an action is the system of operation that the firearm employs to seal the breech (in a breech-loading firearm), and to load consecutive rounds. ... The Rate of fire is the speed at which a specific firearm or artillery piece can operate. ... A guns muzzle velocity is the speed at which the projectile leaves the muzzle of the gun. ... Motto: Пролетарии всех стран, соединяйтесь! (Transliterated: Proletarii vsekh stran, soedinyaytes!) (Russian: Workers of the world, unite!) Anthem: The Internationale (1922-1944) Hymn of the Soviet Union (1944-1991) Capital Moscow Largest city Moscow Official language(s) None; Russian de facto Government Federation of Soviet Republics Establishment October Revolution  - Declared 30 December 1922   - Recognized 1... The 12. ...

It took its name from the weapons designers Vasily Degtyarev, who designed the original weapon, and Georgi Shpagin, who improved the feed mechanism. It is sometimes nicknamed Dushka, from the abbreviation. Vasily Alekseyevich Degtyarev (Васи́лий Алексе́евич Дегтярёв) (January 2, 1880 - January 16, 1947), Russian weapons designer. ...

History

The requirement for a heavy AA machine gun appeared in 1929. The first such gun, the Degtyarev, Krupnocalibernyi (DK, Degtyarev, Large calibre), was built in 1930 and this gun was produced in small quantities from 1933 to 1935.

The gun was fed from a drum magazine of only thirty rounds, and had a poor rate of fire. Shpagin developed a belt feed mechanism to fit to the DK giving rise, in 1938, to the adoption of the gun as the DShK 1938. This became the standard Soviet heavy machine gun in World War II. Combatants Allied Powers: United Kingdom Soviet Union United States Republic of China and others Axis Powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Chiang Kai-Shek Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tojo Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000,000 Total dead...

DShKM antiaircraft machine gun on a T-55 tank commander's roof hatch

The DShK 1938 was used in several roles. As an anti-aircraft weapon it was mounted on pintle and tripod mounts, and on a triple mount on the GAZ-AA truck. Late in the war, it was mounted on the cupolas of IS-2 tanks and ISU-152 self-propelled guns. As an Infantry heavy support weapon it used a two-wheeled trolley, similar to that developed by Sokolov for the 1910 Maxim gun. It was also mounted in vehicle turrets, for example, in the T-40 light amphibious tank. The Iosef Stalin tank, named after Joseph Stalin, was a heavy tank developed by the Soviet Union during World War II. It is sometimes transliterated Iosif Stalin, from the Russian, Иосиф Сталин. The tanks in the series are also sometimes called... The ISU-152 was a Soviet self-propelled gun used during World War II. // History The ISU-152 (in Russian ИСУ-152) used the same concept as the earlier SU-152: a large gun placed on the hull of a heavy tank. ... 7,62 станковый пулемет системы Максима образца 1910 года Type Machine Gun Nation USSR Era WWI - WWII History Date of design 1910 Production period 1910 to 1939 1941 to 1945 Service duration 1910 to ? Operators USSR, War service WWI - WWII Variants M1910/30 Number built Specifications Type Calibre 7. ... The T-40 was a light tank used by the Soviet Union during World War II. Because it was not the best tank available to the Soviets (that crown belonged to the T-34), very little in the way of T-40s were seen on the battlefields. ...

In 1946, the DShK 1938/46 or DShKM (M for modernised) version was introduced.

In addition to the Soviet Union and Russia, the DShK has been manufactured by a number of countries, including China, Pakistan and Romania. It has largely been phased out in favour of the more modern "NSV" and "Kord" designs. ToqerTV via NSV Nullsoft Streaming Video (NSV) is a media container designed for streaming video content over the internet. ...

As an example of its fire power, the DShK family can engage a wide variety of targets, including armor vehicles, as proven in both Iraqi wars.

Close view of the heavy machinegun impacts on the Abrams turret

There is a reference, contained in the following link [1], about an M1a2 tank, Bumper # B-24, part of TF-1-64 AR, hit in its EAPU (external auxiliary power unit) by what the analysts believed was 12.7 mm fire, the same caliber of the Type NSV or DShK machinegun[2]. This Abrams was damaged at the gates of Baghdad International Airport on April 4 2003, just an hour before an intensive counter-attack by Republican Guard Units took place there. Image File history File links CloseView. ... Image File history File links CloseView. ... Image File history File links Adobepdfreader7_icon. ... The M1 Abrams main battle tank is the principal combat tank of the United States Army and the United States Marine Corps, with three main versions being deployed starting in 1980: the M1, M1A1, and M1A2. ...

The machinegun could have been mounted on light infantry vehicles, such as the BRDM wheeled APC (armoured personnel carrier) family or in tanks like T-62s or T-55s. Even a T-72 Asad Babil mounting an NSV may have done the damage. The M113, one of the most common tracked APCs, on duty during the Vietnam War. ... The T-62 Soviet main battle tank is a further development of the T-54/55 series. ... The T-54 and T-55 tank series was the Soviet Unions front-line main battle tank from 1947 until 1962, and remains in service throughout the world to this day, especially by former client states of the Soviet Union. ... The Lion of Babylon tank (Asad Babil) was an Iraqi-built version of the Soviet T-72 tank MBT (main battle tank), assembled in a factory established in the 1980s near Taji, north of Baghdad. ...

The BRDM-2 is fitted with an even higher caliber weapon (14.5 mm), the KPV heavy machine gun, which has the same armour-piercing capabilities of the NSV/DShK. The M1 caught fire in the main engine, and was later stripped of parts in a maintenance area. The BRDM-2 (Boyevaya Razvedyvatelnaya Dozornaya Mashina, Боевая Разведывательная Дозорная Машина, literally Combat Reconnaissance/Patrol Vehicle †) is an armored scout car used by Russia and the former Soviet Union. ... The KPV heavy machine gun is a Soviet designed 14. ...

See also

• The Browning M2 machine gun is the American counterpart of the DShK.

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External links

• DShK and DShKM at guns.ru.