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The Ruchnoy Pulemyot Degtyareva pekhotnyi (Degtyarev hand-held infantry machine gun) was a light machine gun used by the Soviet Union starting in 1928. It fired the 7.62 x 54 mm R cartridge. The DP was a good weapon on the battlefield for the most part: it had great stopping power and had a decently fast rate of fire. It was also cheap and easy to manufacture - early models had fewer than 80 parts and could be built by unskilled labour. The DP was especially able to withstand dirt. Humourously, it was said to fire better if sand were thrown on it. In tests it was buried in sand and mud and was still capable of firing more than 500 rounds. The DP's main drawback was its bipod; this part could not withstand much abuse and easily broke. Also, the magazine, which was usually a pan with 47 rounds that fed in from the top, was relatively small and continuous fire for long periods could not be relied on as much as could be with other weapons of the time, such as the belt-fed Browning .30-cal. It took some time to load a new pan magazine onto the weapon, and each magazine took a much longer time to load with ammunition. However, the DP's inherent lower rate of continuous fire meant a reduced risk of the barrel overheating. The DP machine gun was replaced in Soviet service by the general purpose PK machine gun in the 1960s. Image File history File links Machine_gun_DP_MON.jpg russian DP light machine gun Source: http://www. ... The M249 SAW, one of the most popular 5. ... Vasily Alekseyevich Degtyarev (Васи́лий Алексе́евич Дегтярёв) (January 2, 1880 - January 16, 1947), Russian weapons designer. ... Rimmed, centerfire . ... The 7. ... 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 gas-operated system for implementing automatic reloading of a firearm is one of five such systems, the others being recoil-operated, gatling, chain, and blowback. ... 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. ... 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. ... The M249 SAW, one of the most popular 5. ... The 7. ... Stopping power is a colloquial term used to describe the ability of a particular weapon to stop the actions of an individual by means of penetrating ballistic injury. ... A belt feeding into an M249 machine gun, from an Army training manual A belt feeding into a M1919A4 from a wooden ammo box A belt is an ammunition feeding device for a firearm. ... The Browning M1919 was a . ... The PK is a 7. ...

The original DP is more commonly called the DP-28 (or DP-27), although there is some confusion as to whether these are official designations or not. An armoured fighting vehicle (AFV) is a military vehicle, equipped with protection against hostile attacks and often mounted weapons. ...

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Categories: Light machine guns | World War II Soviet infantry weapons | Machine guns of the Soviet Union | Firearms stubs | Russian military stubs Combatants Allies: Soviet Union United States United Kingdom France and others Axis Powers: Germany Japan Italy and others Casualties Military dead: 17 million Civilian dead: 33 million Total dead: 50 million Military dead: 8 million Civilian dead: 4 million Total dead: 12 million World War II, also known as the... Fedor Tokarev developed the TT-30 Pistol for the Soviet Military to replace the old Nagant M1895 revolvers the Soviets were using held over from the time of the czar. ... The Nagant revolver was designed and produced by a Belgian industrialist, LÃ©on Nagant. ... A rifle is a firearm with a stock and a barrel that has a spiral groove or grooves (rifling) cut into its interior. ... A carbine is a firearm similar to, but generally shorter and less powerful than, a rifle or musket of a given period. ... The AVS36 (from Avtomaticheskaya Vintovka Simonova 1936 model; Russian: ÐÐ²Ñ‚Ð¾Ð¼Ð°Ñ‚Ð¸Ñ‡ÐµÑÐºÐ°Ñ Ð²Ð¸Ð½Ñ‚Ð¾Ð²ÐºÐ° Ð¡Ð¸Ð¼Ð¾Ð½Ð¾Ð²Ð° Ð¾Ð±Ñ€Ð°Ð·Ñ†Ð° 1936 Ð³Ð¾Ð´Ð°) was a Soviet automatic rifle which saw service in the early years of World War II. It was among the early select-fire infantry rifles (capable of both single and full-automatic fire) formally adopted for military service. ... The Samozaryadnaya Vintovka Tokareva 40 is a Soviet semi-automatic rifle that proceeded from the SVT-38. ... The Mosin-Nagant (Мосин-Наган) is a military rifle of Russia and later the Soviet Union, in service in various forms from 1891 until the 1960s, when it was finally replaced in its final function as a sniper rifle by the SVD rifle (Снайперская винтовка Драгунова - Snayperskaya Vintovka Dragunova - Dragunov... An MP5A4 (fixed stock and 3-round burst trigger group A submachine gun is a firearm that combines the automatic fire of a machine gun with the ammunition of a pistol, and is usually between the two in weight and size. ... The PPD (Pistolet-Pulemet Degtyarova, Russian: ÐŸÐ¸ÑÑ‚Ð¾Ð»ÐµÑ‚-Ð¿ÑƒÐ»ÐµÐ¼Ñ‘Ñ‚ Ð”ÐµÐ³Ñ‚ÑÑ€Ñ‘Ð²Ð°) is a submachine gun originally designed in 1934 by Vasily Degtyaryov. ... Designed by Georgii Shpagin, the PPSh-41 (Pistolet-Pulemet Shpagina, Russian: ÐŸÐ¸ÑÑ‚Ð¾Ð»ÐµÑ‚-Ð¿ÑƒÐ»ÐµÐ¼Ñ‘Ñ‚ Ð¨Ð¿Ð°Ð³Ð¸Ð½Ð°, nicknamed Peh-peh-shah, Shpagin and Burp Gun) was one of the most mass produced weapons of World War II. Finding that PPD was too expensive and time consuming to build, the PPSh was designed as an inexpensive alternate. ... ... Grenade may refer to: The well-known hand grenade commonly used by soldiers. ... F-1 Hand grenade The Soviet F-1 hand grenade, nicknamed the limonka (lemon) is an anti-personnel fragmentation grenade. ... The Soviet RGD-33 was an anti-personnel fragmentation stick grenade developed in 1933 from the Model 1914 grenade used during World War I. It contained about 200 grams of explosive charge (TNT) in a cylindrical can and had a short wooden handle making it about 200 millimeters long. ... The Soviet RG-41 stick grenade was an anti-tank weapon developed during World War II. It contained a 1 kilogram high-explosive charge. ... The Soviet RG-42 was an anti-personnel fragmentation stick grenade developed from the prior RGD-33 during World War II. It contained about 200 grams of explosive charge (TNT). ... A machine gun is a fully-automatic firearm that is capable of firing bullets in rapid succession. ... 7,62 ÑÑ‚Ð°Ð½ÐºÐ¾Ð²Ñ‹Ð¹ Ð¿ÑƒÐ»ÐµÐ¼ÐµÑ‚ ÑÐ¸ÑÑ‚ÐµÐ¼Ñ‹ ÐœÐ°ÐºÑÐ¸Ð¼Ð° Ð¾Ð±Ñ€Ð°Ð·Ñ†Ð° 1910 Ð³Ð¾Ð´Ð° 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 SG-43 Gorunov was a Soviet heavy machine gun that was introduced during the Second World War and is chambered for the 7. ... The DShK (Ð”Ð¨Ðš, for Ð”ÐµÐ³Ñ‚ÑÑ€Ñ‘Ð²Ð° Ð¨Ð¿Ð°Ð³Ð¸Ð½Ð° ÐšÑ€ÑƒÐ¿Ð½Ð¾ÐºÐ°Ð»Ð¸Ð±ÐµÑ€Ð½Ñ‹Ð¹, Degtyarev-Shpagin Large Calibre) is a Soviet heavy anti-aircraft machine gun firing 12. ... PTRD The PTRD-41 was an anti-tank rifle produced and used from early 1941 by the Soviet Red Army during World War II. It was a single-shot weapon that fired 14. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with 14. ...

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