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Revision as of 14:11, 4 September 2011

DShK
DShK on wheeled mount with shield.
TypeHeavy machine gun
Place of origin Soviet Union
Service history
In service1938 – Present
Used bySee Users
WarsWorld War II
Korean War
Chinese Civil War
Vietnam War
Cambodian Civil War
Cambodian-Vietnamese War
Six-Day War
Yom Kippur War
Iran-Iraq war
The Troubles
Gulf War
Yugoslav wars
Iraq War
Afghan War
Cambodian–Thai border stand-off
2011 Libyan civil war
Production history
DesignerVasily Degtyaryov, Georgi Shpagin
Designed1938
VariantsDK, DShKM , DSHKS, Type 54 HMG
Specifications
Mass34 kg (74.96 lb) (gun only)
157 kg (346.13 lb) on wheeled mounting
Length1,625 mm (64.0 in)
Barrel length1,070 mm (42.1 in)

Cartridge12.7x108mm
Actiongas-operated reloading
Rate of fire600 rounds/min
Muzzle velocity850 m/s (2,788 ft/s)
Effective firing range2000 m
Maximum firing range2500 m
Feed systembelt 50 rounds
SightsIron/Optical

The DShK 1938 (ДШК, for Дегтярёва-Шпагина Крупнокалиберный, Degtyaryova-Shpagina Krupnokaliberny, 'Degtyaryov-Shpagin Large-Calibre') is a Soviet heavy machine gun firing the 12.7x108mm cartridge. The weapon was also used as a heavy infantry machine gun, in which case it was frequently deployed with a two-wheeled mounting and a single-sheet armour-plate shield. It took its name from the weapons designers Vasily Degtyaryov, who designed the original weapon, and Georgi Shpagin, who improved the cartridge feed mechanism. It is sometimes nicknamed Dushka (lit. "Sweetie", "Dear"), from the abbreviation.

History

The requirement for a heavy machine gun appeared in 1929. The first such gun, the Degtyaryov, Krupnokalibernyi (DK, Degtyaryov, 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.

Like its U.S. equivalent, the M2 Browning, 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.

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 under license by a number of countries, including the People's Republic of China, Pakistan and Romania. Today, it has largely been phased out in favour of the more modern NSV and Kord designs.

One Lynx helicopter was hit 15 times and shot down in June 1988 during The Troubles by two DShK deployed by the PIRA near Cashel Lough Upper, south County Armagh.[1] They were also used in 2004, against British troops in Al-Amarah, Iraq.[2]

Users

DShKM on a Romanian TR-85 main battle tank
DShKM anti-aircraft machine gun on a T-55 tank loader's roof hatch
Jamiat-e Islami Mujahideen of Afghanistan in 1987 with a DShK

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Non-state users

See also

References

  1. ^ Harnden, Toby (2000).Bandit Country:The IRA and South Armagh. Coronet Books, pp. 360-361 ISBN 0340717378
  2. ^ a b Mills, Dan (2007). "16". Sniper One. Penguin Group. p. 192. ISBN 978-0-718-14994-9. They were Dshkes, a Russian-made beast of a thing that fires half-inch calibre rounds and was designed to bring down helicopters.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh Jones, Richard D.; Ness, Leland S., eds. (January 27, 2009). Jane's Infantry Weapons 2009/2010 (35th ed.). Coulsdon: Jane's Information Group. ISBN 9780710628695.
  4. ^ Gander, Terry J.; Hogg, Ian V. Jane's Infantry Weapons 1995/1996. Jane's Information Group; 21 edition (May 1995). ISBN 978-0710612410.
  5. ^ a b c d e Miller, David (2001). The Illustrated Directory of 20th Century Guns. London: Salamander Books Ltd. ISBN 9781840652451.
  6. ^ a b c http://en.calameo.com/read/000127853fed679f5ecec
  7. ^ uncovering the irish republican army pbs.org
  8. ^ Al-Jazeera coverage of Libyan uprising Youtube.com