The DShK M1938 (Cyrillic: ДШК, for Russian: Дегтярёва-Шпагина крупнокалиберный, romanized: Degtyaryova-Shpagina krupnokaliberny, lit. 'Degtyaryov–Shpagin large-calibre') is …

Nov 21, 2024 · The IRA acquired more DShKs and created a handful of gun-trucks capable of engaging helicopters and light armored vehicles. The 12.7 mm machine gun continued to be a …

Used by communist forces in Southeast Asia, the Degtyarov-Shpagin Krupnokaliberny (DShK) machine gun presented a deadly threat to low-flying aircraft-like the Forward Air Controllers …

Mar 15, 2013 · While officially labeled the DShK 1938, this Russian heavy machine gun is better known to the ruskie as the Dushka and resembles the Browning M2 'Ma Deuce'.

May 18, 2021 · In the early 1930s, gun designer Vasily Degtyaryov produced a limited run of a clunky gas-operated 12.7-millimeter machine gun called the DK which fired a 30-round drum …

Alongside the American M2 Browning, the DShK is the only .50 caliber machine gun designed prior to World War II that remains in service to the present day. The requirement for a heavy …

May 5, 2015 · This 3D animation by Victor Dolzhenkov of Gun Animation shows how the Soviet-era DShK 1938 12.7mm heavy machine gun’s rotary-style belt feeding mechanism works. The …

Feb 3, 2021 · Nicknamed “Dishka,” the Soviet machine gun was introduced almost exactly twenty years after the American M2, in 1938. The DShK is chambered in the powerful 12.7x108mm …

Aug 10, 2023 · The Soviet DShK Model 1938 heavy machine gun was developed to a Red Army requirement prior to World War 2 (1939-1945) to replace the aged Maxim Model 1910 (Soviet …

In the mid-1930s, Russian weapons designer Georgi Shpagin developed a belt-feed mechanism that promised greater firepower. Together with Vasily Degtyaryov, they developed the DShK …