DShK

DShK
DShK
	A 1938 DShK at the Military Historical Museum of Artillery, Engineers and Signal Corps in St. Petersburg
Type	Heavy machine gun
Place of origin	Soviet Union
Service history
In service	1938–present
Used by	See Users
Wars	Second World War; Winter War; Chinese Civil War; First Indochina War; Korean War; Vietnam War; Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation; Operation Trikora; First Sudanese Civil War; Laotian Civil War; Dhofar Rebellion; Portuguese Colonial War; South African Border War; Cambodian Civil War; Six Day War; Yom Kippur War; Rhodesian Bush War; Ethiopian Civil War; Lebanese Civil War; Angolan Civil War; Cambodian-Vietnamese War; Western Sahara War; Afghanistan conflict (1978–present); Sino-Vietnamese War; Chadian–Libyan War; Iran–Iraq War; Second Sudanese Civil War; Sri Lankan Civil War; The Troubles; First and Second Liberian Civil Wars; Somali Civil War; Tuareg rebellion (1990–1995); Gulf War; Yugoslav Wars; Rwandan Civil War; First and Second Chechen Wars ; Kargil War; Operation Enduring Freedom; Iraq War; Cambodian–Thai border dispute; First Libyan Civil War; Syrian Civil War; Operation Linda Nchi; Northern Mali conflict; War in Iraq (2013–2017); Second Libyan Civil War; 2014 pro-Russian conflict in Ukraine; Yemeni Civil War (2015–present); Conflict in Najran, Jizan and Asir; Tigray War; Russian invasion of Ukraine; 2023 Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip;
Production history
Designer	Vasily Degtyaryov; Georgi Shpagin
Designed	1938
Manufacturer	Tula Arms Plant
Unit cost	US$2,250 (2012)
Produced	1938–1980 (Soviet Union)
No. built	1,000,000
Variants	DShK 38/46 ; Type 54
Specifications
Mass	34 kg (74 lb 15 oz) (gun only) 157 kg (346 lb 2 oz) on wheeled mounting
Length	1,625 mm (5 ft 4.0 in)
Barrel length	1,070 mm (42.1 in)
Cartridge	12.7×108mm ; 12.7×99mm (Romania)
Action	Gas-operated, flapper locking
Rate of fire	600 rounds/min
Muzzle velocity	850 m/s (2,800 ft/s)
Effective firing range	2,000 m (2,200 yd)
Maximum firing range	2,500 m (2,700 yd)
Feed system	50 round belt
Sights	Iron/optical

The DShK 1938 (Cyrillic: ДШК, for Russian: Дегтярёва-Шпагина Крупнокалиберный, romanized: Degtyaryova-Shpagina Krupnokaliberny, "Degtyaryov-Shpagin large-calibre") is a Soviet heavy machine gun. The weapon may be vehicle mounted or used on a tripod or wheeled carriage as a heavy infantry machine gun. The DShK's name is derived from its original designer, Vasily Degtyaryov, and Georgi Shpagin, who later improved the cartridge feed mechanism. It is sometimes nicknamed Dushka (a dear or beloved person) in Russian-speaking countries, from the abbreviation.

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