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The DSHK 1938 ( DSK , For Degtyareva Shpagin is large -caliber , Degtiariova Chpaguina Kroupnokaliberny , “Big degtiarev-chpaguine caliber”) is a heavy anti-aircraft Soviet machine gun drawing cartridges 12.7 × 108 mm , also used as a heavy machine gun for infantry. It is mainly used during the Second World War on a wheel on wheel or a tripod and until today by several armies around the world as a supporting weapon for infantry or mounted on vehicles.

It takes its name from its designers Vassili Degtiarev, which designed the original weapon (in 1935), and Gueorgui Chpaguine, which improved the food mechanism (in 1938), modifying the weapon so that it can receive Metal strips of 50 cartridges (instead of 30 for the original weapon).

She is sometimes nicknamed Douchka (darling), of its abbreviation.

SSKH machine gun operators in the world:

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Heavy machine gun DSHKM has been or is in service in more than 40 armies around the world. It is produced in China (type 54), manufactured in Pakistan, Iran and various other countries. It was used in a common way as a roof machine gun on afterword Soviet tanks (T-55, T-62) and in armored vehicles (BTR-152). Currently, the Russian armed forces have almost completely replaced their DSHK and DSHKM with more sophisticated and modern machine guns.

THE Douchka Russians or Chinese have served in many conflicts since the Great Patriotic War. Thus during the war in Mali, they constitute the main armament of several militarized pick-ups.

The DSHK appears in very often in movies, series, video games …

  • In the movie Rambo 3 (1988) A DSHK is used by the main character to destroy a Soviet Hind;
  • In the movie The war beast (1988) A DSHK is present on the Soviet T-55 and is used against Afghans Moudjahid.
  • In the film Black Hawk Down (2001) DSHK is used by Somali militiamen against American soldiers
  • In the film Blood Diamond (2006) the DSHK is used several times by the rebels of the R.U.F in Sierra Leone.
  • In the film Shooter (2007) a DSHK mounted on a technical is used by Ethiopian rebels.
  • In the movie 13 Hours (2016) A DSHK mounted on a technical is used by Libyan militiamen from the Ansar al-Charia group.
  • In the film Black Widow (2021) a DSHK mounted on a tripods is used by prison guards

On other Wikimedia projects:

  • DSHK , on Wikimedia Commons

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  1. ↑ 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 et bg (in) Jane’s Infantry Weapons 2009/2010 , Coulsdon, Jane’s Information Group, , 35th  ed. , 944 p. (ISBN  978-0-7106-2869-5 )
  2. ↑ (in) ‘ Cameroon air strikes on Boko Haram » , on Bbc.com , BBC News , (consulted the ) .
  3. ↑ (in) Terry Gander , Jane’s infantry weapons, 1995-96 , Coulsdon, UK Alexandria, Va, Jane’s Information Group, , 722 p. (ISBN  978-0-7106-1241-0 )
  4. ↑ a et b (in) ‘ G3 Defense Magazine August 2010 » , calamo.com (consulted the )
  5. ↑ Mongolian Military Museum. Ulanbaatar. Sights of Intersest
  6. ↑ (in) Kevin O’halloran , Rwanda: UNAMIR 1994/1995 , Big Sky Publishing, , 210 p. (ISBN  978-1-921941-48-1-1 , read online )
  7. ↑ (in) ‘ 12.7mm DShK heavy machinegun » (consulted the )
  8. ↑ (in) ‘ Equipment of Land Forces of the Republic of Poland » , Where the army begins … (consulted the )
  9. ↑ A B C and D (in) David Miller , The Illustrated Directory of 20th Century Guns , Londres, Salamander Books Ltd., , 480 p. (ISBN  978-18-84065-245-1 )
  10. ↑ ‘ DShK heavy machine gun – Internet Movie Firearms Database – Guns in Movies, TV and Video Games » , on www.imfdb.org (consulted the )

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  • (in) Jane’s Infantry Weapons 2009/2010 , Coulsdon, Jane’s Information Group, , 35th  ed. , 944 p. (ISBN  978-0-7106-2869-5 )
  • (in) Terry Gander , Jane’s infantry weapons, 1995-96 , Coulsdon, UK Alexandria, Va, Jane’s Information Group, , 722 p. (ISBN  978-0-7106-1241-0 ) .
  • Martin J. Dougherty, Firearms: visual encyclopedia , Elcy Éditions, 304 p. (ISBN  9782753205215 ) , p. 256 .

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