The DShK 1938 (ДШК for Дегтярёва-Шпагина Крупнокалиберный Degtyaryova-Shpagina Krupnokaliberny ‘Degtyaryov-Shpagin Large-Calibre’) is a Soviet heavy machine gun firing the 12.7×108mm 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.
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length (km)
1.625
weight (kg)
34000.0
origin
Soviet Union
type
Heavy machine gun
used in war
Iran–Iraq War, Korean War, Operation Enduring Freedom, Six-Day War, The Troubles, Lebanese Civil War, Sino-Vietnamese War, Yugoslav Wars, Cambodian–Thai border dispute, Chinese Civil War, Vietnam War, Winter War, World War II, Yom Kippur War, War in Afghanistan (2001–present), Dhofar Rebellion, Iraq War, Libyan Civil War, Syrian Civil War, First Indochina War, Gulf War, Laotian Civil War, Cambodian Civil War, Cambodian–Vietnamese War
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