The DShK has two "spider web" ring sights for use against aircraft. It is used by infantry on tripod mounts or deployed with a two-wheeled mounting and a single-sheet armor-plate shield.

DShK stands for "Degtyarov Shpagin Krupnokalibernyi", denoting its designers and large caliber. Together with the American M2HB it is one of the most produced heavy machine guns in the …

Nov 21, 2024 · While the Browning .50-cal. M2 machine gun has been unequaled for nearly a century, John Moses Browning’s genius design has had one significant 12.7 mm competitor: …

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 …

The DShK 1938 (ДШК, for Дегтярёва-Шпагина Крупнокалиберный, Degtyaryova-Shpagina Krupnokaliberny, 'Degtyaryov-Shpagin Large-Calibre') is a Soviet heavy machine gun firing the …

Russia introduced the Degtyaryova-shpagina krupnoka-liberny (Dshk) in 1938 and the weapon served as the soviet Union’s primary heavy machine gun during the second World War.

The DShK (Russian: ДШК, Дегтярёва-Шпагина Крупнокалиберный, "Degtyaryov-Shpagin large-calibre") is a Soviet heavy machine gun introduced in 1938. First seeing combat during the …

Aug 10, 2023 · Page details technical specifications, development, and operational history of the DShK Model 1938 Heavy Machine Gun (HMG) including pictures.

May 16, 2025 · The DShK holds the distinction of being, alongside the American M2 Browning, one of only two .50 caliber machine guns designed before World War II that remain in active …

Feb 6, 2017 · The DShK, despite its small caliber, became the primary Soviet AA gun of World War II. As of June 1941 there were 787 DShK machine guns in service in the Soviet Navy.