Technical Specifications

Type	Heavy machine gun
Country of origin	Soviet Union
Manufacturer	Tula Arms Plant
Designer	Vasily Degtyaryov · Georgi Shpagin
Designed	1938
Produced	1938–1980 (Soviet Union)
In service	1938–present
Used by	See users
No. built	1,000,000
Variants	DShK 38/46 · Type 54
Unit cost	US$2,250 (2012)
Weight	34 kg (gun only) · 157 kg on wheeled mounting
Length	1625 mm
Barrel length	1070 mm
Cartridge	12.7×108mm · 12.7×99mm NATO (Romania)
Action	Gas-operated, flapper locking
Feed	50 round belt
Muzzle velocity	850 m/s
Rate of fire	600 rounds/min
Range	2,000 m
Maximum range	2,500 m

Data from DShK (Wikipedia, 2026-09-22). Text licensed under CC BY-SA. Image: CC BY-SA 1.0 — George Shuklin.

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