DSHK-M - Heavy Machine Gun 12.7×108mm

Shooting the DSHK-M heavy machine gun. Machine Gun Tours Slovakia 2017. ...more: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBDg2QlWaqMqMO7KZ3k_hpDBO6aMKIlRC DShK 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. It took its name from the weapons designers Vasily Degtyaryov, who designed the original weapon, and Georgi Shpagin, who improved the cartridge feed mechanism. It is sometimes nicknamed Dashka (familiar form of female name Daria) in Russian-speaking countries, from the abbreviation. In 1946, the DShK 1938/46 or DShKM (M for modernized) version was introduced.