Degtyarev (DT) 7-62mm Tank Machine Gun

Abstract

The 7.62mm tank-mounted Degtyarev machine gun (DT) was first used in the 1920's on Red Army tanks. Invented by V. A. Degtyarev, it was later modified by his collaborator, Soviet designed G. S. Shpagin, to accomodate a ball mounting for tank use. It's weight without magazine is 7.5 kg; magazine capacity is 63 cartridges; its rate of fire is 500-600 rounds per minute; and its muzzle velocity is 840 m/sec.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 10, 1974
Accession Number
ADA005480

Entities

People

  • A. Blagonravov
  • I. Chistyakov
  • S. Simonov

Organizations

  • United States Army Foreign Science and Technology Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Automatic Weapons
  • Cartridge Cases
  • Firing Rate
  • Guns
  • Machine Guns
  • Muzzle Velocity
  • Periodicals
  • Physical Properties
  • Rear Areas
  • Small Arms
  • Translations
  • Ussr
  • Weapons

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  • Computational Linguistics
  • ballistics.