DShK
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The DShK 1938 is a Soviet heavy machine gun. The weapon may be vehicle mounted or used on a tripod or wheeled carriage as a heavy infantry machine gun. The DShK's name is derived from its original designer, Vasily Degtyaryov, and Georgi Shpagin, who later improved the cartridge feed mechanism. It is sometimes nicknamed Dushka in Russian-speaking countries, from the abbreviation.
A 1938 DShK at the Military Historical Museum of Artillery, Engineers and Signal Corps in St. Petersburg
A Romanian DShK chambered in 12.7×99mm NATO on display at Expomil 2005.
A soldier with the Ukrainian Land Forces fires a DShKM
DShKM TR-85M1
T-40 tank
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The T-40 amphibious scout tank was an amphibious light tank used by the Soviet Union during World War II. It was armed with one 12.7 mm (0.5 in) DShK machine gun. It was one of the few tanks that could cross an unfordable river without a bridge.
A normal T-40 rearmed with TNSh autocannon (foreground) and "T-40" T-60 (background) in the Kubinka Tank Museum.