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Small arms1938–present
Heavy machine gun
DShK is a heavy machine gun originating in Soviet Union. It was built by Tula Arms Plant. Reported operators include Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belarus, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Congo-Brazzaville, Congo-Kinshasa, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Finland, Georgia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Hungary, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Kurdistan Region, Israel, Côte d'Ivoire, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Liberia, Libya, Lithuania, North Macedonia, Madagascar, Mali, Malta, Mongolia, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Nigeria, North Korea, North Vietnam, Pakistan, Peru, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Slovakia, Somalia, Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, South Sudan, Syria, Tanzania, Togo, Turkey, Turkmenistan.
Technical data
Heavy machine gun
Soviet Union
1938–present
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Vasily Degtyaryov Georgi Shpagin
1938
Tula Arms Plant
US$2,250 (2012)
1938–1980 (Soviet Union)
1,000,000
DShK 38/46 Type 54
34 kg (74 lb 15 oz) (gun only) 157 kg (346 lb 2 oz) on wheeled mounting
1,625 mm (5 ft 4.0 in)
1,070 mm (42.1 in)
12.7×108mm 12.7×99mm NATO (Romania)
Gas-operated , flapper locking
True scale
Sourced dimensions beside a 1.75 m human reference.
Points represent sourced observations, including revisions. Revisions on the same effective date are not separate inventory events. Ranges appear in the table and are not plotted as exact points.
| Observation / report period | Value | Source | Claim state |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Sept 2026 | 1.625 m | Wikipedia contributors | approved |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 1.625 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 1.625 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
600 rounds/min
850 m/s (2,800 ft/s)
2,000 m (2,200 yd)
2,500 m (2,700 yd)
50 round belt
Iron/optical
Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Angola
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Bangladesh
Belarus
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
Chile
China
Congo-Brazzaville
Congo-Kinshasa
Cuba
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Egypt
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Finland
Georgia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Hungary
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Kurdistan Region
Israel
Côte d'Ivoire
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Liberia
Libya
Lithuania
North Macedonia
Madagascar
Mali
Malta
Mongolia
Mozambique
Nicaragua
Nigeria
North Korea
North Vietnam
Pakistan
Peru
Poland
Romania
Russia
Serbia
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Slovakia
Somalia
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
South Sudan
Syria
Tanzania
Togo
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Reference text from Wikipedia contributors, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
DShK equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
Afghanistan
AlbaniaNumber column of the Wikipedia list table under "Machine guns and Autocannons". The list's own wording applies; it is a compiled secondary source, not an official census.
Algeria
Angola
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Bangladesh
Belarus
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
Chile
China
Cuba
Cyprus
Czechia
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Egypt
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Finland
Georgia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Hungary
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Israel
Ivory Coast
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Lebanon
Liberia
Libya
Lithuania
Madagascar
Mali
Malta
Moldova
Mongolia
Mozambique
Nicaragua
Nigeria
North Korea
North Macedonia
Pakistan
Peru
PolandApproximate count for DShK · DSzKM. Service scope: Polish Land Forces; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Excludes retired/reserve/on-order rows. Count column(s): quantity: ~160. Origin: Soviet Union Polish People's Republic Czechoslovakia. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. The components do not establish one inventory census date; the stored date is the retrieved source snapshot.
Republic of the Congo
Romania
Russia
Rwanda
Serbia
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Slovakia
Somalia
South Sudan
Syria
Tajikistan
Tanzania
Togo
Türkiye
Turkmenistan
Uganda
Ukraine
Vietnam
ZambiaAfghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belarus, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Congo-Brazzaville, Congo-Kinshasa, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Finland, Georgia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Hungary, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Kurdistan Region, Israel, Côte d'Ivoire, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Liberia, Libya, Lithuania, North Macedonia, Madagascar, Mali, Malta, Mongolia, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Nigeria, North Korea, North Vietnam, Pakistan, Peru, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Slovakia, Somalia, Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, South Sudan, Syria, Tanzania, Togo, Turkey, Turkmenistan
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