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Russia’s Big Fifty on the Range: DShK-38

March 11, 2023 Ian McCollum 20

Yesterday we looked at the history and the mechanics of the Soviet heavy machine guns from World War Two, the DShK-38. Today, we are taking it out to the range!

Heavy MGs

DShK-38: The Soviet Monster .50 Cal HMG

March 10, 2023 Ian McCollum 5

In 1925 the USSR began a program to develop a heavy machine gun for antiaircraft use. After some initial experimentation with a converted Dreyse machine gun, they brought in Degtyarev to scale up his recently-adopted […]

Heavy MGs

The US Adopts A Maxim: The Colt Model 1904

November 9, 2022 Ian McCollum 23

The US Army spent nearly 16 years languidly testing the Maxim gun, but was never willing to actually make a decision until a final trial in 1903 finally settled the matter. The Maxim was deemed […]

Accessories

Water-Cooled .50s: The US Navy Mk22 Pedestal Mount

October 27, 2022 Ian McCollum 16

In 1942, the US Navy adopted the Mk22 Pedestal mount, which fitted a pair of water-cooled Browning M2 machine guns (one left-hand feed and one right-hand). It was used for antiaircraft use primarily, and was […]

Heavy MGs

Goryunov SG43: Russia Replaces the Maxim

June 20, 2022 Ian McCollum 14

The Russian M1910 Maxim was clearly obsolete in the 1930s, and the Soviet military developed a replacement for it – the Degtyarev DS-39. These performed well in testing, but several major flaws were revealed when […]

Conversion

Ukrainian DShK as Infantry Support Weapon

March 18, 2022 Ian McCollum 20

The initial Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2014 stagnated into trench warfare after a few months, and Ukrainian forces found themselves often in entrenched positions 500m or more from Russian opposition. At that range, their […]

Heavy MGs

Soviet DS-39 Heavy Machine Gun at the Range

December 31, 2021 Ian McCollum 13

https://youtu.be/krl3qHGOkgw The DS-39 is an air-cooled heavy machine gun designed by Degtyarev, which was intended to replace the 1910 Maxim as the standard Soviet HMG. It was lighter and more mobile than the Maxim, and […]

Accessories

M43 Salakari: A Dynamic Assault Mount for the Finnish Maxim

October 1, 2021 Ian McCollum 20

The Finnish military depended heavily on Maxim machine guns until the 1960s, first using ones captured from the Russians and later starting production at Tikkakoski in the 1930s. One of the difficulties of the Maxim, […]

Heavy MGs

Vickers Mk IV .50 Caliber Water-Cooled Tank Gun

September 10, 2021 Ian McCollum 30

Development of the .50 caliber Vickers guns began during World War One, but stagnated after 1918, and was not really completed until the early 1930s. At that point, Vickers produced a series of the guns […]

General Purpose MGs

All the Guns on a T-62 Tank (with Nicholas Moran, the Chieftain)

August 6, 2021 Ian McCollum 19

Try out World of Tanks with a special bonus tank using this link! https://tanks.ly/3dqGoBL Today Nicholas Moran (the Chieftain) and I are at Battlefield Vegas courtesy of Wargaming.net, to show you around a Soviet T-62 […]

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