DShKM Machine gun on Tank Turret
Product code A72-25
Scale 1 : 72
Publisher/Brand Miniworld
Category Scale Modelling Kits
Subcategory Model accessories » Weaponry
Availability only 1 remaining
This product was added to our database on Monday 15 April 2013.
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Mind: this product is an accessory to an existing or to a yet to be assembled scalemodel. The scalemodel is not included and needs to be ordered separately.
Used on T54, T55 as well as chinese equivalents
A box in the traditional style of Miniworld, a small clear plastic tube. The kit model of a machine gun include 5 metal parts + 2 photoetched part. All metal parts can be aligned and incurvated. Gun model has such painting standart: the machine gun - gun metal, fire handles - brown wood, mount and ammo box - foliage green. The instruction is easy for understanding.
Historical information:
The DShK 1938 (Degtyaryova-Shpagina Krupnokaliberny, 'Degtyaryov-Shpagin Large-Calibre') is a Soviet heavy anti-aircraft machine gun firing 12.7x108mm cartridges. 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 Dushka (lit. "Sweetie", "Dear"), from the abbreviation.

