How Russia's DSHK Heavy Machine Gun Changed War

One of the most impressive massive weapons every created: the soviet army's DSHK. It's an interesting counter to the US Army's M2 50 cal. The Russian Army's version is definitely not a copy. This DSHK heavy machine gun stands on its own legs, its own tripod legs I guess because you cannot hip fire this massive 12.7 x 108mm thing.
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Written by: Chris Cappy and Andrew Tucker
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[@Taskandpurpose]

Thanks for watching Spare Parts Army! What're your thoughts on the Dshk? It got replaced by the KORD and NSV fairly quickly compared to the M2 Browning which is still trucking along to this day. If you liked this video check out our Evolution of the M249 SAW vid: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hpjMpXWgnd-cipI

[@patriotenfield3276]

Hello Cappy. What's your opinion on South African Armored Vehicles and Other weapons of Cold war era? especially Vektor CR 21 from District 9 , Casspir APC , G6 Rhino, RATEL , ZT3 Ingwe Laser guided wireless ATGM and DENEL Rooivalk ?

[@patriotenfield3276]

Also The Russians Had KPV (14.5*114mm) NSV ( 12.7*108mm) Kord HMG (12.7*108mm ) ShVAK (*retired , 12.7*108mm, 20*94mm)

[@BigRussianCatWithFloppyEars]

Btw you did not adress my DM on Twitter, why?

[@stefanaleksic4113]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/oWTKdmBtiahnnLc

[@Uriah_Heep_]

u pronounced it wrong. DSHK is ДШК in russian, which is an abbreviation Д.Ш.К. thus u should pronounce it in the way u would pronounce FBI for example, each letter separately: Д - de, Ш - she, К - ka, de-she-ka.

[@JeffNeelzebub]

True story. I was providing overwatch with “balloon surveillance” on American troops when the ANA was taking fire in the distance. I looked around, and eventually found the source. The Taliban had mounted a DSHK to the back of a Toyota Corolla hatchback, so they could close the hatchback and hide it when they retreated. American forces eventually killed it with a PGM, but it was innovative!

[@icysaracen3054]

Should have let them butcher the ANA, useless pricks.

[@BigRussianCatWithFloppyEars]

How does it feel to be in a War where Thousands of Civilians die?

[@JeffNeelzebub]

@@icysaracen3054 Believe it or not, they had considered that, but because DSHKs are a danger to aircraft, they have kill when practical philosophy for DSHKs.

[@Taskandpurpose]

this is exactly the comment I was waiting for , love a good story about a creative technical. DSHK can be mounted to anything I've seen photos of the thing put on the back of a motorcycle lol

[@norfcarolinadude8179]

@@BigRussianCatWithFloppyEars how does it feel to care?

[@daniellyhne6985]

Maybe the next Russian machine gun you could look at is the Kord, which replaced the DSHK or the KPV, which is a machine gun that fires 14.5 mm cartridges. Wish you all the best!

[@jPlanerv2]

KPV is an freaking monster of a gun

[@militaristaustrian]

Dimitri make gun biger Dimitri makes 50cal DIMITRI I SAYD BIGGER Dimitri shits out 14,5 mm anti everything

[@DanielSan1776]

That’s a good name I approve

[@dariushajnala5562]

Kord is 12.7mm. KPV is 14.5mm.

[@panzer-blitz-1446]

at 6:34 that is a KPV 14.5mm machine gun

[@Opter_X]

I speak Russian and I have never called this gun myself or heard anyone calling it Dushka))) We call it ДШК (De-She-Ka) that stands for surnames of its inventors (Dyagtyarev & Shpagin) and K - for krupnokaliberniy (large caliber gun). Cheers ;)

[@bandaarhibudaj5949]

Не Душка, а ДаШКа Женское имя: Дарья, Даша, Дуня, Дашенька или же выше сказанная Дашка (ДаШКа).

[@Scroolewse]

so is it like "duh-shuh-ka" or "duh-shee-ka"? It's hard to tell from the pronunciation you have spelled out there.

[@EcchiRevenge]

This.

[@Opter_X]

actually it shall be spelled as deh-shah-kah (as these letters are spelled in Russian alphabet) but everyone spells it as I mentioned above - deh-sheh-kah.

[@Scroolewse]

@@Opter_X I see, thanks

[@anatolib.suvarov6621]

The DShK is a fine heavy machine gun. It is very reliable and has good ballistic performance against soft skinned vehicles or light armour. It is generally adequate against common field fortifications but is insufficient against reinforced concrete blockhouses, or bunkers. In the category of heavy machine guns, I personally prefer the KPV, using the 14.5mm API cartridge. While it will not defeat tank armour, it is capable of dealing with most APCs, and LAVs. I have watched a KPV put ten rounds through a Bradley IFV with no serious problems. Granted, that was one of the very early variants, and it is my understanding that the armour on the Bradley was subsequently improved. For engaging harder targets we would employ a ZU-23, 23mm super heavy MG. It took out almost everything on the ground we fired it at. We were taking sniper fire from some terrorists, and we couldn't determine what part of the building they were firing from. Knowing that every civilian had fled the town, we just demolished the entire building with our ZU and KPVs. No more sniper!

[@deptusmechanikus7362]

23mm is more of an autocanon than a machine gun. That's the general guideline: everything 20mm+ is artillery

[@antonzhdanov9653]

ZU-23 is AA machine. ZU uses for zenitnaya ustanovka so literally AA-Apparel from russian and 23 means caliber. One barrel of those actually called AZM-23 - what uses for Automatic AA gun. 2000 23mm rounds per cartridge 900 rounds/m each barrel. Though, as those designed as AA-gun, it fires usually 1-3 second repeats as steady fire will burn it out quite fast. Recommended limit is 150 rounds per repeat. There are 2 famous ones of those. ZU-23-2 - double barrelled ballistic monster which can still fire from some your usual big cargo truck. And Zu-23-4 or famous Shilka. AZU-23 does not industrially exist as single barrel though some handcrafted from ZU-23-2 ones are reported actually. Those are not actual machine guns as developed for AA. Though, quite intensively used for ground targets as well as already 2 autocannon barrels are devastating. And ZU-23-4 is literal "prepare for trouble and make it double"

[@antonzhdanov9653]

@@deptusmechanikus7362 Nah, I guess it's about rpm. If thing does more than 1000 rpm, its machine gun. If it's 100-1000 rpm - that's auto cannon. And 20mm or 152mm caliber means nothing. The biggest soviet military autocannon and one of the meanest modern weapon actually is 82mm 4 rounds cartridge 120 rpm auto-mortar. If one day they made this thing chain fed, that would be a weapon of freaking mass destruction. And actually the only reason it's not done for a moment that's actually ammo is too heavy to care. From technical point of view this b*tch is ready to rolling.

[@CorePathway]

14.5 is a severely under-rated cartridge. 3x muzzle energy of a .50 BMG. And the Shilka is BEAST.

[@antonzhdanov9653]

@@CorePathway It's not underrated, it's specific. As it's done for AA it can't do long repeats what limits it to actually heavy strike weapon, not long suppressing fire what is usual machine guns for. Though, for some fast deployed vehicle fire or ambush it's real beast ripping apart everything. Like even tank without barrel and every on-armour equipment won't be that useful and not all IAVs can stand it.

[@phyo1716]

Kord and the NSV needs a separate video in my opinion.

[@Taskandpurpose]

definitely going to cover those in more depth , didn't want to go too much detail into them here for that reason

[@phyo1716]

@@Taskandpurpose That's good to hear. Anyway love your videos.

[@executivelifehacks6747]

@@Taskandpurpose smart to foreshadow and build interest Cappy

[@pearlvision7156]

And Utyos that was before Kord

[@nFINITELooP]

The Sh in the DShK stands for Shpagin, not Shepnayev as you told at 3:43. The same Shpagin that designed the PPSh

[@760raduran]

The 12.7 round has significant penetration. In Vietnam, around our 81 pits, one or two rows of sandbags was adequate for 7.62. After one night, hit with 12.7 rounds, we always had three rows on the perimeter side. The DSHK also used green tracers that our 106s hunted.

[@tullo5564]

Please don't compare the diaper wearing, confused about gender and pathetic US army to Russian army. Thank you.

[@borderreiver1806]

exactly , we were much the same , until some berserkers were armed by the Angolan/Russian "advisor" .. then sustained fire from Dsks and hours late a 20mm .. turned our CP into a sand pit ..

[@davidcraft4636]

@@tullo5564 Don’t confuse the US Military for Joe Biden’s bitch ass regime.

[@abpire]

@@tullo5564 You mean the "hundreds of recruits commit suicide and tens of thousands drink themselves to death, while the rest has less combined brain cells than a squad of crayon eaters" Russian army? Yeah, who in their right mind would want to be compared to that bunch of impotent jokes.

[@jozseftoth9368]

@@abpire its U.S. Army soldiers who used to get PTSD, and loose a bullet into their heads, or going on a rampage on high traffic places

[@helenaprimera516]

12,7х108 wasn't an anti-tank round, it was designed as anti-material round. The "anti-tank" round was 14,5mm that got developed a bit later, and made 12,7mm obsolete in that direction right off the bat.The main purpose of DShK wasnt fighting tanks, but low-flying planes instead, since B-30 could pierce up to 16mm plating, so it could pierce the engine block\elerons. Tri-pod mount shows it's purpose with its huge vertical angle. In the war-time, they began to get mounted on armored cars, small ships, APCs, light tanks. We made Kord not because of the licensing issue, but because manufacturing plants were beyond Russia's borders, main one in Uralsk, nowadays Kazakhstan. Instead of hoping to re-do the manufacturing inside the country, we just rolled the competition, and got Kord adopted in the army. NSV is still being manufactured, but not by us, we make Kords now. While M2s were also used as the aircraft-mounted machineguns, we've made another machine gun for aircrafts in 12,7x108 - UB\UBT.

[@saadman920]

thaths nice to hear. but have u piled up enough weapons' to invade Ukraine?

[@misterrobot1143]

@@saadman920 more than enough, thank you

[@timthorson52]

Actually aren't there references to it being developed in the 1930s in a anti tank role similar to a German 13.2 mm round?

[@igorvasin6960]

​@@saadman920 enough to destroy weapons from 40 NATO countries in Ukraine? oh yes, Soviet and Russian weapons are enough to destroy both the Russian region 'Ukraine' and all of NATO. there is so much of it that it is destroyed every year at a training ground in my region, which is why local journalists constantly demand to find another way to destroy it. now there is a variant of another way to destroy surplus shells.

[@user-tu1gx8zx6x]

@@timthorson52 This is where he made a mistake. The DShK was created to shoot down aircraft at altitudes of up to 1500m. Large caliber arms against tanks are PTRS and PTRD.

[@Motoboo_Marine]

"Why can't the American military come up with a fancy new lightweight .50 cal?" As a former 2111, there is a real need for new .50 cal machine gun. The M2 platform is great and all, but it's super maintenance heavy and requires much more skill than modern armorers are trained with to keep in service. Pretty much every other weapon system in inventory has gotten to the point where all you have to do to repair it is swap out the appropriate part. The M2 and M2A1 are not like that. There are a lot of parts that have to be fitted and adjusted properly during installation, some of which the TM tells you to replace but doesn't tell you how. There are too many parts that break or fall out of adjustment way too easily leading to tons of unreliable systems in use. If the flat spring on the bottom wears out, it can cause the fire rate to slow down and grind to a halt. If the fiberboard buffer disks in the backplate assembly get any CLP or grease on them, you have to throw them all away and replace them otherwise the weapon will still function but parts will wear prematurely causing an eventual breakdown. Setting headspace on the M2A1 is a huge pain in the ass because you do it via 16 different sized breechblocks, and you can only order one at a time so if you screwed up your initial measurement you wouldn't find out until weeks later when the part came in. The list is way longer, but I digress. I can't tell you how many units I saw either couldn't make mission or took deadlined machine guns outside the wire as a result. If your unit had ones that were reliable, it was because you had at least one armorer that really knew their shit. Thus, I believe there is not only need for a more modern lightweight .50 cal, but also mechanically simpler. I think it's totally doable from an engineering standpoint, the M2 is about a hundred years old at this point. The only problem is going to the US Army Ordnance Corps and their "infinite wisdom".

[@dwwolf4636]

The HK 25mm auto grenade launcher could be converted to .50

[@theimmortal4718]

It would help if we at least added an "infantry kit" like we did for the M240. New feed tray cover with rail, a buttstock, and pistol grip.

[@cm-pr2ys]

What do you think of the MG .338? Imagine that with polymer ammo

[@theimmortal4718]

@@cm-pr2ys It's not bad, but it's no .50. .338 is right in the middle between 7.62 and .50. 50% smaller bullet, 50% less energy, with similar external ballistics.

[@gungasc]

We had to pull a specialized mechanic from Kabul to Salerno, Afghanistan to look at my .50cal. I wanted to know a little more about it so I asked him if I could sit with him and learn something new. His reply was, "if you want to Specialist, but I'm just gonna be sitting filing down parts." I sat for a little bit and all he was doing was taking sand paper or mill files and just going at it on certain areas of the "new" bolt he was putting in. Turns out my .50cal was not combat effective (I did head space and timing on it and it was still only shooting out 2 rounds before having to charge it again) I was happy to hear I was correct that it was the bolt and not me. Even when you get the Expert Infantry Badge, people still question you, lol. I asked if he wanted any chow or snack from the PX before leaving. He was there for 2 hours just filing down steel. We then took it to the range I did head space and timing again and yes, the roar of DON -DON DON -DON- DON- DON -DON- DON- DON- DON, then let the mechanic ride the rest of the 100 rounds. I was so impressed and just dumbfounded at the same time. That mechanic after the deployment was promoted to sgt. (Ghost boarded). Good dude.

[@paulbarthol8372]

The reason that the US can't come up with a light weight 50 cal is that it would take The Committee 30 years and $3,000,000,000 to research the need for one. Then they would have to wait for China to send the microchips for them. Also, they would have to be made of titanium/ceramic/carbon fiber.

[@X.Y.Z.07]

And make it Multirole capable...

[@CheapCheerful]

@@X.Y.Z.07 multi-role only until the contract is signed, then split it into 3 different weapons that resemble each other.

[@e.a.corral4713]

Too much brass?

[@X.Y.Z.07]

@@CheapCheerful and remember to make each version have different spare parts that are not compatible with each other..

[@TheAdriyaman]

@@X.Y.Z.07 Also it must be Modular™

[@BangkokZed]

In the early 80s I was at a Soviet firing range where Soviet military personnel showcased some weapons like the "bezsumnij" (silencer) version of Makarov and the DSHK, explaining that the DSHK is excellent against enemy forces hiding in buildings and to prove it a soldier started to fire short rounds against a wall at a distance of around 100 meters(yards) the wall disappeared just in a few seconds...

[@mattiasdahlstrom2024]

True, but 7.62 LMG fire will also grind down a brick wall , though slower

[@xxxxxx5868]

@@mattiasdahlstrom2024 yeah and blowing on a brick wall will eventually tear it down but slower

[@dosadnizub]

I remember a story of a father of a friend of mine in the Bosnian war in the 90s, they were pinned down in a house by either a dushka or a zhilka and the wall was getting lower and lower - they assumed they were dead and just smoked cigarettes - but they survived - the other guy stopped firing at one point

[@user-ux9nc2hu3z]

@@dosadnizub zhilka? It's was zushka, another name in US army zeus.

[@rain8767]

That's what 12.7mm will do..anything that doesn't have an armor of an MBT is gonna be pulverized.

[@hesamtoraby7348]

I shut Dushku once, first thing first about it is the sound, i believe it injures the shooter as equal as the bullets injuring the one being shot at, latterly comes the shock wave, it is usual for newbies to even lose their heading direction and cause friendly fire because of it, let alone aiming at something, and last but not least is the recoil, it moves through your body hitting all of your bones, most of soldiers bit a piece of cloth while shooting in order to avoid biting their tongue.

[@ravencookie5141]

My cousin used both the M2 and the Dushka and according to him the M2 is slightly more accurate on sustained fire but the dushka is more mobile and it was more easily set up on an elevated tripod on rooftops and able to shoot at everything from small suicide drones to shooting across rooftops, something the M2 couldn’t do because of the tripod design it uses

[@ravencookie5141]

Thats why they took the Dushkas off the Humvees and put M2s on them instead and brought Dushka tripods so they could still have that heavy firepower even when dismounted

[@joshuajoaquin5099]

interesting

[@joshuajoaquin5099]

also yeah i never seen the M2 in DHSK style Tripod like that tall only on mounts such as ships

[@ravencookie5141]

@@joshuajoaquin5099 oh yeah not saying they don’t exist, just saying the taller tripods are more common for the Russian gun is all We’re talking about the Iraqi military here so they don’t have tall M2 tripods Some did a makeshift solution by modifying the talk tripods for M2s but it took too much time and the M2 was overall a bit heavier so it was harder to manage the recoil His unit eventually completely switched to M2s on vehicles, Dushkas when dismounted

[@felixhabarugira7680]

This is not designed to be more accurate, the whole purpose is to keep troops pinned down also to reach a long range target

[@MikeDep]

I always thought the barrel ribbing was for her pleasure. Thanks for clarifying it's to keep the weapon cool

[@TotalRookie_LV]

While "душка" is indeed Russian word, I've never heard Russians calling it that. Seems they only pronounce the letters D-Sh-K "deh sheh kah" (дэ-шэ-ка). Sort of like "krinkov" is American only thing, never used in Russian parliance or by anyone else.

[@user-hz1mx8ly2i]

дашкой еще могли звать , женское имя

[@TotalRookie_LV]

@@user-hz1mx8ly2i Во! Вот это больше похоже на правду - Светка, Ксюха, Дашка.

[@Hashishtani]

I think no one called it like this now, because it is not in use anymore, but during WII they could have. Like PPSH - Papasha, and so on. Anyway in Soviet army nothing is called the way it should, like "Bardak", "Buhanka", "Krokodil", "Korobochka" and so on... even official name of the weapon system are never war-like, Akacia, Gvozdika, Tulpan, Topol, Buratino :-) all funny names.

[@TotalRookie_LV]

@@Hashishtani There is a system to it, official names for artillery are all plant ones, while AA systems bear names of rivers.

[@Hashishtani]

@@TotalRookie_LV depends, large AA missiles have names of trees like Buk for example (think it is only example). While large ballistic missiles like Topol also have tree name... hm... think artillery really follows the rule while others are not that strictly sticking to them. Plus in modern Russian Federation they don't follow tradition and new artillery is called Koalitsia, which is not a flower anymore... pity.

[@MajSolo]

This channel is GREAT for telling you about stuff that will not affect ANY war. Infantry man Chris CLEARLY understand this too ...just making another video.

[@johnrandolph1989]

Remember children, the 12.7MM is not a Mosin Nagant caliber. #neverplayvangard.

[@Sneakyboson]

Lol is that seriously a thing in the game?

[@johnrandolph1989]

@@Sneakyboson yup. Check out cursed gun images on Brandon Herrera's channel that, and many other abominations of WW2 weaponry being defiled.

[@CrayonEater255]

Oh god

[@AnthonyEvelyn]

This thing gives off a fat muzzle flash, been seeing the DSHK in combat watching news clips for over 40 years. That muzzle flash was always a dead giveaway, especially in Afghanistan at nights where they were quickly prioritized located and destroyed as they are very deadly.

[@RuiLuz]

You see them, and shoot them with a rocket, done.

[@predestruction8235]

@@RuiLuz Congrats. You killed a 2500-5000 $ Machine Gun with a 20.000-60.000$ Rocket.

[@kaiservon2936]

@@predestruction8235 welcome to modern warfare, dropping a $100,000 bomb on a $100 tent

[@davyjones8921]

@@predestruction8235 Curious, when it may shoot down a multi million dollar aircraft would it be a good value then?

[@armvextheforgetful73]

5:36 so that is why they censor them.

[@John-mf6ky]

I can't be the only non-service member who loves all these weapon break down videos (really just the videos in general). I really love watching the stuff not related to American doctrine/equipment. keep making them Chris!

[@FreedomandBaconHomestead]

Love ya, Cappy! Your humor paired with the informative videos makes for hours of viewing fun. Keep the videos coming!

[@_Admin_01.]

I counted three instances of KPVT footage, which is 14.5x114mm.

[@ricojes]

Ditto with the 12.7x108 W-85 Chinese HMG

[@mikhailnosovsky4254]

... and multiple KPVs, KORDs were called DSHK as well.

[@Orca19904]

0:25 Sorry Cappy, that's an NSV in that picture. 1:39 And that's a KPV, which fires the even larger 14.5x114mm round.

[@Mrgunsngear]

Loved my time with the DSHK

[@wormyboot]

I used the M2 and also the M2A1 when they first came out. The A1 was a nice upgrade. Cappy, you're easily in my top 3 favorite KZbinrs.

[@RustedCroaker]

Holy Moley, you're over 90 years old!?

[@wormyboot]

@@RustedCroaker I get that a lot but no. Perhaps I misspoke. I was an infantryman when my particular unit switched from the M2HB to the M2A1. I really liked how the barrel installed on the upgraded one.

[@Scorpion-es9ri]

12,7x108, in case your opponent hides behind 3 Houses…

[@paleoph6168]

14.5x114, in case your opponent hides behind 6 houses...

[@BigRussianCatWithFloppyEars]

Or in case your Target is a fat american with plate carrier.

[@zack9912000]

@@BigRussianCatWithFloppyEars Go be a pos somewhere else.

[@cassu6]

@@zack9912000 What? XDD you got offended by that?

[@biker994]

Man, task and purpose is so good he makes a review about a machine gun that is easier to watch than many video game reviews by many AAA youtuber.

[@ToTheNines87368]

You’re legit funny and informative at the same time. Love this channel

[@sarath431]

The thing I love about kord machine gun is that it is fed from the right and ejection takes place on the right side. It has the forward ejection system. Rumour has it, it is been also used as a sniper by putting a scope on the weapon. Can you please make a video on Kpv machine gun too?

[@TheeWolfiee1]

I think a famous sniper used a m2 .50cal as a sniper during Vietnam.

[@jensenthegreen6780]

The scoped version named the NSV... with its long barrel and caliber i guess its true?

[@sarath431]

@@TheeWolfiee1 - yes. His name is Carlos Hathcock. If I am correct, it is regarded as of the longest sniper kill until sergeant Chris Kyle beat that record.

[@sarath431]

@@jensenthegreen6780 - NSV, dushka and KORD uses the same round 12.7*108mm. I read that KORD is used a sniper. Didn't know that NSV is also used as such

[@vanxthenecron3059]

Actually, the KORD can be fed from either side, you can even put two boxes on it and switch as one runs out!

[@CharChar2121]

The Dskh is cool and all, but when you remember that the 14.5 is the real top-of-the-line HMG, the 12.7mm just looks small. It's just barely not an autocannon

[@Mach-2-Fishbed]

I've never been able to tell why, but I've always found the KPV absurd yet so wonderful at the same time. Probably because I find it crazy that for some vehicles (like the T-10M) they decided to just slap 2 of them on. I can understand 1 mounted on the roof for AA purposes, but a second one mounted as a coax just seems nuts to me (even more so than the French slapping in a 20mm as a coax).

[@x_Degurechaff_x]

@@Mach-2-Fishbed 2a72 30 mm coax to a 100mm 2a70 on a bmp3

[@thesaul9484]

@@Mach-2-Fishbed the Soviet designers were particularly on crack during the late 40s and early 50s

[@Mach-2-Fishbed]

@@thesaul9484 Late 40's and early 50's were a bit weird, but the late 60's - 80's was when designs got insane. Once autoloaders, composite armor, and stabilizers were fully understood, designs just went wild. Though the same was true for all the other major nations at the time as well.

[@ragingpotato817]

Dude you are a legend. Thanks for doing these videos super level headed approach to understanding heavy weapons

[@danlavirre]

Awesome vid as usual Cappy! Stay safe keep it beautiful dude

[@nilspochat8665]

It's "red army" before 1946, 'soviet army' until 1990. Just a minor rectification about the development part.

[@Taskandpurpose]

great catch! I botched that part

[@flightlesschicken7769]

The Russian round might be bigger, but because of its lower max pressure it is basically 50 BMG's ballistic twin

[@Sk0lzky]

Potentially worse because being wider it's gonna have worse bcs

[@flightlesschicken7769]

@@Sk0lzky Larger projectiles general have better BCs. For example, Hornady 50 cal 750 grain A-Max has a BC of 1.050. That's higher than any other confirmed BC of any bullet I am aware of

[@Sk0lzky]

@@flightlesschicken7769 heavier, larger, but not in diameter. It increases air resistance

[@keithadams812]

I was a crew chief on a Blackhawk... And can tell you 1st hand.... Those bullets coming at you look like giant green tennis balls.... It is what I feared most

[@HanSolo__]

@@Sk0lzky A the same time you can pack it with modern hot powder. And a bullet with even harder core to puncture hole in armored cars.

[@bleekskaduwee6762]

Great video on a weapon that doesn't get the respect that it deserves and it is pretty fun too shoot as well. It took a bit getting used to since it was on a 4ft tall tripod

[@dogetothemoon223]

This channel is getting better and better.

[@DavidMarcus1525]

I love your videos about every weapons you made with their history on how the guns was known for, can you cover how sights are used in different environments?

[@samsonsoturian6013]

Problem with Soviet cost estimates: That's the price central planners put on parts and materials that they were buying, and many factories operated at steep losses for extended periods before costs were adjusted to match reality.

[@thathumanhayden2979]

Kind of a big part of the Soviet command economy. The design bureau and factories are parts of the state, so procurement is based on allocated resources and not on a negotiated contract. Thats why comparing the cost of weapon systems is even harder when the nations in question have very different economic philosophies.

[@stefanbanev]

@@thathumanhayden2979 The source of money is the main means of existence of any design bureau and/or factory, regardless of the form of ownership. The distribution of taxes by government clerks has nothing to do with the free market. Even technically, the two approaches are totally different, both suffer from the lack of free market competition.

[@ImPedofinderGeneral]

@@stefanbanev not for Soviet Union. Many fabrics were designed to be operated at steep losses, gov just sponsored them. If the planning was too bad, you'd rather run out of food with half of the country than lose your job or salary in a loss-making factory. That's why tickets for the Soviet equivalent of Concorde were available to workers for sample - government sponsored it

[@Necromancer_88]

​@@ImPedofinderGeneral famous to big to fall 😂

[@ImPedofinderGeneral]

@@Necromancer_88 they managed to surpass other countries in space. And even now engine designed in loss-making design bureau is one of the best operating engines,as Musk said

[@michaelclairforet5031]

Your more serious approach at presentation is more enjoyable to watch and listen to. Thanks for the change, I’ll resubscribe.

[@johnm5657]

Great channel Cappy keep up the good work.

[@Taskandpurpose]

thanks a ton !

[@KeepCalmSoldierOn]

I have a friend who spent alot of time in Russia and he gave me this quote about Russian firearms. "The AR platform is ment to be assembled, parts can be swapped between them and replaced. The AK is made to be built. The Soviet union created city size factories to make these firearms as cheaply as possible. Without the initial investment to stamp and forge your steel, you are stuck making shit cast AKs like the American companies."

[@VT-mw2zb]

It reflects how the manufacturing experience of WWII and the designers' background informed the manufacturing of those. Eugene Stoner worked for small scale aircraft manufacturing. Advanced and lightweight materials (polymers and aluminium), small production runs, frequent part replacements. Kalashnikov worked from inside Russian mass war manufacturing. Massive city-size factories in the depth of the Urals churning out guns by the millions. Sten gun production is similar to AR assembly: multiple small-scale manufacturers making interchangeable parts which are in turn sent around to small shops and even civilians (including women) to assemble before sending out to troops.

[@PaulVerhoeven2]

Most AR receivers are also forged, and CNCs changed the economics of milling etc operations allowing small companies to produce various parts economically even with high American labor cost (because it is a computer which controls the machine now, not a highly skilled worker).

[@hunterbidensaidslesion1356]

U.S. components should interchange completely. Per the old Russian drawings (widely available on the internet), the bolts do not interchange. There appears to be a tolerancing table listing the acceptable values for the lug length to allow it to be matched to a receiver. I'm not sure if there are any other parts that must be selectively assembled.

[@RobinP556]

Interesting piece of trivia about it, some of the parts for the DSHK were made by Chrysler during WWII. I’ve personally seen the round rear anti-aircraft sight that was marked Chrysler.

[@lastknownjedi5119]

Lol 🤣🤣 no bro the Made in USSR logo looks like a Chrysler logo

[@RobinP556]

@@lastknownjedi5119 Not when it says “Made by Chrysler”.

[@theimaginariumnetwork5621]

I've read a decent amount about these two systems...and still had questions....today they were answered. Thanks Cappie!

[@jacksonteller1337]

I fired one back in Yugoslavia when it was falling apart. It kicks like a mule and the hearing protection was insufficient. But it is a cool piece of kit especially since we peacekeepers had nothing over 7,62x51 mm to keep us safe. So they let us play with it to make a point.

[@ulisesvelez5846]

the russian heavy machine gun named(dshk) in 12.108mm. very efective in any matters. is the ideal gun for war

[@theimmortal4718]

The Russians replaced it decades ago. All the ones you see now are on the secondary market, with very few spare parts available.

[@simonnormand2813]

Rhodesian special forces used them on external raids, and for Harrison and hard point defenses. The SADF encounters them up in Angola, and they were added to the SADF compliment and used as desired, again mainly by special forces and specialized infantry units. Very well respected

[@sheeplord4976]

Rhodesians defined modern anti-insurgent warfare

[@bradleytrainor7856]

@@sheeplord4976 I disagree. What the Rhodesians did was modern counter-terrorism and were great at it. What they were not good at were counter-insurgency strategies and tactics. This contributed to their losing their war.

[@sheeplord4976]

@@bradleytrainor7856 do you know anything about the Rhodesian Bush war? For over 15 years they fought foreign backed insurgents that could operate with near impunity from neighboring countries while rhodesia itself was mostly cut off besides goods that could be smuggled in through South Africa. They held the line for over 15 years before finally attempting to bring about a peaceful regime change to save lives. They managed miracle after miracle with massive K/D with minimal expenditure of supplies. Their tactics were revolutionary and absolutely defined modern counter insurgency. Rhodesia was abandoned by the world for not following misguided decolonization practices guided by people that knew nothing of the country or its people beyond their skin color.

[@bradleytrainor7856]

@@sheeplord4976 I have read a lot about the Rhodesian Bush war; so yes, I do know something about it. The problem here seems to be that you don't know the difference between counter-terrorism and counter-insurgency.

[@sheeplord4976]

@@bradleytrainor7856 they go hand in hand in most cases

[@ghassanmina]

I still remember them from the Lebanese civil war especially during the years 1975-1977. The dushka was used by all the different parties during this period but we started to see them less in East Beirut in favor of the browning in the 80's. The Lebanese forces had a fleet of T-55/54 tanks delivered by Israel and Is still remember them on top of these tanks but machine guns on Jeeps and M113 where all browning that we used to simply call them 12.7

[@gasmaskman3325]

Love the video I've always known about all the different dshk variants I just never knew how and why they came to be.

[@aadorablecat7832]

I think you may have shown the wrong round at 1:58 and 2:02 when talking about the earlier German big bore caliber. The image yall showed was the 7.92x94mm, a far smaller round that the Russian 12.7x108mm. Infact, the 7.92x94mm actually went into service a couple years after the 12.7x108mm. I think yall meant to show the 13.2x94mm TuF round the Germans developed in the First World War. The 7.92mm round yall showed is no doubt an immensely interesting round but it in no way shaped or influenced the 12.7mm

[@mortarriding3913]

It may be that he showed the so-called "reversed bullet", or K bullet from WW1, which were also 7.92mm.

[@balkanicsense1952]

he made several mistakes. he should not make videos about topics without good research.

[@michaelfrench3396]

I'm digging all the videos coming out lately!! Keep up the great work dude! 👍👍 Dushka means beloved person... That you want to shoot with a heavy machine gun. The least part gets lost in translation.

[@prinzeugenvansovoyen732]

meny DSHKs i saw had a piece of steel case tac welded on- since it uses live cartridge or shell as charging handle - it takes time to fiddle on one each time, also saw fancy homemade folding charging handles attached to it- one was rememberable because made out of modified flip up motorcycle foot rest ... Yugoslavian war

[@TheGearhead222]

One thing that always impressed me about the DSHK is it's use of flaps to lock the bolt, just like the DP-27-John in Texas

[@winstonsyme7672]

Would love to hear an answer as to why after over 100 years the US still hasn't replaced the M2 with something that's effectively jam-free.

[@mpopenker]

A serious answer to that question would be long and involve serious deconstruction of US military and industrial practices. Because there were several attempts to replace M2 (like M85, GPHMG or XM812), but all failed for some reason.

[@toastpuppy3491]

@@mpopenker cost, heat dispersion, weight, or durability were the main ones from my knowledge

[@jessieyoung3759]

We need to adopt a push feed 50 cal , pull feed , barrel-recoil operated weapons were designed for black powder cartridges, Hiram Maxim made the first in 1884 . Yeah we are way out of date.

[@ashcarrier6606]

I never had one jam, that I ever saw. What should be dispelled is the notion that they cannot be reassembled improperly. I swear I watched a YT video where some guy made that claim. YES, you can reassemble them to where you think they are good to go. You roll outside the wire, complete your trip, return to base, and upon attempting to clear the weapon...find out that you can't. Not without firing the round in the chamber. I had that happen twice in Iraq, and none of use could figure out what that gunner had done wrong.

[@sharpshooter740]

@@mpopenker I believe m85 had reliability issue, gphmg didn’t have enough funding, xm812 suffered from being expensive and having a low rate of fire, that and it’s 25mm grenade launching cousin got cancelled.

[@saiprateek5779]

Hi cappy, thanks for the Indian Armed forces videos.. 🥰 😍

[@Taskandpurpose]

sure thing buddy! I plan on doing another one soon a follow up possibly on the armored vehicles of India

[@saiprateek5779]

@@Taskandpurpose many thanks 😊

[@sbsb4995]

Excellent episode

[@sudhendugupte7562]

This was eye opener thanks.

[@patriotenfield3276]

Hello Cappy. What's your opinion on South African Armored Vehicles and Other weapons of Cold war era? especially Vektor CR 21 from District 9 , Casspir APC , G6 Rhino, RATEL , ZT3 Ingwe Laser guided wireless ATGM and DENEL Rooivalk ?

[@Taskandpurpose]

hey yes I would like to do a whole video covering the South African armored vehicles and military at some point soon!

[@patriotenfield3276]

@@Taskandpurpose 6:48 Also they look Ridiculous but You must look into Toyota war between Chad and Libya and the effective use of Technicals in that conflict

[@BigRussianCatWithFloppyEars]

@@Taskandpurpose of course you like white supremacist Apartheid state

[@mfesch7386]

@@BigRussianCatWithFloppyEars ah ye, because you think the mechanized infrantry of a country is interisting, ypu must bea racist. Makes sense.

[@joshuajoaquin5099]

@@BigRussianCatWithFloppyEars Yep, they kicked ass and their tactics in the brush has been seen by worldwide. They are well like especially the Rhodesian vehicle design

[@JAB6322]

That new intro was awesome!

[@Taskandpurpose]

glad you liked it, our new video editor Michael whipped that one up

[@kotmark]

The DShK machine gun is a large-caliber machine gun of 12.7 mm caliber, created on the basis of the DK machine gun and named after its creators - military engineers Degtyarev and Shpagin. Soldiers affectionately called DShK - "Dushka"(Sweetheart). In 1946, military engineers Sokolov and Korov modernized the DShKM machine gun and it was put into service.

[@andrewtorell8459]

I fucken love the sense of hummor you have in your videos . After a fucked up day . I watch one the jokes crack me up makes it all worth it . Keep it up bud

The IRA had 2 DSHKs they mounted one technical style and parked it in the car park of a Police station. This was to show that they actually had DSHKs and obviously had lots of them if they were just handing one over as an example.

@Ned Kelly Grindset I don't speak junkie.

[@deathtrooper199]

Reminds me of the An-225 Mirya. Both from their Soviet origins, both are massive and both still used to this vey day but under new management and uses.

[@dogetothemoon223]

Yes, a very impressive aircraft but so is Ruslan. But unlike Mriya, Ruslan was produced in both Ukrainian and Russian SSRs. And even though right now Antonov is considered to be a Ukrainian company, Russia has more Ruslans than Ukraine does.

[@Bialy_1]

First flight: 21 December 1988... and its Ukrainian so how something that started to fly few years before the colapse of USSR is the same as something that entered service 50 years earlier?

[@Live.Vibe.Lasers]

😢

[@thefrenchbastard1646]

it is impresive to see something with the désignation modern that was first produced 80 years ago and is still in use

[@john.rc.3274]

Always wondered what was attached to those Toyotas. Now I know. Great video.

[@danielcurtis1434]

Ultimately the M2 setup seems like it may have a slight velocity edge with a slightly longer barrel and higher pressure cartridge. My understanding is the Russian round has more case capacity, but it isn’t used…more of a buffer to lower the pressures.

[@zack9912000]

Problem with the M2 is if the timing is off and not taken care of. It turns into a single shot

[@timewave02012]

@@zack9912000 That's why they're replacing them all with the fixed headspace and timing, quick change barrel M2A1.

[@BlueSpaceRanger]

1:40 I think that's a KPV and not a Dushka. Cool video by the way. Nice to see you give some more love to Soviet engineering.

[@alucardonus]

Dont forget the big f-king muzzle LOUDENCER it has... The sound of it is amazing.

[@garstenray2832]

Dude I laughed my ass off over the are f'in kidding me size ,I watched it 6 times your delivery was on point man

[@scratchy996]

1:57, that's the wrong bullet. That's a later 7.92mm armor piercing bullet. The ww1 anti-tank German bullet was the 13.2mm TuF . They made a machine gun that fired those rounds, the MG18, but only in small numbers, at the end of the war. The Treaty of Versailles forbid them to further develop machine guns. That's why some believe the M2 was inspired by the MG18.

[@jasonkeating9958]

The newer Russian kord is a huge upgrade over the this legacy platform

[@tigershark7155]

My father was a Navy Sniper in Vietnam. (16 confirmed) He bitterly recalled a story of engaging one of these Machine guns as it engaged an OV-1 Bronco, Army light attack plane He took out the crew, but they managed to take out the plane.

[@lazarmarinkovic8486]

Heres another fun fact, the Zastava M93 Black Arrow anti material rifle firs the dshk round, which is why I often time say when comparing it to a .50BMG, that its a .50 but BIGGER

[@deofolwitga2077]

Big DShK energy

[@danielbarath2649]

DSHK firing team: Commander: Comrade,do u see that house over there ? Gunner: Da, comrade! Commander: I don't want to!

[@panther7584]

Turn that house into mini swiss cheese

[@nottonyhawk123]

I'd love to see more about the Kord now. I didn't know it could be used almost interchangeably with a medium machine gun

[@N4CR5]

Yeah the Kord is one of those weapons that when you know about it (Like the Iskander series and some of their leading SAMs and globe-leading hypersonic ASMs fielded for decades etc), you can truly appreciate just how different their design and doctrine is. Check out their portable nade launchers, some great small diameter stuff.

[@Mortablunt]

Retention of the RPG7 with frontline units. It’s a general purpose stubborn enemy eliminator, not just a single shot vehicle destroyer like a western force would have. Even HEAT warheads are very effective inside the tight confines of a dugout or other small structure.

[@astroman0500]

Damn, what a good video! You have a new suscriber now!

[@REVOLVER_NOIR]

The Dyshka is like a Matrushka doll, it keeps giving surprises. 😂

[@user-kk2qe8wu3b]

Not Dishka, but Dashka. The name Dashka came from the female name (Dasha, Daria), just like Svetka - SVT-40 (Sveta, Svetlana), and Ksuha - AKS-74U (Ksyusha, Oksana). There are also names such as "Sapog" (Boot) - SPG-9 and Pokemon - PKM.

[@Dionach]

200 round belts - for when you really gotta catch 'em all!

[@TheAskeron]

"Душкой" его тоже время от времени называют, если мне память не изменяет

[@HellbirdIV]

In English it's generally pronounced as 'Dushka' due to the way English pronounces 'D' and 'Sh' without a vowel in-between. Getting the exact pronounciation between different languages is tricky at the best of times, easier to just accept foreigners sound weird :P

[@matts5247]

The name Dshka is not the same as dushka that is simpl a nickname because it’s sounds similar It’s just like the gun PPsH which is pronounced “papa-shaw” in Russian. Those aren’t just random letters for them they are actual words in just seems weird thinking about it in the context of our western languages that generally use the same letters and follow similar rules. Just wanted to clarify that since i recently got into an argument about this and spent time looking into it and it’s hard to get a simple answer like what I just gave cus everyone is confused lol. So hopefully that helped.

[@tylerfortner4838]

Like putting a new rim on your tire 🤣🤣😂 love you cappy 🤜

[@MrDrifter762]

I was Gunnersmate as an ETT with the ANA and I would say the DSHK was damn solid when it was running however in my experience there were a lot of problems with tolerances and material reliability the ones I was working with were pretty unreliable but I believe that was from dated manufacturing and poor care. The ANA had a knack for breaking their crew serves even the mighty PKM suffer pretty bad. We had one DSHK on the test fire range catch a runaway and the ANA shooting it panicked and ran away from the gun I watched an unmanned DSHK run all the way through its belt. free floating on a tripod. If that thing flipped or spun everyone on the line would have been for some bad news. The tripod had those seized up threads and kept the barrel down range. MASSIVE BUTT PUCKER moment in my life.

[@Zoraxon]

Additional trivia for anyone who runs into this: The 12.7*108 and 12.7*99 rounds, while markedly different in dimensions, have fairly comparable ballistics because of the way the Russians load their ammo. (Sauce is vaguely recalling Ian talk about that in one of his videos) An AKS-74U is, in trading, worth about 2-3 DSHK machine guns, or four camels, in the Afghani weapons markets (sauce is remembering one of the TFB guys talking about it) Lastly, you just lost the game

[@ivanstepanovic1327]

Fun fact: former Yugoslav National Army (JNA) had and used both DŠK and Ma Duce. In fact, despite Yugoslavia being nominally a part of communist block (but not Warsaw pact), it had more M2s than DŠKs. And M2 had a bit more love among the grunts, though they used to call it in mispronounced designer's name (Broving instead of Browning which is largely kept up to this day). The reason why they preferred Browning was firstly, as already stated, there were more of those so they had more contact with them. Secondly, DŠKs came here slapped on Soviet tanks mostly, so mainly tankers only had contact with those, while M2s were mounted on pretty much anything. Either way, they all loved the effect on target of either. Even much later, when an anti-material rifle was designed (M93 Crna Strela, meaning Black Arrow), it was chambered in both BMG and 12,7x108 with BMG being far more common.

[@nematolvajkergetok5104]

The Kord is basically an upscaled PKM. Which is not a bad idea, considering how well designed the PKM is.

[@Dv-ye5sd]

Love the new intro

[@Taskandpurpose]

thanks our new video editor Michael did an outstanding job on it!

[@georgepalmer5497]

When I fired the German MG3 the recoil was well controlled, in spite of its blistering rate of fire. American machine guns' recoil isn't that well controlled. I could still hit targets with the .50 cal. though. Most of the guys in our company did not try to use the sights on the gun. They would try to walk the fire onto the target. I had good results using the sight and having my squad leader spot the rounds for me. I noticed from pictures of sailors firing naval .50's that they kept their heads away from the sights, so that they could still use the sights while they were trying to walk the rounds onto the target. I don't know how effective they were, but that seemed like the best approach to me.

[@batonidaboni5029]

Operated dshkM mounted on Uaz during war. We used it for enemy infantry, fortified buildings and bunkers. DshkM did a great job.

[@fludblud]

As a fellow left eye dominant shooter, I feel your pain Cappy

[@jameswyre6480]

Have always loved them in detailed wargames like Steel Panthers and they are super handy early war against the German lightweights. Kinda interested in that new 50, how’d they get it so light yet control the recoil? Good show!

[@aarongracey4710]

I loved steel panthers I still have it but my pc just gets confused when I ask it to run that old a game. Lol

[@RedIria]

Control recoil? In Soviet Russia, recoil control you!

[@johnfrost1814]

Mr Cappy, I think you would be interested to know about Fyodorov, Degterev's teacher. The guy was first to create semi-automatic rifle in Russian forces and arm a full experimental regiment with that. The rifle was planned to be a better alternative for Mosin rifles, but due to some problems they were not produced in normal numbers, thus Soviet solders had to use old Mosins in WW2. The SVT-40 rifle is something similar.

[@manhphuc4335]

The Fedorov is also an automatic rifle. Thing is it's also in 7.62x54 R. That's like asking a dude to shoot the BAR if the BAR was as light as a mosin. Ask the FBI how that works out for them, and why they had to dump all their BAR monitors in the river. Same reason with the Fedorov.

[@mpopenker]

@@manhphuc4335 most Fedorov autorifles were chambered to 6.5x50SR Arisaka. Only few experimental were made in three-line chambering

[@PaulVerhoeven2]

@@manhphuc4335 "he Fedorov is also an automatic rifle. Thing is it's also in 7.62x54 R." It was in Japanese 6.5x50SR, similar to the modern 6.5 Grendel in power.

[@Novagunner]

nice!! i like the4 new intro!!!

[@binbows2258]

Nice video!

[@Dollar1998]

hah, my friends dad was tanker during 80s, and once they fired up DshK mounted on T-55 turret on range, they would not have been able to hit large rectangular board representing hovering helicopter at 500 metres xD

[@geekmansegraves]

I recently watched the forgotten weapons video where Ian drives a Soviet era tank and fired the DSHK from its ring mount. There was a hell of a lot of movement in the mount. I can believe that claim.

[@craig5322]

I can easily imagine people taking cover behind a big building, not realizing that this gun can shoot through it like butter

[@justanothergunnerd8128]

I loved the DSHK I shot in Las Vegas. What a beast...

[@schoumv6]

Used it with pkt m84 for 7 years it just work so good

[@rocky4dx162]

DSHK gun used in #KGFChapter2 an Indian Movie (Kannada Film)!

[@robertrousseaux1059]

I was enemy force 1989, on a Canadian lynx. While waiting for the enemy to show up I grab some duck Tape, pop cans, empty flares tubes and my AFV hand book I made DShK . When the attack was over some troops dismounted to check out new enemy force machine gun. They where very disappointed…lol

[@YetiMama]

Great video bro.

[@werqweadcwer659]

0:30, you should do a video for the honorable Toyota trucks, the factions can even mount huge AA guns and keep driving them after shooting, I mean it's iconic in conflicts