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He became married in 1905. Starting in 1918, Vasily Degtyaryov headed the first Soviet firearms design bureau [1] at Kovrov Arms Factory. [2] In 1927, the Red Army was equipped with his 7.62 mm light machine gun DP-27. [1] [2] This design led to the development of the DT tank machine gun (1927) [2] and two aircraft machine guns: DA [2] and DA-2 ...
The Degtyaryov machine gun (Russian: Пулемёт Дегтярёва Пехотный, romanized: Pulemyot Degtyaryova Pekhotny literally: "Degtyaryov's infantry machine gun") or DP-27/DP-28 is a light machine gun firing the 7.62×54mmR cartridge that was primarily used by the Soviet Union, with service trials starting in 1927, followed by general deployment in 1928.
The RPD (Russian: ручной пулемёт Дегтярёва, romanized: Ruchnoy Pulemyot Degtyaryova, English: Degtyaryov hand-held machine gun) is a 7.62x39mm light machine gun developed in the Soviet Union by Vasily Degtyaryov for the 7.62×39mm M43 intermediate cartridge.
Requiring a heavy machine gun similar to the M2 Browning, development of the DShK began in the Soviet Union in 1929 and the first design was finalised by Vasily Degtyaryov in 1931. [17] [19] The initial design used the same gas operation from the Degtyaryov machine gun, and used a 30 round drum magazine, but had a poor rate of fire.
Vasily Degtyaryov: 7.62×25mm Tokarev Soviet Union: 1940 SMG PPS submachine gun: I. K. Bezruchko-Vysotsky and A. I. Sudayev: 7.62×25mm Tokarev Soviet Union: 1942 SMG PPSh-41: Georgy Shpagin: 7.62×25mm Tokarev Soviet Union: 1941 SMG QCW-05: China South Industries Group: 5.8×21mm DCV05 China: 2005-present PDW R9-Arms submachine gun
Soviet soldier holding a PPD-40 with two-part wooden stock. Developed in the Soviet Union by arms designer Vasily Degtyaryov.The PPD was designed to chamber the new Soviet 7.62×25mm Tokarev pistol cartridge, which was based on the 7.63×25mm Mauser cartridge used in the Mauser C96 pistol.
'Anti-tank self-loading gun pattern 1941, Degtyaryov system') is an anti-tank rifle that was produced and used from 1941 by the Soviet Red Army during World War II. It is a single-shot weapon which fires the 14.5×114 mm round, which was able to penetrate German tanks such as the Panzer III and early models of the Panzer IV .
Along with his partner Vasily Degtyaryov, Sergei Gavrilovich Simonov helped the Soviet Union develop new weapons between the First and Second World War. During this time, Degtyaryov went on to create the PTRD-41 while Simonov created and designed its cousin rifle, the PTRS-41 in 1938. As one of Simonov's creations, the PTRS-41 was sometimes ...