Weapons · Soviet Union · 1943-1960s
SG-43 Goryunov
medium machine gun
Introduced in 1943 to replace the ageing, water-cooled M1910 Maxim, the air-cooled SG-43 was lighter, faster to bring into action and far simpler to manufacture, letting Soviet industry re-equip machine-gun companies just as offensive operations began to demand more mobile firepower.
| type | gas-operated, belt-fed |
|---|---|
| caliber | 7.62x54mmR |
| weight | ~13.8 kg (gun) |
| produced | ~80,000 |
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