While at Ft Bragg, Larry Vickers gets his hands on the DShK Machine Gun. The DShK is a Soviet heavy machine gun that fires the 12.7×108mm cartridge.
DShK Machine Gun Specs:
- Cartridge: 12.7×108mm
- Action: gas-operated reloading locking flaps
- Rate of Fire: 600 rounds/min
- Muzzle Velocity: 850 m/s (2,788 ft/s)
- Effective Firing Range: 2000 m
- Maximum Firing Range: 2500 m
- Feed System: 50 round belt
- Sights: Iron/Optical
- Weight: 34 kg (74.96 lb) (gun only) 157 kg (346.13 lb) on wheeled mounting
- Length: 1,625 mm (64.0 in)
- Barrel Length: 1,070 mm (42.1 in)
- Crew: 1+