DS-39

DS-39
DS-39
	Degtyaryov DS-39
Type	Medium machine gun
Place of origin	Soviet Union
Service history
In service	1939–1950s
Production history
Designer	Vasily Degtyaryov
Designed	1930
No. built	10,000
Specifications
Mass	14.3 kg (32 lb) gun body
Length	1,170 mm (3 ft 10 in)
Barrel length	720 mm (2 ft 4 in)
Cartridge	7.62×54mmR
Caliber	7.62 mm (0.300 in)
Action	Gas-operated
Rate of fire	600 to 1200 round/min
Muzzle velocity	800 m/s (2,624 ft/s)
Effective firing range	1,000 m (3,300 ft)
Feed system	250 round fabric belts
Sights	Front:

DS-39 (Russian: Дегтярёва Станковый образца 1939 года, romanized: Degtyaryova Stankovyy obraztsa 1939 goda) was a Soviet medium machine gun, designed by Vasily Degtyaryov, that was used during the Second World War. The work on the gun's design began in 1930, and it was accepted by the Red Army in September, 1939. About 10,000 were made from 1939 to 1941, but the weapon was not successful in service and its production was discontinued after the German invasion began in June, 1941, with factories converted to produce the older, more reliable PM M1910 (a WWI-era Maxim machine gun design)^[1] which was in turn replaced by the SG-43 Goryunov medium machine gun in 1943.