GShG-7.62 machine gun
Glagolev-Shipunov-Gryazev GShG-7.62 rotary machine gun | |
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Type | Gatling-type Multiple-barrel firearm |
Place of origin | Soviet Union |
Service history | |
In service | 1970–present |
Used by | Russia, Warsaw Pact |
Wars | Cold War |
Production history | |
Designer | KBP Instrument Design Bureau |
Designed | 1968–1970 |
Manufacturer | KBP Instrument Design Bureau |
Produced | 1970–present |
Specifications | |
Mass | 18.50 kg |
Length | 800 mm |
Cartridge | 7.62×54mmR |
Caliber | 7.62 mm |
Barrels | 4 |
Action | Gas-operated |
Rate of fire | 3,500 or 6,000 RPM[citation needed] |
Muzzle velocity | 820–850 m/s |
Maximum firing range | 1000 m |
The Glagolev-Shipunov-Gryazev GShG-7.62 (Russian: Глаголев-Шипунов-Грязев ГШГ-7,62) is a four-barreled rotary machine gun designed in the Soviet Union, similar to firearms such as the M134 Minigun. It is a gas operated, self-powered weapon, which is in contrast with most other rotary guns (that are usually externally powered). It was developed in 1968–1970 for the Mi-24 helicopter together with YakB 12.7mm machine gun,[1] and is currently used in gun pods, and flexible mounts on Kamov Ka-29.[2][3]
See also[]
- Fokker-Leimberger
- Hua Qing Minigun
- XM214 Microgun
- M197 Gatling gun
- Minigun
- Komodo Armament Eli gun
- Nordenfelt Gun
- Gast Gun
- Chain gun
- Gatling gun, the 1860s firearm that originated the rotating-barrel concept
- List of Russian weaponry
References[]
External images | |
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GShG-7.62 and YakB-12.7 | |
UPK-23-250 and GUV-8700 gun pods |
- ^ http://www.airwar.ru/weapon/guns/gshg.html (in Russian)
- ^ "Archived copy" (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2013-03-19. Retrieved 2012-06-28.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ http://forum.guns.ru/forummessage/36/622162-0.html (in Russian)
External links[]
Categories:
- Rotary cannon
- 7.62×54mmR machine guns
- Aircraft guns of the Soviet Union
- Multi-barrel machine guns
- Machine guns of the Soviet Union
- Cold War firearms of the Soviet Union
- Machine guns of Russia
- KBP Instrument Design Bureau products
- Military equipment introduced in the 1970s