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GShG-7.62 machine gun

Machine Guns And Automatic Weapons

The GShG-7.62 is a Soviet four-barreled rotary machine gun developed by the KBP Instrument Design Bureau between 1968 and 1970, functioning similarly to the American M134 Minigun but combining propellant gas with an electric drive rather than relying on electric power alone. Firing the 7.62x54mmR cartridge at a rate of 6,000 rounds per minute, it entered service in 1970, originally for the Mi-24 helicopter, and remains in use today in the GUV-8700 gun pod and on flexible mounts for the Kamov Ka-29 helicopter. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Classification
Caliber
7.62x54mmR 1
Service Status
In Service 1
Weapon Class
Rotary machine gun 1
Introduced YearSourced to the subject's own account
1968 2
Weapon Class
Weapon Class (category)
Machine Gun 1
Connections

Operated By

Soviet Armed Forces, Armed Forces and Units
Source Wikipedia: GShG-7.62 machine gun
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Manufactured By

Kovrov Machine-Gun Factory

Also in Business Atlas: the manufacturer of this subject.

Source Wikidata: GShG-7.62 machine gun
Sources
1. Wikipedia: GShG-7.62 machine gun
  • Lead section
    It was developed in 1968-1970 for the Mi-24 helicopter together with YakB 12.7mm machine gun, and is currently used in GUV-8700 gun pods, and flexible mounts on Kamov Ka-29.
  • Infobox: cartridge
    7.62×54mmR
  • Infobox: service
    1970-present
  • Caliber attribute (gshg-7-62-machine-gun)
    Firing the 7.62x54mmR cartridge at a rate of 6,000 rounds per minute, it entered service in 1970, originally for the Mi-24 helicopter, and remains in use today in the GUV-8700 gun pod and on flexible mounts for the Kamov Ka-29 helicopter.
  • Operated By: Soviet Armed Forces, Infobox: used_by
    Soviet Union, Russia
  • In Group: Multi-Barrel and Rotary Machine Guns, Lead sentence
    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.
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2. GShG-7.62 machine gun (Wikidata)
WikidataWikidata Q1487183 (P571 inception): 1968
Quote, Wikidata Q1487183 (P571 inception): 1968
Inception (Wikidata property P571): 1968.
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Wikidata: GShG-7.62 machine gun
Wikidata Q1487183, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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