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DP-27 Machine Gun
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The Degtyaryov machine gun, commonly designated DP-27 or DP-28, is a light machine gun chambered for the 7.62x54mmR cartridge, designed by Vasily Degtyaryov and produced in the Soviet Union from 1928 into the 1950s. It went through service trials in 1927 before general deployment in 1928, becoming the standard Soviet infantry light machine gun of the Second World War, with roughly 795,000 units produced across its service life.
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