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  • ShKAS machine gun
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  • The ShKAS (Shpitalny-Komaritski Aviatsionny Skorostrelny, Shpitalny-Komaritski rapid fire machine gun for aircraft; Russian: ШКАС - Шпитальный-Комарицкий Авиационный Скорострельный) is a 7.62 mm machine gun widely used by Soviet aircraft in the 1930s and during World War II. It was designed by Boris Shpitalniy and Irinarkh Komaritsky and entered production in 1934. ShKAS was used in the majority of Soviet fighters and bombers and served as the basis for the ShVAK cannon.
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Number
  • ~ 150,000
Velocity
  • 775
Rate
  • 1800
  • 3000
Name
  • ShKAS machine gun
Type
Caption
  • ShKAS at the Zadorozhny Equipment Museum
Cartridge
  • 7.620000
Wars
Weight
  • 10.5
Caliber
  • 7.62
Sights
  • Iron
Used by
  • See Users
is ranged
  • yes
Action
  • Gas with rotary feeding mechanism
production date
  • 1933
design date
  • 1932
feed
  • Belt
Designer
abstract
  • The ShKAS (Shpitalny-Komaritski Aviatsionny Skorostrelny, Shpitalny-Komaritski rapid fire machine gun for aircraft; Russian: ШКАС - Шпитальный-Комарицкий Авиационный Скорострельный) is a 7.62 mm machine gun widely used by Soviet aircraft in the 1930s and during World War II. It was designed by Boris Shpitalniy and Irinarkh Komaritsky and entered production in 1934. ShKAS was used in the majority of Soviet fighters and bombers and served as the basis for the ShVAK cannon.