Small summary about this weapon’s story
In the period preceding the Great Patriotic War, Vasili Alekséyevich Degtiariov designed some well-known weapons that the Red Army used during the incoming conflicts of the first half of the 20th century, including the DP-27, DA and DT-29 machine guns. The Soviet high command wanted to retire the Maxim M1910 machine gun due to concluding that it had a number of drawbacks that didn’t satisfied the needs of their army, so in 1939, after several years of development, the DS-39 was accepted into service and put into production that same year.
However, the high command also wanted this weapon to be adapted for tanks to standardize their supply lines and give their tanks an MG with better ammo capacity (250 rounds ammo belts). The development of the tank version started at the Central Design Bureau #14 in Tula (TsKB-14) in 1939 and was finished in 1940, it could be dismounted and be used by the crew to defend themselves if they had to abandon the vehicle using a conversion kit that included a bipod.
- The gas valve on the barrel was removed and replaced with a plug.
- The rear handles and trigger lever were removed and replaced with a shoulder stock, pistol grip, and trigger.
- The receiver was altered to be compatible with the new parts.
- The machine gun was equipped with a bipod, similar to the one used on the DT-29, to be used outside of tanks. They were stored inside the tank separately. The bipod was installed using a clamp on the front part of the barrel. The top of the bipod had an infantry type open sight.
- The muzzle attachment and and front sight were replaced with a flash suppressor.
- The machine gun was tuned to fire at 850-900 RPM.
Source (some parts were directly extracted): Tank Archives: The Other Degtyaryev
Pictures
Front (and bipod)
Side (and bipod)
Side 2
Ammo belt
Basic stats (in game)
Base damage: 12
Belt capacity: 50 - 100 - 250 (I dont think 250 would make it to the game)
Base RoF: 850 - 900 rpm
Weight: 15,4 kg (real heavy)
Base sprint factor: 50
(Just to add a point, compared to the Maxim-Tokarev this MG at BR V with 100 rounds has way better RoF)
What do you think?
- Yeah
- Nope
How do you prefer it?
- TT
- Event
- Battle Pass