The DShK ‘Dushka’ Heavy Machinegun: The Russian ‘Ma Deuce’
The standard service heavy machinegun in the western World is the vintage 1933 Browning M2. Those who have used them lovingly call this .50-caliber warlord, the “Ma Deuce”. What you may not know is that, on the other side of the fence, the Soviets invented their own equivalent heavy machine gun. Like the ‘Deuce, this Russia design, while officially labeled as the DShK 1938, it is better known to the ruskie as simply Dushka.
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