ShKAS (7.62 mm) - Revision history

U22067555: /* Vehicles equipped with this weapon */ Added IL-8 (1944)

2024-02-11T15:05:14Z

‎Vehicles equipped with this weapon: Added IL-8 (1944)

U38088265 at 09:08, 5 August 2023

2023-08-05T09:08:28Z

U38088265: Edits

2023-08-05T09:08:13Z

Edits

U44982996 at 15:13, 1 August 2023

2023-08-01T15:13:05Z

U44629479: Edits

2023-06-22T05:41:44Z

Edits

U86844506: /* Comparison with analogues */ Updated with additional analogues from the same template on the MG81 page. Removed SHKAS from source as neither template has the subject weapon in the comparison table.

2023-06-21T23:16:28Z

‎Comparison with analogues: Updated with additional analogues from the same template on the MG81 page. Removed SHKAS from source as neither template has the subject weapon in the comparison table.

U44629479: Undo revision 162202 by U105209734 (talk) Plagiarism from https://www.forgottenweapons.com/russian-shkas-aerial-gun/

2023-05-10T09:27:48Z

Undo revision 162202 by U105209734 (talk) Plagiarism from https://www.forgottenweapons.com/russian-shkas-aerial-gun/

U105209734: /* History */ i edited history and see also section

2023-05-10T08:20:51Z

‎History: i edited history and see also section

U44629479: /* Vehicles equipped with this weapon */ Added Su-8

2022-02-09T23:30:33Z

‎Vehicles equipped with this weapon: Added Su-8

U38088265: /* Vehicles equipped with this weapon */ Updated

2021-12-22T21:21:49Z

‎Vehicles equipped with this weapon: Updated

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-[[File:ShKAS_Su-2_M-82_turret.jpg|520px|thumb|left|Side view of an '''{{PAGENAME}}''' machine gun in the defensive turret of an [[Su-2 (M-82)]].]]
+[[File:ShKAS_Su-2_M-82_turret.jpg|520px|thumb|right|Side view of an '''{{PAGENAME}}''' machine gun in the defensive turret of an [[Su-2 (M-82)]].]]
 == Description ==
 <!-- ''Write an introduction to the article in 2-3 small paragraphs. Briefly tell us about the history of the development and combat using the weaponry and also about its features. Compile a list of air, ground, or naval vehicles that feature this weapon system in the game.'' -->
-[[File:ShKAS_sideview.jpg|thumbnail|right|x75px|]]
+[[File:ShKAS_sideview.jpg|thumbnail|left|x75px|]]
 {{Break}}
 The '''7.62 mm ShKAS''' (Shpitalny-Komaritski Aviatsionny Skorostrelny or ''Shipitalny-Komaritski rapid-fire for aircraft'' – Russian: '''ШКАС''' - Шпитального-Комарицкого Авиационный Скорострельный) is a 7.62 mm calibre machine gun which was first produced in 1933 for usage in Soviet aircraft which saw action all the way through World War II in many of the fighters, attackers and bombers of the day. The ShKAS is a single chamber, gas-operated revolver-type machine gun in which a firing pin strikes the primer of the bullet in the chamber to fire the round.

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-{{DISPLAYTITLE:ShKAS (7.62 mm)}}
+[[File:ShKAS_Su-2_M-82_turret.jpg|520px|thumb|left|Side view of an '''{{PAGENAME}}''' machine gun in the defensive turret of an [[Su-2 (M-82)]].]]
 == Description ==
 <!-- ''Write an introduction to the article in 2-3 small paragraphs. Briefly tell us about the history of the development and combat using the weaponry and also about its features. Compile a list of air, ground, or naval vehicles that feature this weapon system in the game.'' -->
-[[File:ShKAS_Su-2_M-82_turret.jpg|520px|thumb|left|Side view of an '''{{PAGENAME}}''' machine gun in the defensive turret of an [[Su-2 (M-82)]].]]
+[[File:ShKAS_sideview.jpg|thumbnail|right|x75px|]]
 {{Break}}
 The '''7.62 mm ShKAS''' (Shpitalny-Komaritski Aviatsionny Skorostrelny or ''Shipitalny-Komaritski rapid-fire for aircraft'' – Russian: '''ШКАС''' - Шпитального-Комарицкого Авиационный Скорострельный) is a 7.62 mm calibre machine gun which was first produced in 1933 for usage in Soviet aircraft which saw action all the way through World War II in many of the fighters, attackers and bombers of the day. The ShKAS is a single chamber, gas-operated revolver-type machine gun in which a firing pin strikes the primer of the bullet in the chamber to fire the round.
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 == General info ==
 <!-- ''Tell us about the tactical and technical characteristics of the cannon or machine gun.'' -->
-With 1,800 RPM, the ShKAS has the highest rate of fire of any machine guns in World War II. Asides from the default ball and plain tracer rounds, the ShKAS's common round composition involves the API-T, API, and AI rounds. Due to the ineffectiveness of the AI rounds due to tiny explosive filler, uses of belt with only the API-T and API are recommended as both rounds has a high chance of lit up the enemy plane on fire if enough shots were hit.
+With 1,800 RPM, the ShKAS has the highest rate of fire of any machine guns in World War II. Aside from the default ball and plain tracer rounds, the ShKAS's common round composition involves the API-T, API, and AI rounds. Due to the ineffectiveness of the AI rounds due to tiny explosive filler, uses of belt with only the API-T and API are recommended as both rounds has a high chance of lit up the enemy plane on fire if enough shots were hit.
 === Available ammunition ===
 <!-- ''Describe the shells that are available for the weapon and their features and purpose. If it concerns autocannons or machine guns, write about different ammo belts and what is inside (which types of shells).'' -->
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 == Usage in battles ==
-The ShKAS are one of the most powerful .30 machine guns in the game, only the rotary [[M134 Minigun (7.62 mm)|M134 Minigun]] and [[GShG-7.62 (7.62 mm)|GShG-7.62]] surpassed it in terms of raw firepower for its calibre. Though this is holding back by the common weakness of small-calibre guns, along with its tendency to jam, thus making trigger discipline vital to its success.
+<!-- ''Describe the cannon/machine gun in the game - its distinctive features, tactics of usage against notable opponents. Please don't write a "guide" - do not impose a single point of view, but give the reader food for thought.'' -->
-Due to its superior ballistic properties and ammunition compared to other similar guns, the ShKAS is an easy-to-use weapon for the beginners. As plenty of early Soviet planes were equipped with this machine guns, this allows the newcomer to learn how to utilize these weapons for various purposes. Though be sure to fire it only in short burst as the gun can be jammed easily, and only fire them for ranging or when you're sure that the shot will land on the target.
+Due to its superior ballistic properties and ammunition compared to other similar guns, the ShKAS is an easy-to-use weapon for beginners. As plenty of early Soviet planes were equipped with this machine gun, this allows the newcomer to learn how to utilize these weapons for various purposes. Though be sure to fire it only in short burst as the gun can be jammed easily, and only fire them for ranging or when you're sure that the shot will land on target.
 === Pros and cons ===
 <!-- ''Summarise and briefly evaluate the weaponry in terms of its characteristics and combat effectiveness. Mark pros and cons as a list.'' -->
 '''Pros:'''
 * The fastest firing rifle-calibre machine gun in WWII
-* High shell velocity, only small leads were needed while aiming
+* High shell velocity, only small leads are needed while aiming
-* Very accurate at short-to-medium range (~800 m), ideal for attacking ground targets and AI aircrafts
+* Very accurate at short-to-medium range (~800 m), ideal for attacking ground targets and AI aircraft
 * Every belt is extremely effective at causing fires on enemy aircraft (tracers and stealth are the most effective)
 * Incredibly easy to knock out gunners and pilots on enemy aircraft (or exposed crew members on ground and naval forces)
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 '''Cons:'''
 * Accuracy and penetration drops off at longer ranges (beyond 1 km), restricting it to close range weapon
 * Can easily jam. It is recommended to fire in bursts lasting no longer than one second
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 == History ==
 [[File:ShKAS_feed_system_operation.png|350px|thumb|right|A diagram of the operation of the '''{{PAGENAME}}''' machine gun with identification of parts.]]
-The 7.62 mm ShKAS machine gun is a Soviet .30 calibre machine gun designed by Boris Shpitalniy and Irinarkh Komaritsky for the use on Soviet aircraft. It was designed in 1932 and entered service a year later.
+The 7.62 mm ShKAS machine gun is a Soviet .30 calibre machine gun designed by Boris Shpitalniy and Irinarkh Komaritsky for use on Soviet aircraft. It was designed in 1932 and entered service a year later.
-The designers Boris Shpitalniy and Irinarkh Komaritsky departed from traditional methods of feeding belt linked ammunition into the ShKAS and utilised a feed design nicknamed "bird-cage" or "squirrel-cage".<ref name="Hogg"></ref> Even declassified documents regarding the United States' evaluation of the feed system stated, ''"…an interesting departure was made from the heretofore orthodox practice of feeding ammunition to a gun of this caliber [sic]."'' <ref name="Chinn"></ref>
+The designers departed from traditional methods of feeding belt linked ammunition into the ShKAS and utilised a feed design nicknamed "bird-cage" or "squirrel-cage".<ref name="Hogg"></ref> Even declassified documents regarding the United States' evaluation of the feed system stated, ''"…an interesting departure was made from the heretofore orthodox practice of feeding ammunition to a gun of this caliber [sic]."'' <ref name="Chinn"></ref>
 The ammunition belt enters the feed cage forward of the firing chamber. When the gun is fired, a gas piston actuates an arm connected to the cylindrical feed cage, rotating it one position to introduce the new bullet. As the feed cage (holding ten rounds) rotates a helical groove and guides the bullets rearward. Through this process of working the bullets rearwards, they are automatically delinked from the metal disintegrating link belt. The rounds make it to the final position at the bottom of the drum where they are then chambered into the receiver, ready to be fired.
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-At the end of World War II, over 150,000 ShKAS were produced. The gun can be found on a wide range of Soviet aircraft, ranging from fighters, attackers, to bombers. The gun also saw service in the Spanish Civil War with the Republican Spanish forces, the Second Sino-Japanese War and the subsequent resumption of the Chinese Civil War on both the Nationalist and Communist Chinese sides.
+By the end of World War II, over 150,000 ShKAS had been produced. The gun can be found on a wide range of Soviet aircraft, across fighters, attackers, and bombers. The gun also saw service in the Spanish Civil War with the Republican Spanish forces, as well as the Second Sino-Japanese War and the subsequent resumption of the Chinese Civil War on both the Nationalist and Communist Chinese sides.
 == Media ==
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 == See also ==
 * [[ShVAK (20 mm)]] - aircraft autocannon also designed by Boris Shpitalniy

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 == General info ==
 <!-- ''Tell us about the tactical and technical characteristics of the cannon or machine gun.'' -->
-[[File:ShKAS_feed_system_operation.png|350px|thumb|right|A diagram of the operation of the '''{{PAGENAME}}''' machine gun with identification of parts.]]
+With 1,800 RPM, the ShKAS has the highest rate of fire of any machine guns in World War II. Asides from the default ball and plain tracer rounds, the ShKAS's common round composition involves the API-T, API, and AI rounds. Due to the ineffectiveness of the AI rounds due to tiny explosive filler, uses of belt with only the API-T and API are recommended as both rounds has a high chance of lit up the enemy plane on fire if enough shots were hit.
 === Available ammunition ===
 <!-- ''Describe the shells that are available for the weapon and their features and purpose. If it concerns autocannons or machine guns, write about different ammo belts and what is inside (which types of shells).'' -->
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 == Usage in battles ==
-''Describe the cannon/machine gun in the game - its distinctive features, tactics of usage against notable opponents. Please don't write a "guide" - do not impose a single point of view, but give the reader food for thought.''
+The ShKAS are one of the most powerful .30 machine guns in the game, only the rotary [[M134 Minigun (7.62 mm)|M134 Minigun]] and [[GShG-7.62 (7.62 mm)|GShG-7.62]] surpassed it in terms of raw firepower for its calibre. Though this is holding back by the common weakness of small-calibre guns, along with its tendency to jam, thus making trigger discipline vital to its success.
 === Pros and cons ===
 <!-- ''Summarise and briefly evaluate the weaponry in terms of its characteristics and combat effectiveness. Mark pros and cons as a list.'' -->
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 '''Pros:'''
 * The fastest firing rifle-calibre machine gun in WWII
 * Every belt is extremely effective at causing fires on enemy aircraft (tracers and stealth are the most effective)
 * Incredibly easy to knock out gunners and pilots on enemy aircraft (or exposed crew members on ground and naval forces)
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 '''Cons:'''
 * Can easily jam. It is recommended to fire in bursts lasting no longer than one second
 == History ==
-''Examine the history of the creation and combat usage of the weapon in more detail than in the introduction. If the historical reference turns out to be too long, take it to a separate article, taking a link to the article about the weapon and adding a block "/ History" (example: <nowiki>https://wiki.warthunder.com/(Weapon-name)/History</nowiki>) and add a link to it here using the <code>main</code> template. Be sure to reference text and sources by using <code><nowiki><ref></ref></nowiki></code>, as well as adding them at the end of the article with <code><nowiki><references /></nowiki></code>.''
+[[File:ShKAS_feed_system_operation.png|350px|thumb|right|A diagram of the operation of the '''{{PAGENAME}}''' machine gun with identification of parts.]]
 == Media ==
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 == See also ==
-''Links to the articles on the War Thunder Wiki that you think will be useful for the reader, for example:''
+* [[ShVAK (20 mm)]] - aircraft autocannon also designed by Boris Shpitalniy
 == External links ==

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 [[File:ShKAS_Su-2_M-82_turret.jpg|520px|thumb|left|Side view of an '''{{PAGENAME}}''' machine gun in the defensive turret of an [[Su-2 (M-82)]].]]
 {{Break}}
-The '''{{PAGENAME}}''' ('''Sh'''pitalny-'''K'''omaritski '''A'''viatsionny '''S'''korostrelny or ''Shipitalny-Komaritski rapid-fire for aircraft'' – Russian: '''ШКАС''' - '''Ш'''питального-'''К'''омарицкого '''А'''виационный '''С'''корострельный) is a 7.62 mm caliber machine gun which was first produced in 1933 for usage in Soviet aircraft which saw action all the way through World War II in many of the fighters, attackers and bombers of the day. The ShKAS is a single chamber, gas-operated revolver-type machine gun in which a firing pin strikes the primer of the bullet in the chamber to fire the round.
+The '''7.62 mm ShKAS''' (Shpitalny-Komaritski Aviatsionny Skorostrelny or ''Shipitalny-Komaritski rapid-fire for aircraft'' – Russian: '''ШКАС''' - Шпитального-Комарицкого Авиационный Скорострельный) is a 7.62 mm calibre machine gun which was first produced in 1933 for usage in Soviet aircraft which saw action all the way through World War II in many of the fighters, attackers and bombers of the day. The ShKAS is a single chamber, gas-operated revolver-type machine gun in which a firing pin strikes the primer of the bullet in the chamber to fire the round.
 === Vehicles equipped with this weapon ===
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 ! {{Annotation|Feed Type|Denotes whether belt, drum or magazine fed ammunition}}
 |-
-| ▃
+| [[File:USA_flag.png|20px|link=]]
 | [[Browning (7.62 mm)]]
 | style="text-align:center;" | 1919
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 | style="text-align:center;" | Belt
 |-
-| ▀
+| [[File:Germany_flag.png|20px|link=]]
 | [[MG 17 (7.92 mm)]]
 | style="text-align:center;" | 1934
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 | style="text-align:center;" | Belt
 |-
-| ▀
+| [[File:Germany_flag.png|20px|link=]]
 | [[MG 15 (7.92 mm)]]
 | style="text-align:center;" | 1932
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 | style="text-align:center;" | Drum
 |-
-| ▄
+| [[File:Britain_flag.png|20px|link=]]
 | [[Browning (7.7 mm)]]
 | style="text-align:center;" | 1919
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 | style="text-align:center;" | Belt
 |-
-| ▄
+| [[File:Britain_flag.png|20px|link=]]
 | [[Vickers K (7.7 mm)]]
 | style="text-align:center;" | 1935
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 | style="text-align:center;" | Pan
 |-
-| ▅
+| [[File:Japan_flag.png|20px|link=]]
 | [[Type 1 (7.92 mm)]]
 | style="text-align:center;" | 1932
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 | style="text-align:center;" | Drum
 |-
-| ▅
+| [[File:Japan_flag.png|20px|link=]]
 | [[Type 92 navy (7.7 mm)]]
 | style="text-align:center;" | 1932
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 | style="text-align:center;" | Pan
 |-
-| ▅
+| [[File:Japan_flag.png|20px|link=]]
 | [[Type 98 (7.92 mm)]]
 | style="text-align:center;" | 1932
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 | style="text-align:center;" | Drum
 |-
-| ▄
+| [[File:Japan_flag.png|20px|link=]]
 | [[Lewis (7.7 mm)]]
 | style="text-align:center;" | 1911
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 | style="text-align:center;" | Pan
 |-
-| ▄
+| [[File:Italy_flag.png|20px|link=]]
 | [[Breda-SAFAT (7.7 mm)]]
 | style="text-align:center;" | 1935
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 | style="text-align:center;" | Belt
 |-
-| ▄
+| [[File:France_flag.png|20px|link=]]
 | [[MAC 1934 (7.5 mm)]]
 | style="text-align:center;" | 1934
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 | style="text-align:center;" | Belt/Magazine
 |-
-| SW
+| [[File:Sweden_flag.png|20px|link=]]
 | [[Ksp m/22-37 R (8 mm)]]
 | style="text-align:center;" | 1919

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 | ▃
 | [[Browning (7.62 mm)]]
-| style="text-align:center;"|1919
+| style="text-align:center;" | 1919
 | 14 kg
-| style="text-align:center;"|600 RPM
+| style="text-align:center;" | 1,000 RPM
-| 7.62 x 63 mm
+| 7.62 × 63 mm
-| style="text-align:center;"| Belt
+| style="text-align:center;" | Belt
 |-
 | ▅
 | [[Type 92 navy (7.7 mm)]]
-| style="text-align:center;"|1932
+| style="text-align:center;" | 1932
 | 8 kg
-| style="text-align:center;"|600 RPM
+| style="text-align:center;" | 600 RPM
-| 7.7 x 56 mm R
+| 7.7 × 56 mm R
-| style="text-align:center;"| Drum
+| style="text-align:center;" | Pan
 |-
 | ▄
-| [[Darne 1933 (7.5 mm)]]
+| [[Lewis (7.7 mm)]]
-| style="text-align:center;"|1916
+| style="text-align:center;" | 1911
-| 8.4 kg
+| 13 kg
-| style="text-align:center;"|1,100 RPM
+| style="text-align:center;" | 900 RPM
-| 7.5 x 54 mm MAS
+| 7.7 × 56 mm R
-| style="text-align:center;"| Belt
+| style="text-align:center;" | Pan
 |-
 | ▄
-| [[Breda-SAFAT_(7.7_mm)|Breda-SAFAT (7.7 mm)]]
+| [[Breda-SAFAT (7.7 mm)]]
-| style="text-align:center;"|1935
+| style="text-align:center;" | 1935
 | 12.5 kg
-| style="text-align:center;"|850 RPM
+| style="text-align:center;" | 900 RPM
-| 7.7 x 56 mm R
+| 7.7 × 56 mm R
-| style="text-align:center;"| Belt
+| style="text-align:center;" | Belt
 |-
 | ▄
 | [[MAC 1934 (7.5 mm)]]
-| style="text-align:center;"|1934
+| style="text-align:center;" | 1934
 | 10.7 kg
-| style="text-align:center;"|1,450 RPM
+| style="text-align:center;" | 1,350 RPM
-| 7.5 x 54 mm MAS
+| 7.5 × 54 mm MAS
-| style="text-align:center;"|Belt/Magazine
+| style="text-align:center;" | Belt/Magazine
 |-
 |}

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