SGMT (7.62 mm)
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Description
Originally named SG-43 Goryunov (Russian: Станковый пулемет системы Горюнова, Stankovyy pulemet sistemi Goryunova, meaning "Mounted machinegun, Goryunov design"), this machine gun takes the name "SGMT" or "Modernized SG tank-mounted" when mounted on a tank ("M" standing for modernized and "T" for tank).
Vehicles equipped with this weapon
| Vehicles equipped with this weapon | |
|---|---|
| Light tanks | Object 685 · Object 906 · PT-76B · ␗PT-76 · Type 62 · ▂Type 62 · Type 63 |
| Medium tanks | T-54 (1947) · T-54 (1949) · T-54 (1951) · T-55A · Type 59 · ZTZ59A · ZTZ59D1 · Type 69 · Type 69-IIa · T-69 II G · ZTZ88A |
| Tank destroyers | ASU-85 · IT-1 |
General info
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Available ammunition
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History
When World War II started, the Soviet military only had the water-cooled Maxim M1910 machine gun at hand as their heavy machine gun.[1] So in 1942, a request was put out for new heavy machine gun for a rifle-calibre cartridge that can be fired in a ground, vehicle, or anti-aircraft mount. The machine gun was also to be able to take either the older canvas belts or the new disintegrating link belts.[2]
Development of the machine gun proper started in May 1942 by a team led by P.M.Goryunov. The weapon was sent for trials by May 1943 and was then adopted as the "7.62mm mounted machine gun system Goryunov", or SG-43 for short. The SG-43 was used as such in World War II, mainly with a ground mount that was wheeled and could mount a shield, though there were vehicle mounts as well.[1][2]
After World War II, the SG-43 was modernized into the SGM. The SGM modernization featured a longitudinally fluted barrel for weight saving and cooling.[2] The modernization also implemented a barrel lock that allowed for headspace adjustment. This modernized machine gun was developed into a tank mount as the SGMT, which had a solenoid trigger mounted on its back, and the SGMB, which had special mountings for use on an armored personnel carrier. Some manners of the modernization also were implemented onto the SG-43, such as a dust cover, and these weapons were designated as the SG-43M.[3]
The SGM and its family of weapons continued to see use in the Soviet military until the 1960s, when the PK machine guns began replacing the SGM due to its role as the Soviet's universal machine gun.[2] However, the SGM was exported or produced among countries allied or friendly with the Soviets such as East Germany, Poland, Romania, Cuba, Egypt,[1] North Vietnam, and China (which also domestically produces the machine gun as Type 58).[4]
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The SGMT on the ASU-85
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See also
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References
- Citations
- Bibliography
- Imperial War Museum, "SG43." Imperial War Museum, Website. Accessed 25 Mar. 2021.
- Smith, Joseph E. Small Arms of the World (9th ed.). Stackpole Books, 1969.
- Popenker, Maxim, "Gorjunov SG-43 SGM". Modern Firearms, Website. Accessed 25 Mar. 2021.
| Tank machine guns | |
|---|---|
| USA | |
| 7.62 mm | M37 · M60D · M73 · M240 · M1919A4 · Mk.52 |
| 12.7 mm | FN M3P · M2HB · M80 · M85 |
| Germany | |
| 5.56 mm | MG4 |
| 7.62 mm | C6 · MG3A1 |
| 7.92 mm | MG13 Dreyse · MG34 · MG37(t) · MG42 |
| 12.7 mm | S.MG.50 |
| USSR | |
| 7.62 mm | DT · PKMB · PKT · PKTM · RP-46 · SGMT |
| 12.7 mm | DK · DShK · 6P49 · NSVT |
| 14.5 mm | KPVT |
| Britain | |
| 7.62 mm | Browning MG4 · L3A1 · L8A1 · L8A2 · L37A1 · L37A2 · L94A1 |
| 7.7 mm | Vickers |
| 7.92 mm | BESA |
| 12.7 mm | L21A1 |
| Japan | |
| 6.5 mm | Type 91 |
| 7.62 mm | Type 74 |
| 7.7 mm | Type 97 |
| 12.7 mm | Type 60 (B) |
| China | |
| 5.8 mm | QJT |
| 7.62 mm | Type 55 · Type 59 · Type 86 |
| 12.7 mm | QJC88A · Type 54 |
| 14.5 mm | QJG02 |
| Italy | |
| 7.62 mm | Beretta MG42/59 · FN MAG 60-40 |
| 8 mm | 34/40M · Breda Mod. 38 |
| 13.2 mm | Breda Model 31 |
| France | |
| 7.5 mm | AAT-52 · MAC 31 |
| 7.62 mm | A-A-F1N |
| 8 mm | Hotchkiss Mle 1914 |
| Sweden | |
| 6.5 mm | ksp m/14-29 |
| 7.62 mm | ksp 39 C · ksp 58 · ksp 94 |
| 8 mm | ksp m/36 · ksp m/39B |
| 12.7 mm | ksp 88 |
