DT (7.62 mm)
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Description
The DT is a Russian light machine gun equipped on various vehicles, first put into combat in 1928.
Vehicles equipped with this weapon
| Vehicles equipped with this weapon | |
|---|---|
| Light tanks | |
| BT-5 | BT-5 · RBT-5 |
| BT-7 | BT-7 · BT-7A (F-32) |
| T-26 | T-26 · T-26 (1st Gv.T.Br.) · ␗T-26 · T-26 No.531 · T-26-4 · T-26E |
| Other | T-50 · T-60 · T-70 · T-80 · T-126 |
| Medium tanks | |
| T-28 | T-28 · T-28E |
| T-34 | T-34 (Prototype) · T-34 (1941) · T-34-57 · T-34 (1st Gv.T.Br.) · T-34 (1940) · T-34 (1942) · ␗T-34 (1943) · ▀T 34 747 (r) · T-34E · T-34E STZ |
| T-34-57 | T-34-57 (1943) |
| T-34-85 | T-34-85 (D-5T) · ␗Т-34-85 (S-53) · T-34-85 · T-34-85E · Т-34-85 Gai |
| T-34-100 | T-34-100 |
| T-44 | T-44 · T-44-100 · T-44-122 |
| Heavy tanks | |
| IS-2 | IS-2 · ␗IS-2 · IS-2 (1944) · IS-2 "Revenge" · ␗IS-2 (1944) |
| KV-1 | KV-1 (L-11) · KV-1 (ZiS-5) · KV-1E · KV-1S · ▀KV-IB |
| KV-2 | KV-2 (1940) · KV-2 (ZiS-6) · ▀KW II 754 (r) |
| Matilda | ▂MK-II "Matilda" |
| Other | IS-1 · IS-3 · IS-6 · KV-85 · KV-122 · KV-220 · T-35 |
| Tank destroyers | ZiS-30 |
General info
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Available ammunition
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Comparison with analogues
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Usage in battles
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Pros and cons
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History
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Media
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See also
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| 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 |
