Vasily Alekseyevich Degtyaryov (Russian: Васи́лий Алексе́евич Дегтярёв; 2 January 1880, Tula – 16 January 1949, Moscow) was a Soviet and Russian engineer who specialized in weapons …

The Degtyaryov machine gun (Russian: Пулемёт Дегтярёва Пехотный, romanized: Pulemyot Degtyaryova Pekhotny literally: "Degtyaryov's infantry machine gun") or DP-27/DP-28 is a light …

Degtyaryov Plant (Russian: ОАО Завод имени В. А. Дегтярёва, romanized: OAO Zavod imeni V. A. Degtyaryova, English: Open Joint Stock Company "V. A. Degtyaryov Plant") or ZiD (Zavod …

Vasily Degtyaryov began developing a light machine gun in the early 1920s, long before the Soviet army called for a new light machine gun, the result was the DP-27. The design was …

Jun 2, 2022 · The legacy of the DP was such that Soviet Army forces continued to use the type well into the 1950s. The DP was designed by Vasily Degtyaryov as early as 1927 to which the …

Jan 31, 2019 · Degtyaryov started working on PPD in 1929. His first prototype resembled DP-27 LMG; used delayed blowback action and was heavy and too complex. He continued with the …

Dec 19, 2019 · In 1943 Degtyaryov and his design team began work on a gun to use the 7.62x39 short-case cartridge, which made possible more compact weapons requiring lighter …

Vasily Alekseyevich Degtyaryov was born on January 2, 1880 and died on January 16, 1949. He was born in Tula, Russia. After Degtyaryov left school at 11 years old he went to work for the …

Apr 21, 2017 · A popular automatic weapon with North Vietnamese infantry squads, the Ruchnoy Pulemyot Degtyaryov, or Degtyaryov light machine gun, was designed in the late 1940s by …

The Degtyaryov machine gun (Russian: Пулемёт Дегтярёвa Пехотный Pulemyot Degtyaryova Pekhotny "Degtyaryov's infantry machine gun") or DP is a light machine gun firing the …