page_title: DShK
section_title: Users
hierarchical_section_title: DShK / Users
caption_attribution_description: English: Afghanistan Kunar October 1987: Jamiat-e Islami group shelter and "Dashaka" .50 cal. machine gun position in Shultan Valley.
context_page_description: The DShK 1938 is a Soviet heavy machine gun with a V-shaped "butterfly" trigger, firing the 12.7×108mm cartridge. The weapon was also used as a heavy infantry machine gun, in which case it was frequently deployed with a two-wheeled mounting and a single-sheet armour-plate shield. It took its name from the weapons designers Vasily Degtyaryov, who designed the original weapon, and Georgi Shpagin, who improved the cartridge feed mechanism. It is sometimes nicknamed Dushka in Russian-speaking countries, from the abbreviation.
context_section_description:  Afghanistan
   Albania "DShkM" locally produced from a Chinese copy
   Algeria
   Angola
   Armenia
   Azerbaijan
   Bangladesh Type 54.
   Belarus
   Bulgaria
   Burkina Faso
   Burundi
   Cambodia
   Cameroon
   Cape Verde
   Central African Republic
   Chad
   Chile
   China: Produced DShKM variant.
   Congo-Brazzaville
   Congo-Kinshasa
   Cuba
   Cyprus
   Czechoslovakia: Produced DShKM variant TK vz. 53 which included a four barrelled version. (former user)
   Czech Republic
   Egypt
   Equatorial Guinea
   Eritrea
   Ethiopia
   Finland
   Georgia
   Ghana
   Guinea
   Guinea-Bissau
   Hungary
   Indonesia
   Iran: Manufactured DShKM variant named MGD 12.7.
   Iraq called the "Doshka" by Iraqis
   Iraqi Kurdistan
   Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
   Israel
   India Captured during Kargil War
   Ivory Coast
   Kazakhstan
   Kenya
   Kosovo
   Kyrgyzstan
   Laos
   Liberia
   Libya
   Macedonia
   Madagascar
   Mali – Armed and Security Forces of Mali
   Malta
   Mongolia
   Mozambique
   Nicaragua
   Niger
   Nigeria
   North Korea
   North Vietnam (former user)
   Pakistan: Used by the Pakistan Army. DShKM variant produced locally.
   Peru
   Poland
   Palestine
   Romania Produce locally (still used with TR-85 tanks)
   Russian Federation
   Rwanda: Used by Rwandan Peacekeepers in Darfur.
   Saudi Arabia
   Serbia
   Seychelles
   Sierra Leone
   Slovakia
   Somalia
   Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
   South Sudan
   Soviet Union
   Sudan
   Syria
   Sri Lanka: Used by Tamil Tigers. (former user)
   Tanzania
   Togo
   Turkey
   Turkmenistan
   Uganda
   Ukraine
   Vietnam
   Yemen
   Yugoslavia: Manufactured DShKM variant. (former user)
   Zambia
   Zimbabwe
caption: Jamiat-e Islami Mujahideen of Afghanistan in 1987 with a DShK
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