The SG-43 Goryunov (Russian: Станковый пулемёт системы Горюнова, Stankovyy pulyemyot sistyemy Goryunova, meaning "Mounted machinegun, Goryunov design") was a Soviet medium machine gun that was introduced during the Second World War.

The SG43 was a medium machine gun developed in Russia during World War II (1943, as you might have gathered from the designation). The initial development was done by Degtyarev, who was responsible for the current light (DP28) and heavy (DShK) machine guns in Russian service.

2024年9月17日 · Members of the Australian Army test fire the SG-43 Goryunov machine gun. Chambered in 7.62x54mmR, the weapon was captured at the Battle of Long Tan during the Vietnam War. Image: AWM.

2022年6月20日 · At the time, a young designer named Goryunov was already working on a light machine gun. He and his design team figured that they could pretty easily adapt it to the heavy MG requirements, and the result was the SG-43. Like the DS-39, it was a gun intended for multiple roles, although it did not have the dual rate of fire option of the Degtyarev.

SG-43 is a gas operated, belt fed, automatic weapon. It uses gas drive with long piston stroke, located under the barrel. Barrel lock is achieved by side-swinging bolt that locks into the wall of the receiver. Barrel is quick-changeable. On the SG-43 barrels had plain external appearance.

2015年9月6日 · The SG43 was designed by P.M. Goryunovin 1942 to provide a wartime replacement for the elderly Maxim Model 1910, and even used the old Maxim’s wheeled carriage. The Degtyerev DP Model 1928 was a major Soviet light machine-gun during World War II.

2020年7月17日 · In less than a year the Stankovyy pulemet sistemi Goryunova, meaning “Mounted machinegun, Goryunov design,” – also known as the SG-43 Goryunov – was produced. It was technically a medium machine...

2019年5月14日 · Afghan SG-43 guns were used against their Soviet creators in the bloody Soviet-Afghan War of the 1980s. The SG-43 series soldiered on for the Soviet Army until warplanners revised machine gun tactics and requirements moving ahead.

The SG-43 Goryunov was a Soviet medium machine gun (about the equivalent of the American M1919 Browning machine gun) that was introduced during the Second World War and is chambered for the 7.62×54mmR cartridge.

The Goryunov SG-43 is a Soviet World War 2 era medium machine gun. It was developed during World War 2 to replace the old water cooled Maxim M1910 machineguns in Soviet service. After World War 2 most tanks and armored personnel carriers were fitted with variants of the SG-43. The SG-43 is a gas operated weapon using a long stroke gas piston.