7 legendary guns Bashny.Net

May 17, 1718 James tow patented his gun, which became the prototype of a machine gun. Since then, military engineering thought has passed a long way, but guns are still one of the most fearsome weapons.

"Shotgun tow»

Attempts to increase the rate of firearms have been many times, but until a unitary cartridge failed due to the complexity and unreliability of the design, the extremely high cost in production and the need to have trained soldiers, whose skills would significantly go beyond automatism brought to manipulation with a gun.

One of the many experimental designs, and it was so-called "gun tow." The weapon was a rifle mounted on a tripod with the store performs the role of a cylinder with 11-Tew charges. Calculation guns consisted of several people. When calculating the concerted actions and the lack of misfires theoretically achieved rate to 9-10 rounds per minute. This system was to be used for short distances in a naval battle, but due to the unreliability of these weapons has not received distribution. This system illustrates the desire to increase the firepower of rifle fire by increasing the rate of fire.





Machine gun "Lewis»

Machine gun "Lewis" was developed in the United States, Samuel Mack maple, and during the First World War was used as a manual and aviation. Despite its weight, it was successful enough weapons - machine gun and its modifications for quite a long time held in Britain and its colonies, as well as the Soviet Union.

In our country guns "Lyuys" were used until World War II, and visible on the Chronicle parade Nov. 7, 1941. In domestic feature films this weapon is relatively rare, but frequent imitation gun "Lyuys" in a "disguised DP-27 is very often. Original gun "Lyuys" embodied, for example, in the film "White Sun of the Desert" (except frame shooting).



Heavy machine guns "Hotchkiss»

During World War I machine gun "Hotchkiss" has become the main gun of the French army. Only in 1917, with the spread of light machine guns, its production went into decline.

Overall, heavy machine "Hotchkiss" was in service in 20 countries. In France and some other countries it holds and weapons during the Second World War. Limited "Hotchkiss" delivered before the First World War and in Russia, where many of these guns were lost in the East Prussian operation in the first months of the war. In domestic feature films gun "Hotchkiss" can be seen in the movie "The Quiet Don", which shows the attack of the Cossacks in the German position that from a historical point of view, may not be typical, but acceptable.



Maxim machine gun

Maxim machine gun entered the history of the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union, while remaining officially in service much longer than in other countries. Along with the three-linear rifle and pistol, he is closely associated with the arms of the first half of the XX century.

He served on the Russian-Japanese before World War II, inclusive. A powerful and has a high rate of fire and accuracy of machine gun fire in the Soviet Union had a number of modifications and used as a heavy machine, air defense and aviation. The main disadvantages of easel option "Maxim" is excessively large mass and water-cooled barrel. Only in 1943, it has been adopted gun Goryunov, which by the end of the war gradually began to displace the "Maxim". In the initial period of the war the production of "Maxim" is not only not decreased, but on the contrary - has increased and, in addition to Tula, was deployed in Izhevsk and Kovrov.

Since 1942, guns were issued only with the receiver under a canvas belt. Production of the legendary weapon was discontinued in our country only victory in 1945.



MG-34

German machine gun MG-34 has a very complicated history of adopting, but, nevertheless, the sample can be called one of the first single machine guns. MG-34 could be used as a light machine gun, or machine-tripod for the machine, as well as anti-aircraft and tank.

Low weight attached arms high maneuverability, which in combination with a high rate of fire makes it one of the best infantry machine guns of the Second World War. Later, even adopting MG-42, in Germany refused to produce MG-34 is still the gun is in service with a number of countries.



DP-27

Since the beginning of the 30s the Red Army began to enter the system Degtyarev light machine gun that became until the mid 40-ies the main machine gun of the Red Army. The first combat use of the DP-27, most likely due to a conflict on the Chinese Eastern Railway in 1929.

Machine gun rather well established during the fighting in Spain, Hassan and Khalkhin-. However, at the beginning of World War II machine gun Degtyarev has conceded on a number of parameters such as the mass and number of magazine capacity of newer and improved models.

During the operation has been identified and a number of shortcomings - a small magazine capacity (47 rounds) and the unfortunate location of the return spring under the barrel, which is deformed by frequent shooting. During the war, some work has been done to address these shortcomings. In particular improved survivability of weapons by moving the return spring into the back of the receiver, even though the general principle of operation of this sample has not changed. New gun (PDM) since 1945 began to enter the army. On the basis of the machine gun was set up very good DT tank machine gun, which became the main Soviet tank gun of World War II. Machine gun "Breda" 30

One of the first places on the number of shortcomings among the mass-produced models may be given to the Italian machine-gun "Breda", gathered in itself, perhaps, their maximum number.

Firstly, unsuccessful and only store 20 cartridges, which is clearly insufficient for the gun. Secondly, each cartridge should be lubricated with oil from the special lubricator. Dirt, dust and weapons immediately fails. One wonders how such a "miracle" could fight in the sands of North Africa.

But even in sub-zero temperatures and machine gun is not working. The system is more complex to manufacture and low for the machine gun firing rate. On top - no carrying handle guns. However, this system was the main gun of the Italian Army during World War II.



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