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== Description == | == Description == | ||
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− | The ''' | + | The '''{{PAGENAME}}''' ('''Sh'''pitalny-'''K'''omaritski '''A'''viatsionny '''S'''korostrelny or ''Shipitalny-Komaritski rapid-fire for aircraft'' – Russian: '''ШКАС''' - '''Ш'''питального-'''К'''омарицкого '''А'''виационный '''С'''корострельный) is a 7.62 mm caliber machine gun which was first produced in 1933 for usage in Soviet aircraft which saw action all the way through World War II in many of the fighters, attackers and bombers of the day. The ShKAS is a single chamber, gas-operated revolver-type machine gun in which a firing pin strikes the primer of the bullet in the chamber to fire the round. |
=== Vehicles equipped with this weapon === | === Vehicles equipped with this weapon === | ||
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{{Navigation-Line|IL-2}}{{Specs-Link|il_2_1941}}{{-}}{{Specs-Link|il-2i}}{{-}}{{Specs-Link|il_2_1942_luftwaffe}}{{-}}{{Specs-Link|il_2_m82}}{{-}}{{Specs-Link|il_2_37_1943}} | {{Navigation-Line|IL-2}}{{Specs-Link|il_2_1941}}{{-}}{{Specs-Link|il-2i}}{{-}}{{Specs-Link|il_2_1942_luftwaffe}}{{-}}{{Specs-Link|il_2_m82}}{{-}}{{Specs-Link|il_2_37_1943}} | ||
{{Navigation-Line|IL-2M}}{{Specs-Link|il-2m_mstitel}}{{-}}{{Specs-Link|il_2m_1943}}{{-}}{{Specs-Link|il-2m}} | {{Navigation-Line|IL-2M}}{{Specs-Link|il-2m_mstitel}}{{-}}{{Specs-Link|il_2m_1943}}{{-}}{{Specs-Link|il-2m}} | ||
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{{Navigation-Line|IL-10}}{{Specs-Link|il-10}} | {{Navigation-Line|IL-10}}{{Specs-Link|il-10}} | ||
{{Navigation-Line|Su-2}}{{Specs-Link|su-2_m82}}{{-}}{{Specs-Link|su-2_mv5}}{{-}}{{Specs-Link|su-2_tss1}} | {{Navigation-Line|Su-2}}{{Specs-Link|su-2_m82}}{{-}}{{Specs-Link|su-2_mv5}}{{-}}{{Specs-Link|su-2_tss1}} | ||
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== General info == | == General info == | ||
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− | + | [[File:ShKAS_feed_system_operation.png|350px|thumb|right|A diagram of the operation of the '''{{PAGENAME}}''' machine gun with identification of parts.]] | |
+ | The designers Boris Shpitalniy and Irinarkh Komaritsky departed from traditional methods of feeding belt linked ammunition into the ShKAS and utilised a feed design nicknamed "bird-cage" or "squirrel-cage".<ref name="Hogg"></ref> Even declassified documents regarding the United States' evaluation of the feed system stated, ''"…an interesting departure was made from the heretofore orthodox practice of feeding ammunition to a gun of this caliber [sic]."'' <ref name="Chinn"></ref> | ||
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+ | The ammunition belt enters the feed cage forward of the firing chamber. When the gun is fired, a gas piston actuates an arm connected to the cylindrical feed cage, rotating it one position to introduce the new bullet. As the feed cage (holding ten rounds) rotates a helical groove and guides the bullets rearward. Through this process of working the bullets rearwards, they are automatically delinked from the metal disintegrating link belt. The rounds make it to the final position at the bottom of the drum where they are then chambered into the receiver, ready to be fired. | ||
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+ | One of the benefits of this feed system is during the camming of the rounds; there is relatively no drag on the ammunition allowing the gun to be fired at high rates of speed; however, prolonged actuation can provoke these guns to jam. Rates of fire could be regulated through changing of the holes in the gas regulator, three different hole sizes going from largest to smallest would slow down the rate of fire to a more moderate rate. | ||
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+ | |The ShKAS machine gun had a high rate of fire but it also had 48 ways of jamming. Some of them could be fixed immediately, some could not. And 1,800 rounds a minute was an insanely high rate of fire. If you pulled the trigger too long, the ShKAS would fire all its ammo in one go and that would be it!!<ref name="Drabkin"></ref> | ||
+ | |Viktor M. Sinaisky - Soviet machine gun technician | ||
+ | }} | ||
=== Available ammunition === | === Available ammunition === | ||
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! {{Annotation|Feed Type|Denotes whether belt, drum or magazine fed ammunition}} | ! {{Annotation|Feed Type|Denotes whether belt, drum or magazine fed ammunition}} | ||
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| [[Browning (7.62 mm)]] | | [[Browning (7.62 mm)]] | ||
| style="text-align:center;" | 1919 | | style="text-align:center;" | 1919 | ||
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| style="text-align:center;" | Belt | | style="text-align:center;" | Belt | ||
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| [[MG 17 (7.92 mm)]] | | [[MG 17 (7.92 mm)]] | ||
| style="text-align:center;" | 1934 | | style="text-align:center;" | 1934 | ||
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| style="text-align:center;" | Belt | | style="text-align:center;" | Belt | ||
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| [[MG 15 (7.92 mm)]] | | [[MG 15 (7.92 mm)]] | ||
| style="text-align:center;" | 1932 | | style="text-align:center;" | 1932 | ||
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| style="text-align:center;" | Drum | | style="text-align:center;" | Drum | ||
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| [[Browning (7.7 mm)]] | | [[Browning (7.7 mm)]] | ||
| style="text-align:center;" | 1919 | | style="text-align:center;" | 1919 | ||
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| style="text-align:center;" | Belt | | style="text-align:center;" | Belt | ||
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| [[Vickers K (7.7 mm)]] | | [[Vickers K (7.7 mm)]] | ||
| style="text-align:center;" | 1935 | | style="text-align:center;" | 1935 | ||
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| style="text-align:center;" | Pan | | style="text-align:center;" | Pan | ||
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| [[Type 1 (7.92 mm)]] | | [[Type 1 (7.92 mm)]] | ||
| style="text-align:center;" | 1932 | | style="text-align:center;" | 1932 | ||
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| style="text-align:center;" | Drum | | style="text-align:center;" | Drum | ||
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| [[Type 92 navy (7.7 mm)]] | | [[Type 92 navy (7.7 mm)]] | ||
| style="text-align:center;" | 1932 | | style="text-align:center;" | 1932 | ||
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| style="text-align:center;" | Pan | | style="text-align:center;" | Pan | ||
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| [[Type 98 (7.92 mm)]] | | [[Type 98 (7.92 mm)]] | ||
| style="text-align:center;" | 1932 | | style="text-align:center;" | 1932 | ||
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| style="text-align:center;" | Drum | | style="text-align:center;" | Drum | ||
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| [[Lewis (7.7 mm)]] | | [[Lewis (7.7 mm)]] | ||
| style="text-align:center;" | 1911 | | style="text-align:center;" | 1911 | ||
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| style="text-align:center;" | Pan | | style="text-align:center;" | Pan | ||
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| [[Breda-SAFAT (7.7 mm)]] | | [[Breda-SAFAT (7.7 mm)]] | ||
| style="text-align:center;" | 1935 | | style="text-align:center;" | 1935 | ||
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| style="text-align:center;" | Belt | | style="text-align:center;" | Belt | ||
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| [[MAC 1934 (7.5 mm)]] | | [[MAC 1934 (7.5 mm)]] | ||
| style="text-align:center;" | 1934 | | style="text-align:center;" | 1934 | ||
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| style="text-align:center;" | Belt/Magazine | | style="text-align:center;" | Belt/Magazine | ||
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| [[Ksp m/22-37 R (8 mm)]] | | [[Ksp m/22-37 R (8 mm)]] | ||
| style="text-align:center;" | 1919 | | style="text-align:center;" | 1919 | ||
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== Usage in battles == | == Usage in battles == | ||
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* The fastest firing rifle-calibre machine gun in WWII | * The fastest firing rifle-calibre machine gun in WWII | ||
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* Every belt is extremely effective at causing fires on enemy aircraft (tracers and stealth are the most effective) | * Every belt is extremely effective at causing fires on enemy aircraft (tracers and stealth are the most effective) | ||
* Incredibly easy to knock out gunners and pilots on enemy aircraft (or exposed crew members on ground and naval forces) | * Incredibly easy to knock out gunners and pilots on enemy aircraft (or exposed crew members on ground and naval forces) | ||
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'''Cons:''' | '''Cons:''' | ||
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* Can easily jam. It is recommended to fire in bursts lasting no longer than one second | * Can easily jam. It is recommended to fire in bursts lasting no longer than one second | ||
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== History == | == History == | ||
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Revision as of 23:16, 21 June 2023
Contents
Description
The ShKAS (7.62 mm) (Shpitalny-Komaritski Aviatsionny Skorostrelny or Shipitalny-Komaritski rapid-fire for aircraft – Russian: ШКАС - Шпитального-Комарицкого Авиационный Скорострельный) is a 7.62 mm caliber machine gun which was first produced in 1933 for usage in Soviet aircraft which saw action all the way through World War II in many of the fighters, attackers and bombers of the day. The ShKAS is a single chamber, gas-operated revolver-type machine gun in which a firing pin strikes the primer of the bullet in the chamber to fire the round.
Vehicles equipped with this weapon
General info
The designers Boris Shpitalniy and Irinarkh Komaritsky departed from traditional methods of feeding belt linked ammunition into the ShKAS and utilised a feed design nicknamed "bird-cage" or "squirrel-cage".[1] Even declassified documents regarding the United States' evaluation of the feed system stated, "…an interesting departure was made from the heretofore orthodox practice of feeding ammunition to a gun of this caliber [sic]." [2]
The ammunition belt enters the feed cage forward of the firing chamber. When the gun is fired, a gas piston actuates an arm connected to the cylindrical feed cage, rotating it one position to introduce the new bullet. As the feed cage (holding ten rounds) rotates a helical groove and guides the bullets rearward. Through this process of working the bullets rearwards, they are automatically delinked from the metal disintegrating link belt. The rounds make it to the final position at the bottom of the drum where they are then chambered into the receiver, ready to be fired.
One of the benefits of this feed system is during the camming of the rounds; there is relatively no drag on the ammunition allowing the gun to be fired at high rates of speed; however, prolonged actuation can provoke these guns to jam. Rates of fire could be regulated through changing of the holes in the gas regulator, three different hole sizes going from largest to smallest would slow down the rate of fire to a more moderate rate.
The ShKAS machine gun had a high rate of fire but it also had 48 ways of jamming. Some of them could be fixed immediately, some could not. And 1,800 rounds a minute was an insanely high rate of fire. If you pulled the trigger too long, the ShKAS would fire all its ammo in one go and that would be it!![3]
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Available ammunition
- Default: T · Ball · Ball · AP-I · AI
- Universal: AP-I · AI · API-T
- Tracers: AP-I · API-T
- Stealth: AP-I · AP-I · AP-I · AI
- Armored targets (turret): AP-I · AP-I · AP-I · API-T
- Universal (turret): API-T · API-T · API-T · AI
Comparison with analogues
Comparable machine guns to ShKAS (7.62 mm) | ||||||
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Name | Year of Creation | Mass | Rounds Per Minute | Ammunition | Feed Type | |
▃ | Browning (7.62 mm) | 1919 | 14 kg | 1,000 RPM | 7.62 × 63 mm | Belt |
▀ | MG 17 (7.92 mm) | 1934 | 10.2 kg | 1,150 RPM | 7.92 × 57 mm | Belt |
▀ | MG 15 (7.92 mm) | 1932 | 12.4 kg | 1,150 RPM | 7.92 × 57 mm | Drum |
▄ | Browning (7.7 mm) | 1919 | 14 kg | 1,000 RPM | 7.7 × 56 mm R | Belt |
▄ | Vickers K (7.7 mm) | 1935 | 13.4 kg | 950 RPM | 7.7 × 56 mm R | Pan |
▅ | Type 1 (7.92 mm) | 1932 | 12.8 kg | 1,150 RPM | 7.92 × 57 mm | Drum |
▅ | Type 92 navy (7.7 mm) | 1932 | 8 kg | 600 RPM | 7.7 × 56 mm R | Pan |
▅ | Type 98 (7.92 mm) | 1932 | 12.8 kg | 1,150 RPM | 7.92 × 57 mm | Drum |
▄ | Lewis (7.7 mm) | 1911 | 13 kg | 900 RPM | 7.7 × 56 mm R | Pan |
▄ | Breda-SAFAT (7.7 mm) | 1935 | 12.5 kg | 900 RPM | 7.7 × 56 mm R | Belt |
▄ | MAC 1934 (7.5 mm) | 1934 | 10.7 kg | 1,350 RPM | 7.5 × 54 mm MAS | Belt/Magazine |
SW | Ksp m/22-37 R (8 mm) | 1919 | 11.7 kg | 1,200 RPM | 8 × 63 mm | Belt |
Usage in battles
Describe the cannon/machine gun in the game - its distinctive features, tactics of usage against notable opponents. Please don't write a "guide" - do not impose a single point of view, but give the reader food for thought.
Pros and cons
Pros:
- The fastest firing rifle-calibre machine gun in WWII
- Every belt is extremely effective at causing fires on enemy aircraft (tracers and stealth are the most effective)
- Incredibly easy to knock out gunners and pilots on enemy aircraft (or exposed crew members on ground and naval forces)
- If fired in short bursts, most aircraft can make a belt last an entire game in realistic battle
Cons:
- Can easily jam. It is recommended to fire in bursts lasting no longer than one second
History
Examine the history of the creation and combat usage of the weapon in more detail than in the introduction. If the historical reference turns out to be too long, take it to a separate article, taking a link to the article about the weapon and adding a block "/ History" (example: https://wiki.warthunder.com/(Weapon-name)/History) and add a link to it here using the main
template. Be sure to reference text and sources by using <ref></ref>
, as well as adding them at the end of the article with <references />
.
Media
See also
Links to the articles on the War Thunder Wiki that you think will be useful for the reader, for example:
- reference to the article about the variant of the cannon/machine gun;
- references to approximate analogues by other nations and research trees.
External links
References
- ↑ Hogg, I. V. (1991). The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Firearms. Secausus, NJ: Chartwell Books. ISBN:978-0-906286-41-8 p. 279.
- ↑ Chinn, G. M. (1952). The Machine Gun (7th ed., Vol. 2). Washington D.C: U.S. Department of the Navy. p. 78-79.
- ↑ Drabkin, A. (2007). Red air force at war Barbarossa and the retreat to Moscow - recollections o. Barnsley, South Yorkshire, U.K.: Pen & Sword Books. ISBN:1-84415-563-3.
Aircraft machine guns | |
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USA | |
7.62 mm | Browning · M134 Minigun |
12.7 mm | GAU-19 · M2 Browning · M3 Browning |
Germany | |
7.62 mm | MG3 |
7.92 mm | MG 15 · MG 17 · MG 81 |
12.7 mm | FN M3P |
13 mm | MG 131 |
USSR | |
7.62 mm | DA · GShG-7.62 · PKT · PV-1 · ShKAS |
12.7 mm | A-12.7 · Berezin UB · TKB-481 · YaK-B |
Britain | |
7.62 mm | FN 60.30 · L8A1 |
7.7 mm | Browning · Lewis · Vickers E · Vickers K |
Japan | |
7.7 mm | Te-1 · Type 89 · Type 89 'special' · Type 92 · Type 97 navy |
7.92 mm | Type 1 · Type 98 |
12.7 mm | Ho-103 · Ho-104 |
13 mm | Type 2 |
13.2 mm | Type 3 |
China | |
12.7 mm | QJK99-12.7-1 |
Italy | |
7.7 mm | Breda-SAFAT · Lewis |
7.92 mm | FN Browning |
12.7 mm | Breda-SAFAT · FN M3M · Scotti |
France | |
7.5 mm | Darne 1933 · Fabrique Nationale Mle 38 · FN Browning · MAC 1934 · MAC 1934T · Mle 33 · Mle 1923 |
7.62 mm | PKA |
Sweden | |
7.7 mm | FN-Browning M.36 No.3 |
8 mm | Ksp m/22 · Ksp m/22 Fh · Ksp m/22 Fv · Ksp m/22-37 R |
12.7 mm | Akan m/39A · Akan m/40 · Akan m/45 · LKk/42 |
13.2 mm | Akan m/39 · Akan m/39A |