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NOTE: This article is about the DShKM HMG in the main ARMA games. For other similarly named articles, you may wish to use the following links instead:
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The DShKM is a 12.7 mm heavy machine gun featured in both ArmA: Armed Assault and ArmA 2.
ArmA: Armed Assault[]
| « | The DShK (Degtyarev-Shpagin Large Calibre) is a Soviet heavy machine gun firing 12.7mm (.50 in) Soviet cartridges. DShKM is modernised version introduced in 1946. It has been largely replaced by modern NSV and Kord machineguns, but still finds its place in armies and resistance groups the worldover. Library Description
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The DShKM is used exclusively by the SLA in ArmA: Armed Assault.
Overview[]
The DShKM is a heavy machine gun that is chambered to fire the 12.7×108 mm round.
It feeds from 50-round belt boxes and can attain fire rates of up to 600 rounds per minute, with a muzzle velocity of 850 m/s. The DShKM does not have any optics mounted on it, and relies on a simple circular ironsight for aiming. It has an effective firing range of up to 1,200 metres, and can be mounted onto either lowered or raised tripods.
A rugged HMG, the DShKM is available both as a standalone static turret and as a vehicle-mounted weapon on T-72 tanks and UAZ LUVs.
It was initially designed to serve as an anti-aircraft platform but also found its use in other roles as well. Though relatively outdated by modern standards, it continues to serve as a reliable anti-infantry/light vehicle weapon. Due to firing the powerful 12.7×108 mm round, it is capable of punching through the armour of even light/medium-armoured vehicles like the M113 and Stryker APCs.
Compared to the American M2, the DShKM has identical dispersion against targets located beyond 1,000 metres but it suffers from having 50 less rounds per belt (versus the M2's 100).
The DShKM's main advantage is its higher rate of fire; it has a total output of 600 RPM compared to the M2's ~ 545 RPM. In all other aspects however, it is virtually identical to the M2 in every way.
Ammunition[]
| Base damage value | Initial velocity (m/s) |
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| 28 | 850 |
DShKMs are restricted to a single "magazine":
50Rnd[]
Standard 50-round belt box used on both static and vehicle-mounted versions of the DShKM.
Does not contain any visible tracer rounds.
Gallery[]
ArmA 2[]
| « | The DShK (Degtyarev-Shpagin Large Calibre) is a Soviet heavy machine gun firing 12.7mm (.50 in) Soviet cartridges. The 'modernized' DShKM version was introduced in 1946. It has been largely replaced by modern NSV and Kord machine guns, but still finds its place in armies and resistance groups the world over. Armoury Description
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The DShKM is used by several BLUFOR, REDFOR and INDFOR factions in ArmA 2.
Overview[]
The DShKM returns in ArmA 2 but is no longer REDFOR-exclusive and is now utilised by multiple factions.
It has an identical fire rate and muzzle velocity like its predecessor in Armed Assault. The man-portable version of the DShKM can now be disassembled or unpacked into/from a backpack form however, which allows weapons teams to set up a defensive position at any location at a moment's notice.
Ammunition capacity-wise, its loadout now depends on the platform that it is being used as; standalone static DShKMs are usually pre-loaded to feed from a single 50-round belt box and have a further three more in reserve.
Vehicle-mounted DShKMs on the other hand feed from 150-round boxes instead, with the amount of spare boxes varying depending on the vehicle (i.e. Offroads or T-72s).
Unlike the modernised Russian-made KORD HMG however, the DShKM's accuracy leaves much to be desired and has extremely high dispersion the further out a target is. Even the American M2HB has far better accuracy than the DShKM despite being the "older" HMG between the two.
Last but not least, its fire rate is also lower - being only capable of outputting 600 RPM compared to the KORD's 697. Altogether, these drawbacks make the DShKM by far the worst HMG out of the three available in ArmA 2.
Ammunition[]
| Base damage value | Aerodynamic friction | Initial velocity (m/s) |
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| 28 | -0.0006 | 850 |
DShKMs feed from two types of "magazines":
50Rnd[]
Standard 50-round belt box used by both static and some vehicle-mounted DShKMs. Every third round fired will be a visible green tracer.
The last four rounds of the belt always consist exclusively of tracers.
150Rnd[]
Employed exclusively on heavy vehicles (i.e. T-72 tanks). It is identical to regular 50-round belt boxes save for its increased capacity.
Trivia[]
- Along with all pre-Operation Arrowhead static heavy weapons, in-game ChDKZ/CDF DShKMs cannot be repacked into a man-portable backpack form.
- This is because the ability to dismantle/reassemble static weapons was only added with the release of the expansion pack, and was not retroactively applied to the original ArmA 2 static weapons (as none of the pre-expansion pack units are able to carry backpacks in the first place).
- Czech military forces operating in Takistan oddly have access to the raised tripod DShKM but not the lowered tripod variant. This inconsistency has not been addressed even with the latest Steam version patches.
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Static weapons of comparable role and configuration[]
- KORD (Modern Russian Armed Forces/Takistani Army counterpart)
- M2 (USMC/U.S. Army counterpart)
- L111A1 (British Army counterpart, ArmA 2: BAF only)
- Mk30 (NATO/CSAT/AAF counterpart, ArmA 3 only)
| Weapons of ArmA: Armed Assault | |
|---|---|
| Handguns | M9 9 mm • Makarov 9 mm |
| Submachine guns | MP5A5 9 mm (SD6) |
| Carbines | AKS-74U 5.45 mm • M4A1 5.56 mm (M4A1 GL, M4, M4 GL) |
| Assault rifles | AK-74 5.45 mm (AK-74 + GP-25, AKS-74 PSO) • G36 series (G36, G36C, G36K) • M16A2 5.56 mm (M203) • M16A4 5.56 mm (GL) |
| Designated marksman rifles | Mk12 SPR 5.56 mm |
| Sniper rifles | KSVK 12.7 mm • M107 .50 • M24 7.62 mm • SVD Dragunov 7.62 mm |
| Squad automatic weapons | M249 SAW 5.56 mm |
| Machineguns | M240 7.62 mm • PKM 7.62 mm |
| Grenade launchers | 6G30 |
| Launchers | 9K32 Strela • FIM-92F Stinger • Javelin Launcher • M136 • RPG-7V |
| Static | AA Pod • AT Tripod • AGS-30 • D-30 • DShKM • M2 • M119A1 • Mk. 19 • Searchlight |
| (Parenthesis) denote variants. Queen's Gambit | |
 SLA - Armoury (ArmA: Armed Assault)
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|---|---|
| Handguns | Makarov 9 mm |
| Carbines | AKS-74U 5.45 mm* |
| Assault rifles | AK-74 5.45 mm (AK-74 + GP-25, AKS-74 PSO) |
| Sniper rifles | KSVK 12.7 mm • SVD Dragunov 7.62 mm |
| Grenade launchers | 6G30 |
| Machineguns | PKM 7.62 mm* |
| Launchers | RPG-7V* • Strela-2 9K32 |
| Static | AA Pod • AT Tripod • AGS-30 • D-30 • DShKM • Searchlight§ |
| (Parenthesis) denote variants. * denotes weapons also used by the Resistance sub-faction. § denotes campaign-exclusive weapons. Queen's Gambit | |
 ACR - Armoury (ArmA 2)
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| Handguns | CZ 75 9 mm • G17 9 mm |
| Submachine guns | CZ Scorpion Evo 3 A1 9 mm |
| Carbines | M4A3 5.56 mm (M4A3 M203) |
| Assault rifles | CZ 805 BREN A1 5.56 mm (CZ 805 A1 G1, CZ 805 BREN A2, CZ 805 B1 G1) • Sa-58V 7.62 mm (Sa-58P) |
| Sniper rifles | CZ 750 S1 M1 .308 • SVD Dragunov 7.62 mm |
| Squad automatic weapons | M249 Para 5.56 mm |
| Machineguns | M60E4 7.62 mm • UK-59 7.62 mm |
| Launchers | MAAWS • RPG-7V |
| Static | 2B14 Podnos • DShKM • RBS-70 |
| (Parenthesis) denote variants. Operation Arrowhead | Army of the Czech Republic | |
 CDF - Armoury (ArmA 2)
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| Handguns | Makarov 9 mm |
| Carbines | AKS-74U 5.45 mm |
| Assault rifles | AK-74 5.45 mm (AK-74 GP-25, AKS-74) • AKS 7.62 mm |
| Sniper rifles | SVD Dragunov 7.62 mm |
| Squad automatic weapons | RPK-74 5.45 mm |
| Machineguns | PKM 7.62 mm |
| Launchers | 9K32 Strela-2 • RPG-7V |
| Static | AGS-30 • D-30 • DShKM • 2B14 Podnos • Searchlight • SPG-9 • ZU-23 |
| (Parenthesis) denote variants. | |
 ChDKZ - Armoury (ArmA 2)
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| Handguns | Makarov 9 mm |
| Carbines | AKS-74U 5.45 mm |
| Assault rifles | AK-74 5.45 mm (AK-74 GP-25, AKS-74) • AKM 7.62 mm • AKS 7.62 mm |
| Sniper rifles | CZ 550 9.3 mm • SVD Dragunov 7.62 mm |
| Squad automatic weapons | RPK-74 5.45 mm |
| Machine guns | PKM 7.62 mm |
| Launchers | 9K32 Strela-2 • RPG-7V |
| Static | AGS-30 • D-30 • DShKM • 2B14 Podnos • Searchlight • SPG-9 • ZU-23 |
| (Parenthesis) denote variants. | |
 NAPA - Armoury (ArmA 2)
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| Carbines | AKS-74U 5.45 mm |
| Assault rifles | AK-74 5.45 mm (AK-74 GP-25, AKS-74) • AKM 7.62 mm • AKS 7.62 mm |
| Sniper rifles | CZ 550 9.3 mm • SVD Dragunov 7.62 mm |
| Squad automatic weapons | RPK-74 5.45 mm |
| Machineguns | PKM 7.62 mm |
| Launchers | 9K32 Strela-2 • FIM-92F Stinger • RPG-7V |
| Static | DShKM • 2B14 Podnos • Searchlight • SPG-9 • ZU-23 |
| (Parenthesis) denote variants. | |