SG-43

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/SG-43

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	shooting
gptkbp:action	gas-operated
gptkbp:barrelLength	720 mm
gptkbp:cartridge	gptkb:7.62×54mmR
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin	gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkbp:designedBy	1943
gptkbp:designer	Pytor Maximovich Goryunov
gptkbp:endDate	replaced in Soviet service by PK in 1960s
gptkbp:enteredService	1943
gptkbp:feedSystem	belt-fed
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	SG-43
gptkbp:length	1,150 mm
gptkbp:predecessor	gptkb:Maxim_M1910
gptkbp:rateOfFire	500–700 rounds/min
gptkbp:successor	gptkb:PK_machine_gun
gptkbp:type	shooting wheeled mount
gptkbp:usedBy	gptkb:Afghanistan gptkb:Albania gptkb:Algeria gptkb:Angola gptkb:Bulgaria gptkb:China gptkb:Cuba gptkb:Czechoslovakia gptkb:East_Germany gptkb:Egypt gptkb:Ethiopia gptkb:Finland gptkb:Hungary gptkb:Iraq gptkb:Laos gptkb:Libya gptkb:Mongolia gptkb:Mozambique gptkb:North_Korea gptkb:Poland gptkb:Romania gptkb:Somalia gptkb:Soviet_Union gptkb:Sudan gptkb:Syria gptkb:Vietnam gptkb:Yugoslavia gptkb:Warsaw_Pact_countries North Vietnam Palestinian groups various African countries
gptkbp:usedInConflict	gptkb:Korean_War gptkb:Vietnam_War gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:variant	gptkb:SGMT SGM
gptkbp:weight	13.8 kg (gun only)
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Soviet_small_arms
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7