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[[Image:ShKAS.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Shpitalny-Komaritski ShKAS aircraft machine gun - 7.62x54mmR. This is a turret version.]] | [[Image:ShKAS.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Shpitalny-Komaritski ShKAS aircraft machine gun - 7.62x54mmR. This is a turret version.]] | ||
[[Image:ShKAS machine gun.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Shpitalny-Komaritski ShKAS aircraft machine gun - 7.62x54mmR | [[Image:ShKAS machine gun.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Shpitalny-Komaritski ShKAS aircraft machine gun - 7.62x54mmR]] | ||
'''ShKAS''' (means ''Shpitalny-Komaritski Aviatsionny Skorostrelny'' - ''Rapid fire machine gun for aircraft designed by Shpitalny and Komaritski'') is a Soviet machine gun widely used by Red Army aviation in the late 1930s and during World War II. It was designed by Boris Shpitalniy and Irinarkh Komaritsky and entered production in 1934. This machine gun had a very high rate of fire - 1800 RPM (3000 RPM in the ''UltraShKAS'' modification). It was produced in fixed version for fighter planes and in turret version for bombers. | '''ShKAS''' (means ''Shpitalny-Komaritski Aviatsionny Skorostrelny'' - ''Rapid fire machine gun for aircraft designed by Shpitalny and Komaritski'') is a Soviet machine gun widely used by Red Army aviation in the late 1930s and during World War II. It was designed by Boris Shpitalniy and Irinarkh Komaritsky and entered production in 1934. This machine gun had a very high rate of fire - 1800 RPM (3000 RPM in the ''UltraShKAS'' modification). It was produced in fixed version for fighter planes and in turret version for bombers. | ||
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=== Film === | === Film === | ||
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| ''[[Deep Raid (Glubokiy reid)]]'' || || || Mounted on I-16 fighters || 1938 | | ''[[Deep Raid (Glubokiy reid)]]'' || || || Mounted on I-16 fighters || 1938 | ||
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| rowspan=4|''[[Squadron No. 5 (Eskadrilya No. 5)]]'' || [[Nikolai Garin]] || Mayor Pyotr Grishin || rowspan=4|Mounted on SB bombers in nose twin and dorsal and ventral single mountings || rowspan=4|1939 | |||
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| Sofiya Altovskaya || Sr. Lt. Olga Grishina | |||
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| Andrei Apsolon || Gnatenko | |||
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| || Navigators and gunners | |||
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| ''[[High Award (Vysokaya nagrada)]]'' || || || Mounted on I-16 fighter, seen in documentary footage || 1939 | |||
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| ''[[Valery Chkalov]]'' || || || Mounted on I-16 fighters and SB bombers || 1941 | | ''[[Valery Chkalov]]'' || || || Mounted on I-16 fighters and SB bombers || 1941 | ||
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| ''[[Fighting Film Collection No. 4 (Boyevoy kinosbornik No. 4)]]'' || || || Mounted on Soviet airplanes; documentary footage || 1941 | |||
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| ''[[Fighting Film Collection No. 6 (Boyevoy kinosbornik No. 6)]]'' || || || Mounted on Soviet airplanes; documentary footage || 1941 | |||
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| rowspan=3|''[[Wait for Me (Zhdi menya)]]'' || [[Lev Sverdlin]] || Mikhail Vainshtein || Mounted on R-5 recon plane || rowspan=3|1943 | |||
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| [[Anatoliy Alekseev]] || Solovyov || Mounted on SB bomber and as portable gun | |||
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| Andrei Apsolon || Yeliseev || Mounted on SB bomber | |||
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| ''[[Moscow Skies (Nebo Moskvy)]]'' || || || Mounted on MiG-3 and I-153 fighters || 1944 | |||
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| ''[[The Battle of Stalingrad (Stalingradskaya bitva), Part I]]'' || || || Mounted on Pe-2 bombers and Il-2 ground attack planes; documentary footage || 1949 | |||
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| ''[[The Battle of Stalingrad (Stalingradskaya bitva), Part II]]'' || || || Mounted on Il-10 ground attack planes; documentary footage || 1949 | |||
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| ''[[Chronicles of a Dive Bomber (Khronika pikiruyushchego bombardirovshchika)]]'' || [[Oleg Dal]] || Yevgeni Sobolevski || Mounted on Pe-2 bomber || 1967 | | ''[[Chronicles of a Dive Bomber (Khronika pikiruyushchego bombardirovshchika)]]'' || [[Oleg Dal]] || Yevgeni Sobolevski || Mounted on Pe-2 bomber || 1967 | ||
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| ''[[Heroes & Generals]]'' || || Mounted in Petlyakov Pe-3bis (tailgun) || 2016 | | ''[[Heroes & Generals]]'' || || Mounted in Petlyakov Pe-3bis (tailgun) || 2016 | ||
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| ''[[Enlisted]]'' || || Mounted in various plane || 2021 | |||
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===Anime=== | |||
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!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Title''' | |||
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Characters''' | |||
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|''[[Saga of Tanya the Evil: The Movie]]'' || || mounted in Polikarpov I-16 fighters and Tupolev SB bombers || 2019 | |||
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Latest revision as of 14:01, 11 February 2022
ShKAS (means Shpitalny-Komaritski Aviatsionny Skorostrelny - Rapid fire machine gun for aircraft designed by Shpitalny and Komaritski) is a Soviet machine gun widely used by Red Army aviation in the late 1930s and during World War II. It was designed by Boris Shpitalniy and Irinarkh Komaritsky and entered production in 1934. This machine gun had a very high rate of fire - 1800 RPM (3000 RPM in the UltraShKAS modification). It was produced in fixed version for fighter planes and in turret version for bombers.
The Shpitalny-Komaritski ShKAS and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deep Raid (Glubokiy reid) | Mounted on I-16 fighters | 1938 | ||
| Squadron No. 5 (Eskadrilya No. 5) | Nikolai Garin | Mayor Pyotr Grishin | Mounted on SB bombers in nose twin and dorsal and ventral single mountings | 1939 |
| Sofiya Altovskaya | Sr. Lt. Olga Grishina | |||
| Andrei Apsolon | Gnatenko | |||
| Navigators and gunners | ||||
| High Award (Vysokaya nagrada) | Mounted on I-16 fighter, seen in documentary footage | 1939 | ||
| Valery Chkalov | Mounted on I-16 fighters and SB bombers | 1941 | ||
| Fighting Film Collection No. 4 (Boyevoy kinosbornik No. 4) | Mounted on Soviet airplanes; documentary footage | 1941 | ||
| Fighting Film Collection No. 6 (Boyevoy kinosbornik No. 6) | Mounted on Soviet airplanes; documentary footage | 1941 | ||
| Wait for Me (Zhdi menya) | Lev Sverdlin | Mikhail Vainshtein | Mounted on R-5 recon plane | 1943 |
| Anatoliy Alekseev | Solovyov | Mounted on SB bomber and as portable gun | ||
| Andrei Apsolon | Yeliseev | Mounted on SB bomber | ||
| Moscow Skies (Nebo Moskvy) | Mounted on MiG-3 and I-153 fighters | 1944 | ||
| The Battle of Stalingrad (Stalingradskaya bitva), Part I | Mounted on Pe-2 bombers and Il-2 ground attack planes; documentary footage | 1949 | ||
| The Battle of Stalingrad (Stalingradskaya bitva), Part II | Mounted on Il-10 ground attack planes; documentary footage | 1949 | ||
| Chronicles of a Dive Bomber (Khronika pikiruyushchego bombardirovshchika) | Oleg Dal | Yevgeni Sobolevski | Mounted on Pe-2 bomber | 1967 |
| In Flight are the Night Witches (V nebe 'Nochnye vedmy') | Soviet female pilots | Mounted on Po-2 biplanes | 1981 | |
| Torpedo Bombers (Torpedonostsy) | Mounted on IL-4 torpedo bombers | 1983 |
Video Games
| Game Title | Appears as | Mods | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heroes & Generals | Mounted in Petlyakov Pe-3bis (tailgun) | 2016 | |
| Enlisted | Mounted in various plane | 2021 |
Anime
| Title | Characters | Notation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saga of Tanya the Evil: The Movie | mounted in Polikarpov I-16 fighters and Tupolev SB bombers | 2019 |