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| ''[[Heroes & Generals]]'' || || Mounted in Soviet Petlyakov Pe-3bis (tailgun) || 2016 | |||
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Revision as of 16:26, 11 June 2017
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 ShKAS can be seen in the following films:
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deep Raid (Glubokiy reid) | Mounted on I-16 fighters | 1938 | ||
| Valery Chkalov | Mounted on I-16 fighters and SB bombers | 1941 | ||
| 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 Soviet Petlyakov Pe-3bis (tailgun) | 2016 |