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Goryunov SG-43 Machine Gun
The Goryunov SG-43 was introduced during WWII, intended to replace the M1910 Russian Maxim as the standard medium machine gun. Like the 1910 Maxim, the Goryunov is usually seen on the 'Sokolov' wheeled-turntable mount. It was replaced by the PK machine gun in the 1960s.
Semi-automatic SG-43 machine guns exist in the United States, usually original receivers built up using imported parts kits from places like China or Poland.
Specifications
(1943-1968)
- Type: Medium machine gun
- Caliber: 7.62x54mmR
- Weight: 30.4lbs (13.8kg), 90.4lbs (41kg) on wheeled mount
- Length: 45.3 in (115 cm)
- Barrel length: 28.3 in (72 cm)
- Feed System: Belt, usually 200 or 250
- Fire Modes: Full-Auto (500-700 rpm)
The Goryunov SG-43 or one of its' variants has been seen in the following films, television series, and video games used by the following actors:
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maksim Perepelitsa | Soviet soldiers | On a mount with shield and mounted on BTR-152 armored personnel carrier | 1955 | |
| Soldier's Heart (Soldatskoye serdtse) | Soviet soldiers | Mounted on BTR-40 and BTR-152; SG-43 and SGMB | 1959 | |
| The Black Seagull (Chyornaya chayka) | Cuban seaman | Mounted on patrol boat | 1962 | |
| The Third Flare (Tretya raketa) | Soviet soldiers | 1963 | ||
| Attack and Retreat (Italiani brava gente) | SGMT, mounted on AT-P artillery tractor | 1964 | ||
| And All Will Be Quiet (Potem nastapi cisza) | Polish soldiers | 1966 | ||
| The Tunnel (Tunelul) | Soviet soldiers | On tripod | 1966 | |
| Spring on The Oder (Vesna na Odere) | Soviet soldiers | On a mount with shield | 1967 | |
| Ishtar | Gunrunners | On a mount with shield | 1967 | |
| The Marathon (Maratón) | Czechoslovak soldiers | 1968 | ||
| I Was Nineteen (Ich war neunzehn) | Soviet soldiers | 1968 | ||
| The Scouts (Razvedchiki) | SGMB, mounted on BTR-152 APC | 1968 | ||
| Liberation: The Fire Bulge | Soviet soldiers | 1969 | ||
| Kill Rommel! | Afrika Korps soldiers | Mounted on armored car | 1969 | |
| Liberation: Direction of the Main Blow | Nikolay Olyalin | Capt. Tsvetayev | 1969 | |
| The Naval Mettle (Morskoy kharakter) | SGMB, mounted on BTR-60P APC | 1970 | ||
| Black Sun (Chyornoye solntse) | Government troops and rebels | Visually modified to resemble Browning M1919A4 | 1970 | |
| Mission in Kabul (Missiya v Kabule) | SGMT, mounted on Afghan T-55 tanks; Seen in documentary footage | 1971 | ||
| Listen on the Other Side (Daisny tserguudee sonsotsgoo!) | SGMB, mounted on Mongolian BTR-152 | 1971 | ||
| Liberation: The Battle of Berlin | Polish soldiers | 1971 | ||
| Liberation: The Last Assault | Soviet soldiers | 1971 | ||
| Poem of Kovpak: Alarm (Duma o Kovpake: Nabat) | German soldiers | SGMB, mounted on BTR-40 | 1973 | |
| Long Miles of War (Dolgie vyorsty voyny) | Soviet soldiers | On bipod | 1975 | |
| Long Miles of War (Dolgie vyorsty voyny) | SGMT, mounted on fake German tank | 1975 | ||
| Front Beyond the Front Line (Front za liniey fronta) | German soldiers | SGMB, mounted on BTR-152 | 1977 | |
| Special Destination Force (Otryad osobogo naznacheniya) | Leonid Shumskiy | Viktor Grachyov | SGMB, mounted on BTR-152 | 1978 |
| Across the Gobi and the Khingan (Govi Khyangand tulaldsan ni) | Soviet soldiers | 1981 | ||
| Front in the Rear of the Enemy (Front v tylu vraga) | Soviet soldiers | 1981 | ||
| Come and See (Idi i smotri) | Soviet partisans | Mounted on AT-P armoured artillery tractor | 1985 | |
| A Man from the Boulevard des Capucines (Chelovek s bulvara Kaputsinov) | Oleg Tabakov | Harry McQ | Visually modified | 1987 |
| The Beast of War | Soviet soldiers | SGMT, mounted on Ti-67 tanks | 1988 | |
| His Battalion (Ego batalyon) | Vitaly Zikora | Capt. Nikolai Voloshin | 1989 | |
| Stalingrad | Soviet troops | Modified to resemble Maxim M1910/30 machine gun | 1993 | |
| Uprising | Jewish insurgents | 2001 | ||
| Katyn | Soviet soldiers | 2007 | ||
| Philosophy of a Knife | archive footage | 2008 | ||
| Tobruk | Czech troops | Modified to resemble Vickers MK1 Machine Gun | 2008 | |
| A Woman in Berlin | Waffen SS soldiers | 2008 | ||
| The Golden Mean (Zolotoe sechenie) | on the image | 2010 | ||
| Kandahar | Taliban fighters | 2010 | ||
| Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan | Vietcong machine gun team | SG-43 on Sokolov mount with shield | 2019 |
Television
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bors | Mounted on BTR-40 | 1968 | ||
| Blott on the Landscape | East German soldiers | 1985 | ||
| Our Mothers, Our Fathers | Soviet soldiers | 2013 | ||
| The Saboteur 3: Crimea (Diversant. Krym) | Mounted on a ship | 2020 |
Video Games
| Game Title | Referred as | Mods | Notation | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steel Beasts | SGMT, mounted on T-55 tank | 2000 | ||
| Call of Duty: United Offensive | 2005 | |||
| Rainbow Six Siege | Unusable; in cutscene | 2015 |