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Goryunov SG-43 Machine Gun

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Goryunov SG-43 Machine Gun On 'Sokolov' mount with shield - 7.62x54mm R
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Goryunov SGM Machine Gun on Sokolov mount - 7.62x54mm R. The SGM was the 'modernized' version of the SG-43 with a fluted barrel (to aid cooling). The SGMT was the solenoid controlled tank-mounted version of the gun.
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SGMT machine gun 7.62x54mm R. Solenoid-operated version intended for use as a coaxial weapon on tanks

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.

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
Spring on The Oder (Vesna na Odere) Soviet soldiers On a mount with shield 1967
Ishtar Gunrunners On a mount with shield 1967
Liberation: The Fire Bulge Soviet soldiers 1969
Liberation: Direction of the Main Blow Nikolay Olyalin Capt. Tsvetayev 1969
Liberation: The Battle of Berlin Polish soldiers 1971
Liberation: The Last Assault Soviet soldiers 1971
Special Forces Detachment (Otryad osobogo naznacheniya) Leonid Shumskiy Viktor Grachyov SGMB, mounted on BTR-152 1978
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
Stalingrad Soviet troops Modified to resemble Maxim machine gun 1993
Katyn Soviet soldiers 2007
Tobruk Czech troops Modified to resemble Vickers MK1 Machine Gun 2008
Kandahar Taliban fighters 2010

Television

Title Actor Character Note Date
Bors Mounted on BTR-40 1968
Our Mothers, Our Fathers Soviet soldiers 2013

Video Games

Game Title Referred as Mods Notation Release Date
Steel Beasts SGMT, mounted on T55 tank 2000