Editing Degtyaryov machine gun (section)

==Service use==
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[[File:UA TDF soldier DPM.jpg|thumb|Ukrainian [[Territorial Defense Forces (Ukraine)|Territorial Defense Forces]] soldier training with a DPM machine gun during the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]]]]
Despite its limitations, the DP had a reputation as a relatively effective light support weapon. It was nicknamed the "Record player" (proigryvatel') by [[Red Army]] troops because of its rotating disc-shaped pan magazine.<ref name="Mcnab" />

The first uses of the DP-27 in war were with the Republican forces in the [[Spanish Civil War]]. On 25 October 1936, the SS Kursk docked at Cartegena, delivering 150 Degtaryov machine guns along with 9,000 [[Winchester Model 1895]] rifles. The Cabo Palos delivered 3 DT tank machine guns on 7 May 1937. On 7 February 1938 the SS Bonafacio arrived in Bassens and included numerous weapons in its cargo delivery, including DP & DT machine guns.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://atomicfloozy.com/2019/11/11/spanish-civil-war-for-nuts-part-one-small-arms/3/ | title=Spanish Civil War for NUTS! – Part One, Small Arms | date=11 November 2019 }}</ref><ref name="thearmorylife.com">{{cite web | url=https://www.thearmorylife.com/dp-27-degtyaryov-lmg/ | title=Stalin's Record Player: The DP-27 Degtyaryov LMG | date=12 December 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Heinz |first=Leonard R. |date=10 December 2016 |title=Small Arms of the Spanish Civil War |url=https://fireonthewaters.tripod.com/SCWSmallArms.pdf |page=18 |isbn= |location= |publisher= |access-date=15 February 2025}}</ref>

Many were captured by the [[Finnish army]] in the [[Winter War]] and the [[Continuation War]] and partially replaced the [[Lahti-Saloranta M/26]]. The DP received the nickname ''Emma'' in Finnish service after a popular [[waltz]], again due to the magazine's resemblance to a record player. In the summer of 1944, the Finnish army had about 3400 Finnish-made Lahti-Salorantas and 9,000 captured Soviet-made Degtyarevs on the front. Captured examples were operated by the [[Volkssturm]], the late-war German militia, and in German service the Degtyarev received the designation '''''Leichtes Maschinengewehr'' 120(''r'')'''.<ref name="Suciu">{{Cite web |last=Suciu |first=Peter |date=2023-12-12 |title=Stalin's Record Player: The DP-27 Degtyaryov LMG |url=https://www.thearmorylife.com/dp-27-degtyaryov-lmg/ |access-date=2024-04-19 |website=The Armory Life |language=en-US}}</ref>

The [[Chinese Nationalists]] received 5,600 DPs from the USSR and used them in the [[Second Sino-Japanese War]] and the [[Chinese Civil War]]. The [[North Korea]]n and [[Chinese Communists]] used the DP in the [[Korean War]] and copied the DPM as the Type 53.<ref name="Suciu"/>

Examples of all variants of the DP machine gun were given or sold to the [[Viet Minh]] in the [[First Indochina War]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ospreypublishing.com/the-french-indochina-war-1946-54|title=The French Indochina War 1946–54|website=United States}}</ref> by the [[USSR]] and [[Chinese Communists]]. Similarly, in the [[Vietnam War]] to the [[North Vietnamese Army|NVA]] and [[Vietcong]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nam-valka.cz/zbrane/dpm.html|title=Degťarev DPM / NAM 64-75|website=www.nam-valka.cz}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://ospreypublishing.com/viet-cong-fighter-pb|title=Viet Cong Fighter|website=United States}}</ref>

DPMs have also been recovered from [[Taliban]] fighters during the [[War in Afghanistan (2001–14)|War in Afghanistan]]<ref name="SAS 2012 10B"/> while DPs or DPMs have been spotted in 2014 in the [[Northern Mali conflict]].<ref name="armamentresearch">{{cite web|url=http://www.armamentresearch.com/small-arms-recovered-in-mali/|title=Small arms recovered in Mali raid &#124; Armament Research Services|date=24 December 2014 |publisher=[[armamentresearch.com]]|access-date=2015-09-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221128211849/https://armamentresearch.com/small-arms-recovered-in-mali/|archive-date=28 November 2022}}</ref> During the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine|2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine]], a few of the backline Ukrainian forces were issued surplus DPMs.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Trevithick |first=Joseph |date=2022-01-26 |title=Needy Ukrainian Reserve Units Could Be Armed With Pre-World War II DP-27 Machine Guns |url=https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/44034/pre-world-war-ii-dp-27-machine-guns-could-go-to-needy-ukrainian-reserve-units |access-date=2023-03-30 |website=The Drive |language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230308204556/https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/44034/pre-world-war-ii-dp-27-machine-guns-could-go-to-needy-ukrainian-reserve-units|archive-date= March 8, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Network |first=Frontier India News |date=2022-01-24 |title=Why are 100-year-old Degtyaryov machine guns in the spotlight in the Ukraine - Russia tensions? |url=https://frontierindia.com/why-are-100-year-old-degtyaryov-machine-guns-in-the-spotlight-in-the-ukraine-russia-tensions/ |access-date=2023-03-30 |website=Frontier India |language=en-GB|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230330124912/https://frontierindia.com/why-are-100-year-old-degtyaryov-machine-guns-in-the-spotlight-in-the-ukraine-russia-tensions/|archive-date= March 30, 2023}}</ref>