Editing Degtyaryov machine gun (section)

==Variants==
[[File:Chinese Type 53.jpg|thumb|right|Chinese Type 53 (DPM)]]
* '''DPM''', modernized version adopted in 1943–44, with a more robust bipod fastened to the cooling jacket and the recoil spring housed in a tube projecting from the rear of the receiver which necessitated a pistol grip for this model of the weapon (manufactured in China as the '''Type 53''')<ref>{{Cite web |title=Degtyarev DPM LMG Light Support / Vehicle Machine Gun Specifications and Pictures |url=https://www.militaryfactory.com/smallarms/detail.php?smallarms_id=414 |access-date=2024-04-19 |website=www.militaryfactory.com}}</ref>
* '''DA''', for mounting and loading in aircraft (Дегтярёва авиационный, ''Degtyaryova Aviatsionny''; ДА). Also used in tandem mounts known as DA-2. Employed in the early versions of the [[Tupolev TB-3]] bomber and in the [[Polikarpov R-5]] and [[Polikarpov Po-2]] army cooperation aircraft. The DA weighed 7.1&nbsp;kg empty and 11.5&nbsp;kg with standard ammunition load. Its rate of fire was 600 rounds per minute. It was built between 1928 and March 1930 with 1,200 units delivered.<ref>Широкорад А.Б. (2001) ''История авиационного вооружения'' Харвест (Shirokorad A.B. (2001) ''Istorya aviatsionnogo vooruzhenia'' Harvest. {{ISBN|985-433-695-6}}) (''History of aircraft armament''), page 70</ref> It was soon superseded by the [[ShKAS]], which had a much higher rate of fire.
* '''DT and DTM''', for mounting and loading in [[armoured fighting vehicle]]s (Дегтярёва танковый, ''Degtyaryova Tankovy''; ДТ and ДТМ)<ref>{{cite tech report |last=Blagonravov |translator-last1=Leo Kanner Associates |first=A. |date=10 January 1974 |title=Degtyarev (DT) 7-62mm Tank Machine Gun |url=https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA005480.pdf |work= |location=Army Foreign Science and Technology Center, [[Charlottesville, Virginia]] |publisher=[[National Technical Information Service]] |id= |access-date=15 February 2025}}</ref>
* '''DTM-4''', (ДТМ-4) quad mounted variant.<ref name="bratishka">{{cite web|url=http://www.bratishka.ru/archiv/2010/5/images/2010051007.jpg|date=2010-09-03|title=Image: 2010051007.jpg, (440 × 358 px)|publisher=bratishka.ru|access-date=2015-09-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130223032852/http://www.bratishka.ru/archiv/2010/5/images/2010051007.jpg|archive-date=2013-02-23|url-status=dead}}{{better source needed|date=February 2019}}</ref>
[[File:DM-ST-89-01130.JPEG|thumb|right|RP-46]]
* '''RP-46''' ({{lang|ru|Ротный пулемет}} - company machine gun): metallic-belt fed version adopted in 1946 with a heavier barrel to allow prolonged sustained fire. About 500 rounds could be fired continuously before the barrel had to be swapped or allowed to cool down. Also had a user-adjustable gas system, with three holes of varying diameters provided, to cope with varying environmental conditions and residue buildup. Although the empty weight of the RP-46 exceeded that of DP by 2.5&nbsp;kg, when considered together with a single ammo box of 250 rounds, the RP-46 weighed 10&nbsp;kg less than the DP together with the same amount of ammunition in DP pans. The RP-46 remained in Soviet service for 15 years before it was replaced (together with the [[SG-43 Goryunov|SGM]]) by the [[PK machine gun]].<ref name="Mcnab" /> The RP-46 was later manufactured in China as the '''Type 58''' and in North Korea as the '''Type 64'''.<ref>{{cite book|title=Пулеметы России. Шквальный огонь | author = Семен Федосеев|pages=322–327|year=2009|publisher=Яуза / Коллекция / ЭКСМО|isbn=978-5-699-31622-9}}</ref> The RP-46 could still fire from DP-style magazines by removing its belt-feeding system.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304090738/http://www.virginia1774.org/DIA-ST-HB-07-03-74.pdf Small Arms Identification and Operation Guide--Eurasian Communist Countries]}}, [[Defense Intelligence Agency]] ST-HB-07-03-74, p. 238</ref>