SG-43

Overview

SG obr. 1943g.
General Information
Type	Medium Machine Gun
Place of Origin	Soviet Union
Designers	Potr Goryunov
Period Designed	1940 - 1943
Manufacturer	ZiD
Period Produced	1940s
Developed Into	SGM
In Service	1943 - 1968
Designations
GAU Designation (?)	56-P-428
Characteristics
Cartridge	7.62x54mmR
RoF, Cyclic	500 - 700 rounds per minute
Expected Muzzle Velocity	800m/s
Action	Gas-operated
Feed System	Belt fed
Ammunition Loading	200 or 250 round belts
Effective Range	1100m
Maximum Range	1500m
Dimensions
Weight	Gun: 13.8kg Gun w/ mount: 41kg
Barrel Length	720mm
Length	1150mm

The SG-43 (GAU Index: 56-P-428) is a Soviet medium machine gun developed in the 1940s. In the 1960s, it, along the RP-46, was replaced in Soviet service by the PK machine gun.

Variants

SG-43 — 56-P-428 Standard infantry model. SGB — 56-P-428B Vehicle model, for armoured transports. SGM — 56-P-428M Modernized infantry model. SGMB — 56-P-428MB Modernized vehicle model, for armoured transports. SGMN — 56-P-428MN Modernized model with 1PN10 night optic. SGMT — 56-P-428MT Modernized vehicle model, for tanks. SGMZ — 56-P-428MZ Modernized model fitted to anti-aircraft mount. KSGM — 56-P-428MK Modernized model with angled barrel. Foreign K vz. 43 Czechoslovakian domestic model from 1953. KGK Hungarian domestic model. KGKT Hungarian domestic tank model. QJZ53 7.62mm Heavy Machine Gun Chinese domestic SGM. QJY58 7.62mm Light Machine Gun Chinese domestic SG-43. SG wz. 43 Polish domestic model.

Soviet Union Weapons Interwar Period & World War II (1919 - 1945)

Artillery
Anti-Aircraft Guns	25mm 72-K • 37mm 61-K • 45mm 21-K • 76mm 3-K
Anti-Tank Guns	37mm 1-K • 45mm 19-K • 45mm 53-K • 45mm M-42 • 57mm ZiS-2 • 100mm BS-3 • 100mm D-10
Field Guns	45mm 12-K • 45mm BG-1 (a) • 76mm 35-K • 76mm F-22 (USV) • 76mm M1902/30 • 76mm ZiS-3 • 85mm D-44 • 85mm U-10 • 100mm BS-3 • 107mm M1910/30 • 107mm M-60 • 122mm A-19
Howitzers	122mm M1909/37 • 122mm M1910/30 • 122mm M-30 (M) • 152mm D-1 • 152mm NM • 152mm M-10 • 152mm ML-21 • 152mm M1909/30 • 152mm M1910/37
Mountain Guns	76mm 76-09 • 76mm GP-38
Mortars	37mm ML-41 • 50mm RM-38 • 50mm RM-40 • 50mm RM-41 • 50mm RM-821 • 50mm UM-1-G • 82mm BM-37 (UCh) • 82mm BM-41 • 82mm BM-43 • 82mm BM-82 • 107mm GVPM-38 • 107mm KhM-107 • 107mm M-107 • 120mm PM-38 (UCh) • 120mm PM-41 • 120mm PM-43 • 160mm MT-13 (M)
Railroad Artillery	[[]]
Regimental Guns	76mm M1927 • 76mm OB-25
Rocket Artillery	[[]]
Fortress Artillery	L-17
Siege Artillery	152mm B-10 • 152mm B-30 • 152mm Br-2 • 152mm Br-19 • 152mm M1910/30 • 152mm M1910/34 • 180mm Br-21 • 203mm B-4 • 210mm Br-17 • 280mm Br-5 • 280mm M1914/15 • 305mm Br-18

Land Vehicle Weapons
Vehicle Machine Guns	DT (M) • TPF
20mm Cannons	TNSh
37mm Cannons	5-K • 61-K • B-3 • PS-1 • PS-2 • Sh-37 • ZiS-19
45mm Cannons	20-K
57mm Cannons	F-31 • ZiS-2 • ZiS-4 (1941 • 1943)
76.2mm Cannons	F-32 • F-34 • F-96 • L-7 • L-10 • L-11 • L-15 • KT • Model 1902/30 • PS-3 • S-54 • ZiS-3 • ZiS-5
85mm Cannons	D-5S • D-5T • S-31 • S-50 • ZiS-23 • ZiS-25 • ZiS-85 (PM) • ZiS-S-53
95mm Cannons	F-39
100mm Cannons	D-10S (U) • D-10T (2 • 2S • G) • S-34 • ZiF-24
107mm Cannons	F-42 • ZiS-6 • ZiS-24
122mm Cannons	A-19 • BL-9 • BL-13-1 • D-25-44T • D-25S • D-25S-44 • D-25T (A) • D-30T •M-30S • S-26-1 • U-11
130mm Cannons	B-13 • S-26 • S-70
152.4mm Cannons	BL-10 • D-15 • NM • M-10T • ML-20S

Aircraft Weapons & Munitions
Machine Guns	DA (-2 • -4) • PV-1 • ShKAS • SN • ShVAK • UB
Cannons, ≤30mm	B-20 • NS-23 • NS-23S • ShVAK • VYa-23
Cannons, >30mm	NS-37 • NS-45 • Sh-37
Rockets, H.E.	ROFS-132 • RS-82 • RS-132
Rockets, A.P.	BRS-82 • BRS-132
Bombs, A.P.	PTAB
Bombs, G.P.	FAB-50 • FAB-100 • FAB-250 • FAB-500 • FAB-1000 • FAB-2000 • FAB-5000
Bombs, H.E.	RRAB-1 • RRAB-2 • RRAB-3
Bombs, I.	AJ-2 • VAP-250

Naval Weapons & Munitions
Machine Guns	[[]]
100mm Cannons	B-24
130mm Cannons	B-2-LM • B-13 • B-28