Degtyaryov DP

The Degtyaryov Light Machine gun was developed by Vasily Alekseyevich Degtyaryov at the Soviet Small Arms design bureau and was the standard issue light Machine gun for the Red Army during World War II and some years after, until it was replaced by the RPK. The most common versions are the DP (Degtyaryov Pechotnyi), the DPM and the RP-46. The DP and DPM were issued in tank mounted versions known as DT models (DTM/DA). DA and its twin version DA-2 were mounted on airplanes.

Note: This gun (and its inventor) is almost universally mispronounced in the English speaking world as Degtyarev. That is due to the reading of the original Cyrillic of the name. Despite having an "e" before the last letter, the "e" has an umlaut (ё) so it is pronounced "yo" rather than "eh". But many times the umlaut is hard to see or omitted entirely. Thus the correct pronunciation is Degtyaryov, despite being mispronounced and mis-written all over the net.

The Degtyaryov machine gun and variants have appeared in the following films and video games used by the following actors:

Degtyaryov DP-27/DP-28

Degtyaryov DP-28 machine gun - 7.62x54mm R

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
The Thirteen (Trinadtsat)		Red Army soldiers		1936
The Sailors of Kronstadt (My iz Kronshtadta)			Mounted on White Army Mk V tank	1936
Soviet Border (Na granitse)		Japanese soldiers		1938
If War Comes Tomorrow (Esli zavtra voyna)		Red Army soldiers		1938
In the Rear of the Enemy (V tylu vraga)	Pavel Shpringfeld	Pavel Balandin		1941
The Girl from Leningrad (Frontovye podrugi)	Zoya Fyodorova	Natasha Matveeva		1941
The Girl from Leningrad (Frontovye podrugi)		Red Army soldiers		1941
Antosha Rybkin		A Red Army soldier		1942
Two Soldiers (Dva boytsa)	Mark Bernes	Arkady Dzjubin		1943
Two Soldiers (Dva boytsa)	Boris Andreyev	Sasha Svintsov		1943
Native Shores (Rodnye berega)		Soviet soldiers		1943
T-9 Submarine (Podvodnaya lodka T-9)		Soviet seamen		1943
The Marine Battalion (Morskoy batalion)	Aleksei Konsovsky	Frolkin		1944
	Lidiya Smirnova	Varya Markina
		Soviet soldiers
Outpost in the Mountains (Zastava v gorakh)	Stanislav Chekan	Pvt. Marchenko		1953
The Tank Brigade		Soviet soldier		1955
Soldiers (Soldaty)		Red Army soldiers		1956
At That Time, at Christmas... (Tenkrát o vánocích)	Jirí Vala	Pvt. Vítek		1958
At That Time, at Christmas... (Tenkrát o vánocích)	Petr Hanicinec	2nd Lt. Jílek		1958
Pork Chop Hill		Chinese soldiers		1959
The Green Wagon (Zelyonyy Furgon)		Cossacks	Visually modified to resemble Lewis	1959
Fortress on Wheels (Krepost na kolesah)	Pavel Dubashinsky	Yurko		1960
Fortress on Wheels (Krepost na kolesah)	Anvar Turaev	Pvt. Eset Ismaili		1960
Fortress on Wheels (Krepost na kolesah)		Soviet soldiers and partisans		1960
The Last Salvo (Posledniye zalpy)	Yuriy Nazarov	Capt. Dmitiy Novikov		1960
The Last Salvo (Posledniye zalpy)	Mikhail Kozakov	Starshina Gorbachyov		1960
Virgin Soil Upturned (Podnyataya tselina)	Pyotr Glebov	Aleksandr Polovtsev	Visually modified to resemble Lewis	1960
Spring (Kwiecien)		Polish soldiers		1961
Where is the General? (Gdzie jest general?)		Polish soldiers		1964
At Your Threshold (U Tvoyego Poroga)		Soviet soldiers		1964
The Living and the Dead (Zhivye i Myortvye)		Russian soldiers		1964
And All Will Be Quiet (Potem nastapi cisza)	Witold Pyrkosz	Lt. Leoniak		1966
And All Will Be Quiet (Potem nastapi cisza)	Daniel Olbrychski	SLt. Stefan 'Zbik' Olewicz		1966
And All Will Be Quiet (Potem nastapi cisza)	Edward Radulski	The soldier		1966
Trap (Zapadnya)		Soviet soldiers		1966
Spring on The Oder (Vesna na Odere)		Soviet soldiers		1967
Zhenya, Zhenechka and "katyusha"		Soviet soldiers		1967
On Kiev Direction (Na kievskom napravlyenii)		Soviet soldiers		1968
Liberation: Breakthrough		Soviet troops		1969
Liberation: Direction of the Main Blow		Soviet soldiers and partisans		1969
How I Unleashed World War II		Polish partisans		1970
White Sun of the Desert (Beloye solntse pustyni)‎	Anatoly Kuznetsov	Fyodor Sukhov	Visually modified to resemble Lewis	1970
The Naval Mettle (Morskoy kharakter)	Nikolai Kryuchkov	Pompey Karasyov		1970
The Naval Mettle (Morskoy kharakter)		Soviet Marines		1970
Liberation: The Last Assault		Soviet soldiers and German soldiers		1971
Trial of the Road (Proverka na dorogakh)		Partisans		1971
Officers (Ofitsery)		Spanish Republican		1971
No Way Back (Obratnoj dorogi net)	Aleksandr Yanvarev	Yegor Gonta		1971
The Stolen Train (Otkradnatiyat vlak)		A German soldier		1971
The Hot Snow (Goryachiy Sneg)	Nikolai Yeryomenko, Jr.	Lt. Drozdovsky		1972
Izhora Battalion (Izhorskiy batalyon)		Soviet soldiers		1972
Only Old Men Are Going to Battle (V boy idut odni "stariki")		Soviet soldiers		1973
Under a Stone Sky	Fyodor Odinokov	Grigory Ivanovich		1974
Under a Stone Sky	Evgeni Leonov	Lt. Kravtsov		1974
The Mirror (Zerkalo)		Soviet soldiers	Real World War II archive footage	1975
They Fought for Their Country		Soviet soldiers		1975
Sokolovo		Soviet soldiers		1975
Dozhit do rassveta		Red Army soldiers		1975
Long Miles of War (Dolgie vyorsty voyny)	Nikolai Fedortsov	Karpenko		1975
Long Miles of War (Dolgie vyorsty voyny)	Yuri Duvanov	Klimchuk		1975
Long Miles of War (Dolgie vyorsty voyny)	Vadim Yakovlev	Ananyev		1975
Front Without Flanks (Front bez flangov)	Aleksandr Denisov	Petty Officer Vakulenchuk		1975
Front Without Flanks (Front bez flangov)	Aleksandr Lukyanov	Andrei Lukyanov		1975
Front Without Flanks (Front bez flangov)		Soviet soldiers		1975
One-Two, Soldiers Were Going...		Red Army soldiers		1977
Front Beyond the Front Line (Front za liniey fronta)	Georgiy Nikolaenko	Lt. Gorshkov		1977
Front Beyond the Front Line (Front za liniey fronta)		Soviet soldiers		1977
The Liberation of Prague		Soviet troops		1978
Personal Safety Not Guaranteed (Lichnoy bezopasnosti ne garantiruyu)	Aleksei Krymov	Nikolai Sivyi		1980
		Soldier in the train
Corps of General Shubnikov (Korpus generala Shubnikova)		Soviet soldiers		1980
Sashka	Nartai Begalin	Sergeant		1981
Order: Don't Open Fire (Prikaz: ogon ne otkryvat)		Soviet soldiers		1981
Front in the Rear of the Enemy (Front v tylu vraga)	Aleksandr Lukyanov	Andrei Lukyanov		1981
Front in the Rear of the Enemy (Front v tylu vraga)		Soviet soldiers		1981
Son of the Regiment (Syn polka)		Soviet soldiers		1981
Order: Cross the Border (Prikaz: pereyti granitsu)		Soviet soldiers		1982
Wolmi Island	Chang-su Choe	Commander Thae-un Ri		1982
Wolmi Island		North Korean soldiers		1982
Start Liquidation (Pristupit k likvidatsii)		Militsia		1983
Under Martial Law (Po zakonam voyennogo vremeni)		A Soviet soldier		1983
Battle for Moscow		Soviet soldiers		1985
Snipers (Snaypery)		Soviet troops		1985
Come and See (Idi i smotri)	Yevgeni Tilicheyev	Gezhel		1985
Come and See (Idi i smotri)		Soviet partisans		1985
The Battalions Request Fire (Batalyony prosyat ognya)		Soviet soldiers		1985
Counter-offensive (Kontrudar)		Soviet soldiers		1985
The Winter War		Soviet and Finnish soldiers		1989
His Battalion (Ego batalyon)		Soviet soldiers		1989
Gu-Ga		Soviet soldiers		1989
Son for Father... (Syn za ottsa...)	Aleksey Vanin	Vasya		1995
Ambush		Finnish soldier		1999
Brother 2		Fascist		2000
The Pianist		Polish resistance fighter		2002
We Were Soldiers		NVA soldiers		2002
The ‎Star (Zvezda)		Soviet soldier		2002
Zelary		Soviet partisans		2003
Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War		North Korean soldiers		2004
Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War	Dong-gun Jang	Jin-tae Lee		2004
Downfall		German soldiers		2004
Children of Glory		Soviet Army soldiers		2006
Children of Glory		Hungarian insurgents		2006
Joy Division		Soviet soldiers		2006
Tali-Ihantala 1944		Soviet and Finnish soldiers		2007
Back in Time (My iz budushchego)		Red Army soldier		2008
Dnieper Line: Love and War		Soviet troops		2009
Dnieper Line: Love and War	Anatoliy Kot	Commissar Jigunov		2009
Sniper: Weapons of Retaliation		Soviet soldiers		2009
Lieutenant Suvorov	Aleksey Baydakov	Starshina Prokhorov		2009
Lieutenant Suvorov	Aleksandr Lyapin	Lt. Aleksandr Suvorov		2009
Lieutenant Suvorov	Dmitriy Averin	Timokha		2009
Degraded Officer (Razzhalovannyi)			Seen in dugout	2009
Pillbox (Dot)	Aleksandr Suvorov	Starshina Kovsh		2009
Pillbox (Dot)	Stanislav Melnik	Pvt. Shetikov		2009
Paradox Soldiers (My iz budushchego 2)		Soviet soldiers		2010
The Front Line (2011)		North Korean Army		2011
My Way		Red Army troops	Mounted on T26 Tank	2011
My Way		Wehrmacht soldiers		2011
War of the Dead		Finnish soldier		2011
The White Tiger (Belyy tigr)		Soviet soldiers		2012
Nightingale the Robber (Solovey-Razboynik)	Ivan Okhlobystin	Solovey-Razboynik		2012
Nightingale the Robber (Solovey-Razboynik)	Sergey Badyuk	Molot		2012
Cockneys vs. Zombies				2012
Zombie Fever		George W. Bush	Visually modified to resemble Lewis	2013
Stalingrad		Red Army soldiers		2013
Battle of Sevastopol (Bitva za Sevastopol)		Red Army soldiers		2015
1944	Andero Ermel	Oskar Lepik		2015

Television

Show Title / Episode	Actor	Character	Note	Air Date
Four Tankers and A Dog (Czterej pancerni i pies)	Janusz Gajos	Cpl. Janek Kos		1966-1970
		Soviet and Polish soldiers
The State Border: Film 3		Russian border guards		1982
		Bandits and Chinese soldiers	Visually modified to resemble Lewis
The State Border: Film 4		Russian border guards		1984
		Basmachi fighters	Visually modified to resemble Lewis
The State Border: Film 5		Russian border guards		1986
The State Border: Film 6		Russian border guards		1987
Liquidation (Likvidatsiya)		Soviet soldiers		2007

Video Games

Game Title	Appears as	Mods	Release Date
Battlefield: 1942			2002
Forgotten Hope		Man-portable, mounted in machine gun nests and bunkers and on the NKL-26 Aerosan and M3A1 Halftrack	2003
Vietcong		Fist Alpha Expansion Pack	2003
Ghost Recon: Island Thunder	Russian 7.62 DP		2003
Call of Duty: United Offensive			2004
Project Reality			2005
Vietcong 2			2005
The Stalin Subway			2005
Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45	DP28 Machine Gun		2006
Call of Duty: World at War			2008
Hidden & Dangerous 2			2003
Karma Online			2011
Project Reality: Vietnam			2012
Rainbow Six: Siege	RP-46	Mounted on a tripod	2015

Degtyaryov DPM

Degtyarev DPM - 7.62x54mm R

Chinese Type 53, Chinese copy of the Degtyarev DPM - 7.62x54mm R

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
My Dear Fellow (Dorogoy moy chelovek)		Soviet soldiers	In AA mounting	1958
Enemy at the Gates		Soviet Army soldiers		2001

Video Games

Game Title	Appears as	Mods	Release Date
Battlefield: Vietnam		Chinese Type 53 copy	2004

Degtyaryov RP-46

RP-46 - 7.62x54mm R

Video Games

Game Title	Appears as	Mods	Release Date
Ghost Recon: Island Thunder	RP46		2003

Degtyaryov DT

DT machine gun - 7.62x54mm R

DT machine gun - 7.62x54mm R. DT could be dismounted from the tank or armored car and used with a bipod as a light machine gun. In such configuration it was favored by paratroopers.

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
If War Comes Tomorrow (Esli zavtra voyna)			Mounted on various tanks	1938
Red Tanks (Tankisty)	Aleksandr Kulakov	Lt. Loginov		1939
Red Tanks (Tankisty)	Vladimir Chobur	Sgt. Melnikov		1939
Red Tanks (Tankisty)			Mounted on BT-5 and T-28 tanks	1939
The Girl from Leningrad (Frontovye podrugi)			Mounted on various tanks and armoured cars	1941
Lad from Our Town (Paren iz Nashego Goroda)			Mounted in T-34 tank	1942
Two Soldiers (Dva boytsa)			Mounted in T-34 tank	1943
Invincible (Nepobedimye)			Mounted in KV-1 heavy tank	1943
The Star (Zvezda)			Mounted on T-34 tanks	1949
Maksim Perepelitsa			Mounted in IS-2 heavy tank	1955
My Dear Fellow (Dorogoy moy chelovek)			Mounted on T-34 tank	1958
Destiny of a Man (Sudba cheloveka)			Mounted on T-34 tank	1959
Fortress on Wheels (Krepost na kolesah)			Mounted on the armoured train	1960
The Adventures of Werner Holt (Die Abenteuer des Werner Holt)			Mounted in T-34-85 tanks	1965
At War as at War (Na Voyne kak na Voyne)			Mounted in T-34-85 tanks	1968
Liberation: The Fire Bulge			Mounted in T-34-85 tanks	1969
The Hot Snow (Goryachiy Sneg)			Mounted in fake Tiger tanks (visually modified T-34)	1972
With Clean Hands (Cu mainile curate)			Mounted in VT-34 armoured recovery vehicle	1972
At Home Among Strangers, Stranger at Home (Svoy sredi chuzhikh, chuzhoy sredi svoikh)	Nikita Mikhalkov	Brylov	Visually modified to resemble Lewis	1974
Tachanka from the South (Tachanka s yuga)	Stanislav Korenev	Bardin	Visually modified to resemble Lewis	1977
Tachanka from the South (Tachanka s yuga)	Artur Nishchenkin	Kuzma	Visually modified to resemble Lewis	1977
Forget the Word 'Death' (Zabud'te slovo 'smert')	Pyotr Merkuryev	Armen Kalyanov	Visually modified to resemble Lewis	1979
Forget the Word 'Death' (Zabud'te slovo 'smert')	Evgeni Leonov-Gladyshev	Dmitry Polischuk	Visually modified to resemble Lewis	1979
Corps of General Shubnikov (Korpus generala Shubnikova)			Mounted on T-34-85 and fake Pz.IV tanks	1980
Kto zaplatit za udachu?	Vasily Bochkaryov	Dmitry	Visually modified to resemble Lewis	1980
	Vitaly Solomin	Kuskov
The Sixth (Shestoy)	Yevgeni Bakalov	Arystarch	Visually modified to resemble Lewis	1981
Order: Cross the Border (Prikaz: pereyti granitsu)			Mounted in T-34-85 tanks	1982
Battle for Moscow			Mounted in T-34 tanks	1985
The Battalions Request Fire (Batalyony prosyat ognya)			Mounted in T-34 and fake Panther tanks	1985
The Art of Living in Odessa (Iskusstvo zhit v Odesse)		Cheka agents	Visually modified to resemble Lewis	1989
Tank Klim Voroshilov-2	Viktor Smirnov	Sgt. Yermakov		1990
Stalingrad			Mounted in T-34-85 tanks	1993
Wolf Blood (Volchya krov)		A Red soldier	Visually modified to resemble Lewis	1995
The Star (Zvezda)			Mounted in T-34-85 tanks	2002
Tali-Ihantala 1944			Mounted in T-34 tanks and Finnish Stugs	2007
The Priest (Pop)			Mounted on BT-5 tank	2009
The White Tiger (Belyy tigr)			Mounted in T-34 tanks	2012
1944			Mounted in T-34/85 tanks	2015

Television

Show Title / Episode	Actor	Character	Note	Air Date
Czterej pancerni i pies	Malgorzata Niemirska	Sgt Lidka Wisniewska	Mounted in tank T-34 "Rudy"	1966-1970
The State Border: Film 5		German troops	Mounted in fake German tanks	1986
The White Guard (Belaya gvardiya)			Visually modified to resemble Lewis	2012

Video Games

Game Title	Appears as	Mods	Release Date
Call of Duty		Mounted in T-34 tanks	2003
Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45		Bow-mounted in Universal Carrier, Turret-mounted in BA-64 Armoured Carrier, pintle-mounted on T60, T34/76, T34/85, IS-2 and KV-1S tanks	2006
Project Reality: Vietnam		Mounted in T-34 tanks	2012

Anime

Title	Characters	Notation	Date
Girl Und Panzer	Pravada High School	All Soviet tanks have the DT as armament	2012

Degtyaryov DA

DA machine gun - 7.62x54mm R

Degtyaryov DA-2 twin machine gun - 7.62x54mm R

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
The Sea Outpost (Morskoy post)		Soviet aerial gunner	Mounted on hydroplane	1938
If War Comes Tomorrow (Esli zavtra voyna)		Soviet aerial gunner	Mounted on R-5 plane	1938
If War Comes Tomorrow (Esli zavtra voyna)		Soviet aerial gunner	DA-2; mounted on TB-3 bomber	1938
Deep Raid (Glubokiy reid)		Soviet aerial gunners	DA-2; mounted on TB-3 bomber	1938
Valery Chkalov			DA-2; mounted on TB-3 bombers	1941
Native Shores (Rodnye berega)	Semyon Goldshtab	Soviet seaman	Mounted on G-5 motor torpedo boat	1943
Native Shores (Rodnye berega)		Soviet aerial gunner	DA-2; mounted on MBR-2 hydroplane	1943

See Also

• V.A. Degtyarev Plant - A list of all firearms manufactured by V.A. Degtyarev Plant (ZiD).