Goryunov SGM Machine Gun - 7.62x54mm R.
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.
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. It was replaced by the PK machine gun in the 1960s.
Semi-automatic SG-43 machine guns exist in the United States, usually original receivers built up using imported parts kits from places like China or Poland.
Specifications
(1943-1968)
- Type: Medium machine gun
- Caliber: 7.62x54mmR
- Weight: 30.4lbs (13.8kg), 90.4lbs (41kg) on wheeled mount
- Length: 45.3 in (115 cm)
- Barrel length: 28.3 in (72 cm)
- Feed System: Belt, usually 200 or 250
- Fire Modes: Full-Auto (500-700 rpm)
The Goryunov SG-43 Machine Gun and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime 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
|
| Soldier's Heart (Soldatskoye serdtse) |
|
Soviet soldiers |
Mounted on BTR-40 and BTR-152; SG-43 and SGMB |
1959
|
| The Black Seagull (Chyornaya chayka) |
|
Cuban seaman |
Mounted on patrol boat |
1962
|
| The Third Flare (Tretya raketa) |
|
Soviet soldiers |
|
1963
|
| Attack and Retreat (Italiani brava gente) |
|
|
SGMT, mounted on AT-P artillery tractor |
1964
|
| And All Will Be Quiet (Potem nastapi cisza) |
|
Polish soldiers |
|
1966
|
| The Tunnel (Tunelul) |
|
Soviet soldiers |
On tripod |
1966
|
| Spring on The Oder (Vesna na Odere) |
|
Soviet soldiers |
On a mount with shield |
1967
|
| Ishtar |
|
Gunrunners |
On a mount with shield |
1967
|
| The Marathon (Maratón) |
|
Czechoslovak soldiers |
|
1968
|
| I Was Nineteen (Ich war neunzehn) |
|
Soviet soldiers |
|
1968
|
| The Scouts (Razvedchiki) |
|
|
SGMB, mounted on BTR-152 APC |
1968
|
| Liberation: The Fire Bulge |
|
Soviet soldiers |
|
1969
|
| Kill Rommel! |
|
Afrika Korps soldiers |
Mounted on armored car |
1969
|
| Liberation: Direction of the Main Blow |
Nikolay Olyalin |
Capt. Tsvetayev |
|
1969
|
| The Naval Mettle (Morskoy kharakter) |
|
|
SGMB, mounted on BTR-60P APC |
1970
|
| Black Sun (Chyornoye solntse) |
|
Government troops and rebels |
Visually modified to resemble Browning M1919A4 |
1970
|
| Mission in Kabul (Missiya v Kabule) |
|
|
SGMT, mounted on Afghan T-55 tanks; Seen in documentary footage |
1971
|
| Listen on the Other Side (Daisny tserguudee sonsotsgoo!) |
|
|
SGMB, mounted on Mongolian BTR-152 |
1971
|
| Liberation: The Battle of Berlin |
|
Polish soldiers |
|
1971
|
| Liberation: The Last Assault |
|
Soviet soldiers |
|
1971
|
| Chronicle of the Night (Khronika nochi) |
|
African soldiers |
SGMB, mounted on BTR-152 |
1973
|
| Poem of Kovpak: Alarm (Duma o Kovpake: Nabat) |
|
German soldiers |
SGMB, mounted on BTR-40 |
1973
|
| Long Miles of War (Dolgie vyorsty voyny) |
|
Soviet soldiers |
On bipod |
1975
|
| Long Miles of War (Dolgie vyorsty voyny) |
|
|
SGMT, mounted on fake German tank |
1975
|
| Front Beyond the Front Line (Front za liniey fronta) |
|
German soldiers |
SGMB, mounted on BTR-152 |
1977
|
| Special Destination Force (Otryad osobogo naznacheniya) |
Leonid Shumskiy |
Viktor Grachyov |
SGMB, mounted on BTR-152 |
1978
|
| Across the Gobi and the Khingan (Govi Khyangand tulaldsan ni) |
|
Soviet soldiers |
|
1981
|
| Front in the Rear of the Enemy (Front v tylu vraga) |
|
Soviet soldiers |
|
1981
|
| Come and See (Idi i smotri) |
|
Soviet partisans |
Mounted on AT-P armoured artillery tractor |
1985
|
| 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
|
| His Battalion (Ego batalyon) |
Vitaly Zikora |
Capt. Nikolai Voloshin |
|
1989
|
| Stalingrad |
|
Soviet troops |
Modified to resemble Maxim M1910/30 machine gun |
1993
|
| Uprising |
|
Jewish insurgents |
|
2001
|
| Deathwatch |
|
|
Modified to resemble Vickers Machine Gun |
2002
|
| Katyn |
|
Soviet soldiers |
|
2007
|
| Philosophy of a Knife |
|
|
archive footage |
2008
|
| Tobruk |
|
Czech troops |
Modified to resemble Vickers Machine Gun |
2008
|
| A Woman in Berlin |
|
Waffen SS soldiers |
|
2008
|
| The Golden Mean (Zolotoe sechenie) |
|
|
on the image |
2010
|
| Kandahar |
|
Taliban fighters |
|
2010
|
| Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan |
|
Vietcong machine gun team |
SG-43 on Sokolov mount with shield |
2019
|
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