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 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).

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

Degtyarev DP-28 machine gun 7.62x54mm R

DT machine gun 7.62x54mm R

Film

• Ambush (Rukajärven tie)

• North Korean Soldiers in Tae Guk Gi

• NVA soldiers in We Were Soldiers

• Insurgents and Soviet Army soldiers in Children of Glory

• Polish Resistance fighters in Pianist, The

Video Games

• Mounted on Soviet T-34 tanks in Call of Duty

• Call of Duty: United Offensive (infantry-portable DP and vehicle-mounted DT)

• Call of Duty: Finest Hour

• Call of Duty: World at War

• Battlefield: 1942

• Battlefield: Vietnam (Type 53)

• Vietcong (Fist Alpha Expansion Pack)

• Vietcong 2

• Red Orchestra: Ostfront 1941-45

• Sniper Elite