Goryunov SG-43 Machine Gun

Goryunov SG-43 Machine Gun On 'Sokolov' mount with shield - 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 or one of its' variants has been seen in the following films, television series, and video games 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
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
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
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
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 Forces Detachment (Otryad osobogo naznacheniya)	Leonid Shumskiy	Viktor Grachyov	SGMB, mounted on BTR-152	1978
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
Katyn		Soviet soldiers		2007
Tobruk		Czech troops	Modified to resemble Vickers MK1 Machine Gun	2008
Kandahar		Taliban fighters		2010

Television

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
Bors			Mounted on BTR-40	1968
Our Mothers, Our Fathers		Soviet soldiers		2013

Video Games

Game Title	Referred as	Mods	Notation	Release Date
Steel Beasts			SGMT, mounted on T55 tank	2000
Call of Duty: United Offensive				2005