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Title: 7.6mm ShKAS MG Question
Post by: Nefarious on March 05, 2010, 11:53:26 PM

Was curious, is this 7.6 the same as 7.62x54r?

If not, what are the differences between them.

Title: Re: 7.6mm ShKAS MG Question
Post by: Motherland on March 05, 2010, 11:58:49 PM

Wikipedia lists the ammunition for the ShKAS as 7.62x54 Russian.

Title: Re: 7.6mm ShKAS MG Question
Post by: Nefarious on March 06, 2010, 12:00:49 AM

thanks ML.

Title: Re: 7.6mm ShKAS MG Question
Post by: BaDkaRmA158Th on March 06, 2010, 03:18:12 PM

What blows my minds is how fast alot of russian guns fired, what i cant figure out is how most of them dont have major jamming reports.
our m3's jammed like mad monsters in a chocolate factory.

Title: Re: 7.6mm ShKAS MG Question
Post by: Ghosth on March 07, 2010, 08:08:40 AM

Badkarma how much of that comes down to poor ammunition?

I know the US had major problems with 20mm guns going into WWII mostly caused by not tight enough specs on the ammo. They kept trying to rechamber, fix the guns.

Title: Re: 7.6mm ShKAS MG Question
Post by: Krusty on March 07, 2010, 09:15:21 AM

As far as I recall the 50cal jam rate was very low on M2s. The "souped up" M3 had problems with the metal parts actually cracking from the increased force. They weren't designed to do what they did.

Guns that are actually designed to do certain tasks usually don't jam as much.

That's why I hate how in TW any plane you fire that has any gun for more than 5 seconds will jam the gun. No matter how historically reliable it was, or despite the fact that many had recocking/clearing levers in the cockpit (and the guns are in there too!)