SchWAK
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| general information | |
| Military designation: | SchWAK |
| Country of operation: | Soviet Union |
| Developer / Manufacturer: | Shpitalny and Vladimirov |
| Production time: | since 1935 and 1936 |
| Model variants: | SchWAK 12.7 mm and SchWAK 20 mm (also MP-20) |
| Weapon Category: | Automatic cannon |
| Furnishing | |
| Overall length: | Wing version: 1679 mm Carriage version: 1726 mm remote-controlled version: 2122 mm |
| Weight: (unloaded) | 40-45 kg |
| Barrel length : | 1246 mm |
| Technical specifications | |
| Caliber : | 12.7 × 108 mm R or 20 × 99 mm R |
| Cadence : | 800 rounds / min |
| Fire types: | Continuous fire |
| Lists on the subject | |
Shvak cannon ( Russian ШВАК ) also MP-20 , is the name for a Soviet machine gun . SchWAK stands for Schpitalnyj-Wladimirow Awiazionnyj Krupnokalibernyj (Шпитальный-Владимиров Авиационный Крупнокалиберный), German roughly for large-caliber aircraft weapon from Schimirpitalovny.
Emergence
It was developed by B. Schpitalny and W. Vladimirov that the operation of SchKAS - machine gun took over. The prototype in the 12.7 × 108 mm R caliber was made in 1932. This version was released for production in 1934, and series production began in 1935. In 1935/36 a variant in the stronger 20 × 99 mm R caliber was created on this basis . The SchWAK was introduced into the air force in 1936, and it passed its first acid test in the Japanese-Soviet border conflict of 1939.
technology
The installation took place rigidly in the wings or in the fuselage of fighter aircraft , later the SchWAK served as defensive armament in bomber planes , whereby it was integrated in movable swivel mountings and provided with a pistol grip.
commitment
In World War II , it was used as in the fighter aircraft in many Soviet aircraft Poli Karpov , Lawotschkins and Yakovlev as well as the bombers Petljakows and Tupolews .
Aircraft types in which the SchWAK u. a. was installed:
- Polikarpov I-16
- Lavochkin LaGG-3
- La-5
- La-7
- Yakovlev Yak-1
- Jak-3
- Jak-7
- Yak-9 ,
- Petlyakov Pe-8
- Tupolev Tu-2
The light Soviet T-60 tank and some versions of the T-40 were also equipped with a special variant of the gun (referred to as SchWAK-T or TNSch ).
