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Watch: 2nd REP, French Foreign Legion, maneuvers under DShK fire in Afghanistan

Members of the French Foreign Legion, 2nd French Foreign Parachute Regiment came under intense DShK fire from Taliban in Afghanistan. The Legionnaires, though suppressed by enemy fire, were able to out flank the and annihilate the ambushing Taliban militants.

https://youtu.be/bgiU22VcnPU

The DShK 1938 (ДШК, for Дегтярёва-Шпагина Крупнокалиберный, Degtyaryova-Shpagina Krupnokaliberny, ‘Degtyaryov-Shpagin Large-Calibre’) is a Soviet heavy machine gun firing the 12.7×108mm cartridge. The weapon was also used as a heavy infantry machine gun, in which case it was frequently deployed with a two-wheeled mounting and a single-sheet armour-plate shield. It took its name from the weapons designers Vasily Degtyaryov, who designed the original weapon, and Georgi Shpagin, who improved the cartridge feed mechanism. It is sometimes nicknamed Dashka (familiar form of female name Daria) in Russian-speaking countries, from the abbreviation. – WIKI

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Members of the French Foreign Legion, 2nd French Foreign Parachute Regiment came under intense DShK fire from Taliban in Afghanistan. The Legionnaires, though suppressed by enemy fire, were able to out flank the and annihilate the ambushing Taliban militants.

https://youtu.be/bgiU22VcnPU

The DShK 1938 (ДШК, for Дегтярёва-Шпагина Крупнокалиберный, Degtyaryova-Shpagina Krupnokaliberny, ‘Degtyaryov-Shpagin Large-Calibre’) is a Soviet heavy machine gun firing the 12.7×108mm cartridge. The weapon was also used as a heavy infantry machine gun, in which case it was frequently deployed with a two-wheeled mounting and a single-sheet armour-plate shield. It took its name from the weapons designers Vasily Degtyaryov, who designed the original weapon, and Georgi Shpagin, who improved the cartridge feed mechanism. It is sometimes nicknamed Dashka (familiar form of female name Daria) in Russian-speaking countries, from the abbreviation. – WIKI

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