
The SGM Goryunov is a Soviet medium machine gun developed as a modernization of the SG-43 Goryunov. It was designed in the 1940s by Pyotr Goryunov and was adopted by the Soviet Army in 1943. The SGM features an air-cooled barrel and a gas-operated action. It was typically mounted on a wheeled or tripod mount for sustained fire roles. The weapon is chambered in 7.62x54mmR and was widely used by the Soviet Union and its allies.
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