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| Type | Machine gun |
| Place of origin |  Soviet Union |
| Service history | |
| Wars | WW2 |
| Production history | |
| Designer | Ivan Savin, Aleksandr Norov |
| Specifications | |
| Cartridge | 7.62x54mmR |
| Caliber | 7.62mm |
| Action | Gas automatic revolver |
| Rate of fire | 3600+ RPM |
| Feed system | Belt |
| Sights | Iron |
The SN (Savin and Norov) was an aircraft machine gun manufactured in Russia during World War II. It fired the same 7.62x54mmR round used in the Mosin-Nagant rifle and with a rate of 3600RPM.
According to a Western source, it was offered to the VVS, which rejected it in 1936. Soviet sources indicate that the SN machine gun was installed in the wings of three Polikarpov I-16 aircraft in January 1939; these planes were given the designation I-16 Type 19 and they took part in the Winter War. The gun was also supposed to be installed in a propeller-synchronized mounting in the I-16 Type 20. Although four planes were built in this configuration, they did not go into service; the Type 20 designation was then reused for I-16 aircraft only armed with ShKAS guns, but capable of carrying drop tanks. A further type I-16 Type 22 was planned to be armed with four propeller-synchronized guns, two of which were supposed to be SN guns (and the other two ShKAS), but this type was apparently never built and was cancelled in August 1939.
An SN exemplar could be seen (in 1996) at the Central Air Force Museum.
Overview
The SN was a gas-operated revolver action with the barrel and bolt moving in opposite directions for faster cycling, and is claimed to have achieved more than 3600rpm.
See also
References
- Maxim Popenker, 11 May 2004
- http://users.telenet.be/Emmanuel.Gustin/volume1/amendments.html
- David R. Jones (1978). The Military-naval Encyclopedia of Russia and the Soviet Union. Vol. 5. Academic International Press. p. 126. ISBN 978-0-87569-028-5.
- Маслов М. А. (2008). Истребитель И-16. Норовистый «ишак» сталинских соколов (in Russian). Яуза / Коллекция / ЭКСМО. pp. 55–57. ISBN 978-5-699-25660-0.
- B. Korolkov; V. Kazashvili (1996). A Guide to the Russian Federation Air Force Museum at Monino. Schiffer Pub. p. 159. ISBN 978-0-7643-0076-9.