C&R · IV · 184
Degtyarev DA, DP, DPM, DT & RP-46
Section IV: still an NFA firearm, also a curio or relic
Official wording
ATF P 5300.11 · APRIL 2025 EDITION · SECTION IV · VERBATIM · PDF P. 87 ↗
Russian, Degtyarev machineguns, models DA, DP, DPM, DT, and RP46, cal. 7.62mm.
What this entry requires
- INFOATF states no date; production was about 1927–1950.
- INFOStill an NFA firearm; only registered examples transfer, with ATF approval (26 U.S.C. 5812, 5861).
Editorial facts · Our research
- Country
Russia (U.S.S.R.)Basis: the ATF wording - Manufacturer
- Kovrov & other Soviet plantsBasis: outside reference ¹
- Type
- MachinegunBasis: the ATF wording
- Action
- Select-fire / autoBasis: the ATF wording
- Caliber
- 7.62×54mmRBasis: the ATF wording
- Made
- 1927–1950production; ATF states no dateBasis: estimate ²
- Service
- Military
Source
- Official wording
- ATF P 5300.11, April 2025 edition · Section IV · PDF p. 87 ↗ · ATF original ↗
- Entries
- 1 line
- Verbatim check
- Checked against the PDF text before every release
- Editorial facts
- Confidence: Medium · Last revised 18 October 2026 (Evidence pass) · How we rate confidence
- References
- 1. Wikipedia, “ДП (пулемёт)” ↗, maker: the first ten series DPs were made at the Kovrov plant on 12 November 1927; Plant No. 2 (Kovrov) production and design work (OKB-2) through the war; en article category Degtyarev Plant products
- 2. Wikipedia, “ДП (пулемёт)” ↗, years (estimate: partly supports it): first series DPs made November 1927 (ru); English Wikipedia infobox production 1928–1950s; RP-46 adopted 1946
- Fact tags
- ATF the ATF wording states it.
- REF ¹ an outside reference supports it; the number points to the list of references.
- ESTIMATE an approximate or indirect reading, for example the production range of the base model.
- NO CITATION we haven’t attached a reference for this fact; it’s our editorial reading, not ATF’s.
- Source checked
- 20 October 2026: ATF’s page still lists the April 2025 edition
- Corrections
- 1 change · see below
Correction history
- Evidence passYears: 1928–1961 → 1927–1950. Russian Wikipedia dates the first series DPs to November 1927 (en gives 1928), widened to cover both
Historical context
Image: Wikimedia Commons, “Machine gun DP MON.jpg”, Attribution. Retrieved October 2026.
Summary: Wikipedia, “Degtyaryov machine gun”. Text CC BY-SA 4.0.
FROM WIKIPEDIA
The Degtyaryov machine gun (Russian: Пулемёт Дегтярёва Пехотный, romanized: Pulemyot Degtyaryova Pekhotny , lit. 'Degtyarev Infantry Machinegun' or DP-27/DP-28 is a light machine gun chambered in the 7.62×54mmR cartridge that was primarily used by the Soviet Union, with service trials starting in 1927, followed by general deployment in 1928.