MAXIM SOKOLOV HEAVY MACHINE GUN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP81-01036R000200030073-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 2, 2011
• Sequence Number: 73
• Publication Date: April 19, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY Bulgaria
SUBJECT Maxim Sokolov Heavy Machine Gun
N O A I AFFECTING A I L INat
N THE UNITED STATES. VITNIN TNt MEANING 0/ TITLE 10. SECTIONS 701
AND 704. 01 THE Y.E. CORE. AO AMENDED. ITS TRANN1/11N OR REVS-
THIS isONEVALUATED INFORMATION
DATE DISTR./9 Apr 1954
NO. OF PAGES 1
NO. OF ENCLS.
SUPP. TO
REPORT NO.
1. The Maixlm ..oko.lov heavy machine gun, used by the Bulgarian r rise:y, , weighs 64
kilogrrxmw, when as:aembit i . It has a maximum range of 3,00U to 5,0W motors,
aecordllnc; to the iunmunitlon u:.ed. f't"feecti.v.s, range is i,SUO lw :t!'.,:,rs.
2. The following ammunition i:; usf d :
a. AT or heavy cartridges (bronneboyni), with pointy palntc:d red.
b. Light cartridges (obiknovrnni, "ordinary"). which u suc:lly have ycilow pu1nt..
a. Tracer cartridges (evetlini, "lighting"), with red, yellow and green point,
in belts of five to ten cartridges. (The word is "b l,ndo," which can h;.irdly
mein clip. )
3. The machine gun consists of (a) the mount, (b) the gun proper, (c) protective
armor. in combat, the gunner (mera.tch, literally "measurer") carries the gun.
The assistant gunner (pomoshchnik "assistant" meratch) carries the base. The
awnunition carrier carries the armor.
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