The metal container of the round-shaped magazine. It consists of upper and lower discs connected by a bolt with a washer. On the surface of the upper disk there is a convex ring in the center and two rows of identical pentagon-shaped depressions in a circle. There is a round hole in the center of the lower disk, a slot recess of the cartridge receiver-feeder on the side, and a fragment of a mounting stop on the opposite side of the disk. “Ferry crossing” in the lower right corner.

DP (Degtyarev infantry, index GAU — 56-R-321) is a 7.62 mm hand machine gun developed by Vasily Alekseevich Degtyarev. DP became one of the first samples of small arms created in the USSR. The birthday of the first experimental batch can be called November 12, 1927, when the first 10 DP machine guns appeared at the Kovrov plant. On December 21, 1927, after a successful presentation and field tests, the Red Army was adopted.

The DP machine gun consisted of 68 parts (without a magazine).

The machine gun had a disk for 47 rounds. The design of the disc for that time was very successful, since the 7.62 cartridges had edges and each cartridge in the disc fit into its own separate place and did not cling to the bottom edge of another cartridge, as it happened in horn magazines. Also, the disk with the help of its front sight informed the fighter about how many cartridges were left in the disk. If necessary, the store could be disassembled and cleaned of dirt. The discs were carried in steel boxes or cloth bags, the box was designed for 3 discs. The disadvantage of disks can be on