KPV heavy machine gun

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Mechanics

The KPV was a heavy machine gun developed by S. V. Vladimirov. It was developed in 1944 and adopted in 1949. It combines the rate of fire of a heavy machine gun with the armor-piercing capabilities of antitank rifles and was designed to combat lightly armored targets, firepower and manpower of the enemy located behind light cover, as well as to be an anti-aircraft machine gun. The muzzle energy of the KPV reaches 31 kJ. For comparison, the 12.7 mm Browning M2HB machine gun has up to Script error: No such module "convert". with a Script error: No such module "convert". bullet traveling at Script error: No such module "convert". manufactured by PMC, the 20 mm ShVAK aircraft mounted gun has about Script error: No such module "convert".. It is one of the most powerful machine guns ever used by the Soviet and later Russian armed forces. The development of the machine gun began in 1944. The 14.5×114mm M41 cartridge can be used with high explosive incendiary - tracer (HEI-T) or armor-piercing incendiary (API) bullets. The KPV is air-cooled and fitted with a barrel with a hard chrome plated bore. It uses a short recoil operation system with gas assistance and a rotary bolt. It can be fed with the 40-round metallic belt from either the left or right side. The barrel can be removed by turning the prominent latch on the forward end of the receiver and pulling on the barrel's carrying handle.

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Rear view of a captured KPV machine-gun crudely modified for use as an anti-aircraft weapon on display at the headquarters of the 2-135 General Support Aviation Battalion at Buckley Space Force Base, Colorado. It is missing its feed tray cover and entire upper receiver.

Versions

KPVT

The version for use in armored vehicles is called the Script error: No such module "lang". (Template:Langx). KPVT is used for armored vehicle installations, boats, movable and stationary mounts and various antiaircraft mounts. It features a shorter receiver and a heavier barrel jacket. The KPVT also uses a 50-round belt instead of the original 40-round belt. KPVTs are the primary armament of the wheeled BTR-60PB/70/80 series armored personnel carriers and BRDM-2 armored reconnaissance vehicles. It is intended for fighting against lightly armored targets, weapons systems and light shelters at the distances of up to Script error: No such module "convert"., as well as air targets at distances up to Script error: No such module "convert"..

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Naval armament

The naval twin mount had several versions:

The single mount was called the "14.5 mm MTPU" (Template:Langx, an initialism for Template:Langx). The 14.5 mm MTPU is intended for combat against armored surface, coast and air targets. It is mounted on decks of boats and can defeat surface and coast targets with a range of Script error: No such module "convert". horizontally and Script error: No such module "convert". vertically against low flying planes.[3]

ZPU

Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". The Script error: No such module "lang". (Template:Langx, an initialism for Template:Langx) is a towed anti-aircraft gun based on the KPV. It entered service with the Soviet Union in 1949 and is used by over 50 countries worldwide.

  • ZPU-1 single-barreled mount.
  • ZPU-2 twin-barreled mount.
  • ZPU-4 quadruple-barreled mount.

Mountain version

Remote weapon stations

The Emirati remote weapon station IGG-RWS14 uses the KPV machine gun.[4]

Gallery

Ammunition

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These rounds are also produced in Bulgaria, China, Egypt, Poland, and Romania.

Operators

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Former operators

See also

References

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Further reading

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