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 Template:Convert with a Template:Convert bullet traveling at Template:Convert manufactured by PMC, the 20 mm ShVAK aircraft mounted gun has about Template: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.
Versions
KPVT
The version for use in armored vehicles is called the Template:Transliteration (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 Template:Convert, as well as air targets at distances up to Template:Convert.
The distance at which the bullet retains lethal force is Template:Convert.[2] The maximum flight range of the bullet is Template:Convert.
The naval twin mount had several versions:
- 2M-5 was for motor torpedo boats.
- 2M-6 was a machine gun turret for armored gunboats.
- 2M-7 was for patrol and mine sweeping boats.
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 Template:Convert horizontally and Template:Convert vertically against low flying planes.[3]
ZPU
Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". The Template:Transliteration (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
- ZGU-1 single-barreled pack mount (Template:Langx, an initialism for Template:Langx).
Remote weapon stations
The Emirati remote weapon station IGG-RWS14 uses the KPV machine gun.[4]
Gallery
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ZPU-1 single-barreled AA mount
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ZPU-2 twin-barreled AA mount
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Bangladesh Army ZPU-4 quadruple-barreled AA mount
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2M-5 naval machine gun mount
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2M-5 naval machine gun mount on a Template:Sclass2
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2M-7 naval machine gun mount (front view)
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2M-7 naval machine gun mount (rear view)
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14.5 mm MTPU
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Ammunition
- B-32 – Armor-piercing incendiary full metal jacket round with a tungsten-carbide core. Projectile weight is Template:Convert and muzzle velocity is Template:Convert. Armor penetration at Template:Convert is Template:Convert of rolled homogeneous armour (RHA) at 90 degrees.
- BZT – Armor-piercing incendiary tracer full metal jacket round with a steel core. Projectile weight is Template:Convert and muzzle velocity is Template:Convert. Tracer burns to at least Template:Convert.
- MDZ – High-explosive incendiary bullet of instant action. Projectile weight is Template:Convert.
These rounds are also produced in Bulgaria, China, Egypt, Poland, and Romania.
Operators
- Template:Country data Afghanistan[5][6]
- Template:Country data Albania[7]
- Template:Country data Algeria
- Template:Country data Angola
- Template:Country data Armenia
- Template:Country data Bangladesh
- Template:Country data Benin[8]
- Template:Country data Bulgaria: locally produced[9]
- Template:Country data Cambodia[10]
- Template:Country data Cameroon[11]
- Template:Country data Congo[12]
- Template:Country data China: Type 56 (KPV) and Type 58 (KPVT) machine guns, produced by Norinco[9]
- Template:Country data Cuba
- Template:Country data Egypt[6]
- Template:Country data Eritrea
- Template:Country data Ethiopia
- Template:Country data Finland (KPVT)
- Template:Country data Georgia
- Template:Country data Guinea-Bissau[13]
- Template:Country data Hungary
- Template:Country data India – Manufactured at Ordnance Factory Tiruchirappalli[14]
- Template:Country data Iraq – Iraqi armed forces
- Template:Country data Iran
- Template:Country data Islamic State[15]
- Template:Country data Ivory Coast[16]
- Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades
- Template:Country data Laos
- Template:Country data Lebanon
- Template:Country data Libya
- Template:Country data Malawi[17]
- Template:Country data Mali – Armed and Security Forces of Mali
- Template:Country data Malta – North Korean-made KPVs.[9]
- Template:Country data Mongolia
- Template:Country data Morocco
- Template:Country data Mozambique
- Template:Country data Myanmar
- Template:Country data North Korea
- Template:Country data Nicaragua
- Template:Country data Pakistan: Used by the Pakistan Army.[18]
- Template:Country data Panama
- Template:Country data Poland[9]
- Template:Country data Romania: KPV and KPVT built under license[19]
- Template:Country data Russia[9]
- Template:Country data Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic[20]
- Template:Country data São Tomé and Príncipe[21]
- Template:Country data Serbia (KPVT)
- Template:Country data Sierra Leone: Chinese QJG56 and Polish KPVT[22]
- Template:Country data Slovenia (KPVT)
- Template:Country data Somalia
- Template:Country data South Africa[23]
- Template:Country data Sri Lanka
- Template:Country data Sudan
- Template:Country data Syria
- Template:Country data Togo[24]
- Template:Country data Ukraine
- Template:Country data Yemen
- Template:Country data Vietnam
- Template:Country data Tanzania[25]
- Template:Country data Zimbabwe
Former operators
See also
- List of Russian weaponry
- Weapons featured in the film 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
References
Further reading
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External links
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- KPVT large-calibre tank machine-gun
- MTPU 14.5mm marine pedestal machine-gun mount
- Russian/Soviet KPV MACHINE GUN ON WHEELED MOUNT (MARKOV'S MOUNT) IN 14.5 x 114 calibre (M41/44) – Walk around photos
- ZPU-2 - TWIN MOUNT 14.5MM ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS (Twin mount anti-aircraft 14.5mm KPV machine guns) – Walk around photos Template:Webarchive
- Modern Firearms page on the KPV-14.5 heavy machine gun Template:Webarchive
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