New KPV 14.5mm Heavy Machine Gun

The KPV-14.5 heavy machine gun is a Soviet designed 14.5×114mm-caliber heavy machine gun, which first entered service as a wheeled infantry weapon in 1949. In the 1960s, the infantry version was taken out of production because it was too big and heavy.The KPV found a new use in the ZPU series of anti-aircraft guns. Quadruple- (ZPU-4) Double- (ZPU-2) and single-barreled (ZPU-1) versions of the weapon exist and are used by over 50 armies worldwide. Its size and power also made it a useful light anti-armour weapon on the BTR series of vehicles and the BRDM-2 scout car.

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 Armour-Piercing Incendiary (API) bullets, and they have approximately twice the energy of a 12.7 mm (.50 BMG) projectile. The ammunition continues to be produced by Bulgaria, China, Egypt, Poland, and Romania.

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