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ZPU-2 turned out to be too heavy for the airborne troops, so a new UZPU-2 (later redesignated as ZU-2) was developed from ZPU-1. The single-barrel ZPU-1 is carried on a two-wheeled carriage and can be broken down into several 80-kilogram pieces for transport over rough ground. Versions of the weapon are built in China, North Korea and Romania.
ZPU-4 gun mounted on a Chonma-ho chassis. Effective range 1.4 km (0.87 mi) [62] M-1992 23 mm [55] Twin 23 mm guns mounted on a modified ATS-59 chassis. Effective range 2.5 km (1.6 mi) [62] M-1992 37 mm [55] Twin 37 mm guns mounted guns possibly based on the M1939 mounted on a modified ATS-59 chassis. [62] M-1985 [55]
The 14.5×114mm (.57 calibre) is a heavy machine gun and anti-materiel rifle cartridge used by the Soviet Union, the former Warsaw Pact, modern Russia, and other countries.. It was originally developed for the PTRS and PTRD anti-tank rifles, and was later used as the basis for the KPV heavy machine gun that formed the basis of the ZPU series anti-aircraft guns that is also the main armament of ...
The following list of modern armament manufacturers presents major companies producing modern weapons and munitions for military, paramilitary, government agency and civilian use. The companies are listed by their full name followed by the short form, or common acronym, if any, in parentheses. The country the company is based in, if the ...
The ZPU series armed with 14.5 mm heavy machine guns carried on a towed mount for stationary, point air defence had a much higher rate of fire. The 23 mm version of this weapon system was known as the ZU-23-2, a towed mount carrying two 23 mm cannons. However, these towed or improvised truck-mounted weapons had similar disadvantages.
1931–42 [1] 12.7 4 M16 half-track United States: World War II / Korean War 12.7 2 T-90 self-propelled anti-aircraft gun Soviet Union: 1942-43 (prototype) [2] 20 1 Flakpanzer 38(t) Nazi Germany: World War II 20 1 Type 98 half-track Japan: World War II 20 1 20 mm AA machine cannon carrier truck Japan: World War II 20 1 20 mm anti-aircraft tank ...
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1.1"/75 (28mm) gun (interbellum, World War II) Bofors 40 mm gun (World War II) 90 mm M3 gun (World War II – 1950s) 120 mm M1 gun (World War II – 1950s) Skysweeper (early Cold War) M42 Duster (Cold War) M163 VADS "Vulcan" M247 Sergeant York (project) Phalanx CIWS