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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.
The ZPU (Russian: ЗПУ, an initialism for Зенитная пулемётная установка, 'Anti-Aircraft Machine Gun Mount') 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.
Weapon Missile Range In service Variants Photo 9K111 Fagot / AT-4 Spigot 9M111 2,000m 1970–present 9M111M 9M113 Konkurs / AT-5 Spandrel 9M113 4,000m 1974–present 9M113M 9K115-2 Metis-M / AT-13 Saxhorn-2 9M131 1,000m/ 2000m [15] 1992–present Metis-M / Metis-M1 HEAT tandem warhead, Armor penetration behind ERA 900–950 mm [16] 9K135 Kornet /
1-2 Hotchkiss M1929 machine gun France: Interwar / World War II 13.2 1-2 Breda Model 1931 Machine Gun Kingdom of Italy: Interwar / World War II 14.5 ZPU-1 Soviet Union: Cold War / modern 14.5 2 Type 58 People's Republic of China: Cold War 14.5 2 ZPU-2 Soviet Union: Cold War / modern 14.5 4 Type 56 People's Republic of China: Cold War 14.5 4 ZPU-4
ZPU-1 ZPU-2 ZPU-4 Some mounted on technicals. [11] 53T2 Tarasque: France ... Small Arms Survey 2015: Weapons and the World. Cambridge University Press: 84−123
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.
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 ...
ZPU-1 14.5mm AA autocannon: employed in both air defense and direct fire supporting roles. [264] [273] ZPU-2 14.5mm AA autocannon: employed in both air defense and direct fire supporting roles. [264] [273] ZPU-4 14.5mm Quadruple AA autocannon: used mainly in Guinea-Bissau. [274] [273] [275] M1939 (61-K) 37mm anti-aircraft gun: used mainly in ...