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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 ...
Guns captured by the Germans were given the designation 14.5 mm PzB 784(r). [7] Although the PTRS-41 anti-armour capabilities quickly diminished after its introduction in 1941 to due increasing thickness of German tank armour, the 14.5×114mm round was still useful against soft-skinned targets such as trucks and in urban warfare. [8]
'Anti-tank self-loading gun pattern 1941, Degtyaryov system') is an anti-tank rifle that was produced and used from 1941 by the Soviet Red Army during World War II. It is a single-shot weapon which fires the 14.5×114 mm round, which was able to penetrate German tanks such as the Panzer III and early models of the Panzer IV.
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.
Gepárd anti-materiel rifle Hungary: 1987 Bolt-action Semi-automatic .50 BMG 12.7×108mm 14.5×114mm Vidhwansak India: 2005 Bolt-action 12.7×108mm 14.5×114mm 20×82mm. Pindad SPR-2 Indonesia: 2007 Bolt-action .50 BMG Arash Iran: 2013 Semi-automatic 20x102mm: Baher [1] Iran: 2015 23x152mm Shaher Iran: 2012 Bolt action 14.5×114mm Type 97 ...
The rifle was first introduced in June 2020 on the official Snipex Facebook page. In July, the first presentation video appeared on the official YouTube channel of XADO . [ 5 ] Based on the state examinations results, the 14.5×114 mm caliber Snipex Alligator rifle was unofficially adopted by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in 2020; [ 6 ] it was ...
An anti-tank rifle is an anti-materiel rifle designed to penetrate the armor of armored fighting vehicles, most commonly tanks, armored personnel carriers, and infantry fighting vehicles. The term is usually used for weapons that can be carried and used by one person, but is sometimes used for larger weapons. [ 1 ]
"3-line rifle" "Mosin rifle" 7.62×54mmR: 1891–present still used by some militia forces sniper rifle commonly used by police and military snipers 1891 infantry 1891 dragoon 1891 cossack 1891/1910 1891/1930 1891/1952 KGB sniper 1907 carbine 1938 carbine 1944 carbine Russia Soviet Union: SV-98: 7.62×51mm NATO 7.62×54mmR.338 Lapua Magnum ...