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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.
ZPU: Anti-aircraft gun Soviet Union: ZPU-1, ZPU-2 and ZPU-4 versions used. Oerlikon 20mm cannon: Anti-aircraft gun Switzerland: 40 delivered in 1984. [27] RPG-2 [15] [28] Rocket-propelled grenade Soviet Union: RPG-7 [10] Rocket-propelled grenade Soviet Union: RPG-18: Disposable rocket launcher Soviet Union: Captured from Soviet forces RPG-22
ZPU: Soviet Union 14.5×114mm: ZPU-1 ZPU-2 ZPU-4 Some mounted on technicals. [11] 53T2 Tarasque: France 20 mm Some mounted on technicals. [11] AZP S-60: Soviet Union 57 mm Some mounted on technicals. [11] Self-propelled anti-aircraft guns; ZSU-57-2: Soviet Union 57 mm [11]
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 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 ...
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 defence and direct fire supporting roles, usually placed close to guerrilla staging-bases and training camps. [120] [377] ZU-23-2 twin-barrelled AA autocannon: employed in both air defence and direct fire supporting roles, usually placed close to guerrilla staging-bases and training camps. [377]