14.5x114mm
Overview
The 14.5×114mm (.57 Cal) 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, but 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 BTR series of armoured personnel carriers from the BTR-60 to the BTR-80 and for heavy anti-materiel sniper rifles.
Stats
Ammunition Type | Damage | Bullet Velocity (m/s) | Barrier Penetration | Armor Piercing |
B32 API | 220 | 1470 | 7.45 | 300 |
MDZ HEIP | [email protected] | 1400 | 4 | 300 |
MDZ(M) HEIP | [email protected] | 1000 | 5.1 | 300 |
DGE02 AP-HEI | [email protected] | 1450 | 10.5 | 1000 |
Incendiary Tracer | [email protected] | 1000 | 4.5 | 200 |
New Zealand Humane Whale Killer | 220 + Underwater Capabilities | 1673 | 8 | 250 |
7N3 Enhanced Armor Penetrator | 218 | 990 | 338.2 | 1990 |