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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 TypeDamageBullet Velocity (m/s)Barrier PenetrationArmor Piercing
B32 API22014707.45300
MDZ HEIP220+0.4@3m14004300
MDZ(M) HEIP[email protected]10005.1300
DGE02 AP-HEI[email protected]145010.51000
Incendiary Tracer221+0.4@2m10004.5200
New Zealand Humane Whale Killer220 + Underwater Capabilities16738250
7N3 Enhanced Armor Penetrator218990338.21990