| NSV |
NSV in an anti-aircraft mount | | Type | heavy machine gun | | Place of origin | Soviet Union | | Service history | | Used by | Soviet Union | | Wars | Soviet war in Afghanistan | | Production history | | Designed | 1969 | | Variants | NSVT | | Specifications | | Weight | 25 kg (gun only)
41 kg on tripod
11 kg (50-round belt) | | Length | 1560 mm |
| | Cartridge | 12.7 x 107 mm | | Caliber | 12.7 | | Action | gas | | Rate of fire | 700-800 rounds/min | | Muzzle velocity | 845 m/s | | Effective range | 1.5 km vs. air (maximum)
2 km vs. ground targets | | Feed system | belt 50 rounds | The NSV is a 12.7-mm caliber heavy machine gun of Soviet origin, named after the designers, G.I. Nikitin, J.S. Sokolov and V.I. Volkov. It was designed to replace the DShK machine gun. In Russian service it is being phased out by the Kord machine gun and the NSV is no longer being manufactured in Russia. It has been manufactured in Bulgaria, India, Poland and Yugoslavia under license. Image File history File links Machine_gun_NSV.jpg‎ russian NSV machine gun Source: http://www. ...
Combatants Soviet Union Democratic Republic of Afghanistan Afghan Mujahideen rebels supported by nations such as: United States, Pakistan, Iran, China, Saudi Arabia, United Kingdom Commanders Soviet forces only Boris Gromov Pavel Grachev Valentin Varennikov Jalaluddin Haqqani Abdul Haq Gulbuddin Hekmatyar Mohammed Younas Khalis Ismail Khan Ahmed Shah Massoud Sibghatullah Mojadeddi...
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The 12. ...
The word calibre (British English) or caliber (American English) designates the interior diameter of a tube or the exterior diameter of a wire or rod. ...
In firearms terminology, an action is the system of operation that the firearm employs to seal the breech (in a breech-loading firearm), and to load consecutive rounds. ...
The Rate of fire is the speed at which a specific firearm or artillery piece can operate. ...
A guns muzzle velocity is the speed at which the projectile leaves the muzzle of the gun. ...
The M2 machine gun with a tripod weighs 58 kg (128 lb). ...
Motto: Пролетарии вÑех Ñтран, ÑоединÑйтеÑÑŒ! (Transliterated: Proletarii vsekh stran, soedinyaytes!) (Russian: Workers of the world, unite!) Anthem: The Internationale (1922-1944) Hymn of the Soviet Union (1944-1991) Capital (and largest city) Moscow None; Russian de facto Government Federation of Soviet Republics - Last President Mikhail Gorbachev - Last Premier Ivan Silayev Establishment October Revolution - Declared...
The DShK (ДШК, for ДегтÑрёва Шпагина Крупнокалиберный, Degtyarev-Shpagin Large Calibre) is a Soviet heavy anti-aircraft machine gun firing 12. ...
The NSVT (tank) version is primarily used in vehicle mountings, such as main battle tanks. Yugoslavia license-built the NSVT as the M87, and it has been used by both the Yugoslav military and the other armed forces in the region. The US M1A1 Abrams tank is a typical modern main battle tank. ...
Yugoslavia (Jugoslavija in South Slavic languages, ЈугоÑлавија (Serbian, Macedonian Cyrillic): Land of the South Slavs) describes three separate political entities that existed on the Balkan Peninsula in Europe during most of the 20th century. ...
Operators
- Soviet Union/Russia
- Finland (12.7 ItKK)
- Yugoslavia
See also Located below is an extended list of small arms, ranging from pistols to machine guns and even to large handheld devices such as grenade launchers and anti-tank rifles. ...
The List of military equipment of Croatia is an alphabetical listing of all types used by or produced in Croatia since independence in 1991. ...
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 An Armenian fighter firing an NSV heavy machine gun in a trench in Hadrut in the summer of 1992. |
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