ZPU-4 - a quadruple 14.5 mm anti-aircraft machine-gun mount of KPV machine guns. Designed to hit targets at an altitude of up to 1,500 meters. It can be used for ground targets, including lightly armored vehicles and manpower. Rate of fire - 600 rounds per minute per barrel (2400 v / m total). The mass of the installation is 2.1 tons.
| ZPU-4 | |
|---|---|
 ZPU-4 in the Artillery Museum of St. Petersburg | |
| Type of | Towed anti-aircraft gun |
| A country |  the USSR |
| Service History | |
| Adopted | |
| Wars and conflicts | |
| Production history | |
| Constructor | I. S. Leshchinsky |
| Designed by | from 1945 to 1948 |
| Manufacturer | Plant number 2 |
| Years of production | since 1949 |
| Specifications | |
| Weight kg | 2100 |
| Clearance mm | 380 |
| Main armament | 4 x 56-P-562 |
| Barrel length mm | 1346 |
| Cartridge | 14.5 × 114 mm |
| Caliber mm | 14.5 |
| Work principles | short stroke, rotary shutter |
| Rate of fire rounds / min | 1100..1200 |
| starting speed bullets , m / s | 990..1000 |
| Maximum range, m | 2000 |
| Type of ammunition | tape |
The installation was created on the basis of a 14.5 mm heavy machine gun S. V. Vladimirov with a firing range of up to 2000 meters.
Content
History
The development of the four-unit ZPU-4 was started in 1945 on a competitive basis by Plant No. 2 and OKB-43. Preliminary tests of ZPU-4 designs by I. S. Leshchinsky (Plant No. 2) showed its advantages over the OKB-43 installation. After refinement based on the test results of ZPU-4, I.S. Leshchinsky was re-tested at the Donguz test site in 1946. In August-September 1948, it passed military tests and was adopted for service in 1949.
ZPU-4 was used during the Korean War North Korean and Chinese troops, the US military considered him the most dangerous opponent of helicopters in Vietnam . ZPU-4 was used by the Iraqi armed forces during the Gulf War . Also, ZPU-4, mounted in the back of a light truck, is used by the Syrian government army against militants.
In the Russian army, the ZPU-4 was replaced by a more powerful twin gun mount ZU-23-2 .
Operators
- Algeria - 40 as of 2014 [1]
- Bangladesh - the quantity is unknown, however, it may have been used during the riot of border guards .
- Egypt - 300 as of 2010 [2]
- Cambodia - 100 as of 2011 [3]
- Morocco - 20 ZPU-4, as of 2007 [4]
- Mongolia - a certain amount, as of 2012 [5]
- Republic of the Congo - some, as of 2010 [6]
- Syria - a certain amount, as of 2014.
- Sudan - some, as of 2016 [7]
- Chad - some, as of 2007 [8]
Former
- the USSR
- Angola - some, as of 2007 [9]
- Burundi - 15 ZPU-4, as of 2007 [10]
- Ghana - some, as of 2007 [11]
- Zimbabwe - 36 ZPU-1 / ZPU-2 / ZPU-4, as of 2007 [12]
- Iran - some, as of 2007 [13]
- DPRK - a certain amount, as of 2007 [14]
- Democratic Republic of the Congo - some, as of 2007 [15]
- Laos - some, as of 2007 [16]
- Latvia - 2 ZPU-4, as of 2007 [17]
- Mauritania - 12 ZPU-4, as of 2007 [18]
- Madagascar - 50 ZPU-4, as of 2007 [19]
- Malawi - 40 ZPU-4, as of 2007 [20]
- Malta - 50 ZPU-4, as of 2007 [21]
- Myanmar - was previously in service (represented in the museum of the national army)
- Namibia - 50 ZPU-4, as of 2007 [22]
- Nepal - 36 Type 56 [23] , as of 2007 [12]
- Seychelles - some, as of 2007 [24]
- Panama - some, as of 1989
- Tanzania - 40 ZPU-2 / ZPU-4, as of 2007 [25]
- Togo - 38 ZPU-4, as of 2007 [25]
- Uganda - some, as of 2007 [26]
- Ukraine - as of August 15, 2011, in storage [27]
ZPU-4 in the cinema
- Installation ZPU-4 appears in the film "The Dawns Here Are Quiet ", despite the fact that it was adopted only four years after the end of the war.
- ZPU-4 was found several times in the series The Expendables .
Notes
- ↑ The Military Balance 2014 .-- P. 311.
- ↑ The Military Balance 2010. - P. 248.
- ↑ Cambodian Army Land Forces Equipment . ArmyRecognition.com. Date of treatment June 27, 2011.
- ↑ The Military Balance 2007. - P. 237.
- ↑ The Military Balance 2012. - P. 267.
- ↑ The Military Balance 2010 .-- P. 301.
- ↑ The Military Balance 2016 .-- P. 471.
- ↑ The Military Balance 2007. - P. 268.
- ↑ The Military Balance 2007. - P. 261.
- ↑ The Military Balance 2007. - P. 264.
- ↑ The Military Balance 2007. - P. 276.
- ↑ 1 2 The Military Balance 2007 / C. Langton. - London: Routlege / The International Institute for Strategic Studies, 2007. - 450 p. - ISBN 1-85743-437-4 .
- ↑ The Military Balance 2007. - P. 224.
- ↑ The Military Balance 2007. - P. 358.
- ↑ The Military Balance 2007. - P. 270.
- ↑ The Military Balance 2007. - P. 362.
- ↑ The Military Balance 2007. - P. 127.
- ↑ The Military Balance 2007. - P. 236.
- ↑ The Military Balance 2007. - P. 281.
- ↑ The Military Balance 2007. - P. 282.
- ↑ The Military Balance 2007. - P. 169.
- ↑ The Military Balance 2007. - P. 285.
- ↑ Chinese copy of ZPU-4
- ↑ The Military Balance 2007. - P. 290.
- ↑ 1 2 The Military Balance 2007. - P. 296.
- ↑ The Military Balance 2007. - P. 297.
- ↑ Rose order of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine іd 15 sickpea 2011 p. N 1022-R