MTPU 14.5mm marine pedestal machine-gun mount
14.5 mm marine pedestal machine-gun mount (14.5 mm MTPU) is intended for fight against lightly armoured surface, coast and air targets. It is mounted on decks of war boats and ensures defeat of surface and coast targets at the distances of up to 2000 m at the height of up to 1500 m.
Cartridges with armour-piercing-incendiary bullet B-32, armour-piercing-tracer bullet BZT and incendiary of instant action MDZ are used for firing at surface, coast and air targets.
| Technical Characteristics | |
| Weapon | machine-gun KPVT |
| Machine-gun calibre, mm | 14.5 |
| Rate of fire, shot/min, not less | 450 |
| Mass of a mount with a machine-gun (without ammunition and SPT&A),kg | 350 |
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Overall dimensions (with the height of foundation from the deck 100 mm), mm: length width height |
2800 865 |
| Angle of elevation guidance, degrees | -15 to +60 |
| Angle of traverse guidance, degrees | ±180 |
| Direction of a machine-gun feed | right |
| Method of guidance | manual |
| Crew, persons | 1 |
