Kord
Russia's standard 12.7×108mm heavy machine gun, developed after the Soviet collapse to replace the NSV and fielded on tripods, vehicles, and main battle tanks from the late 1990s onward.
Russia's standard 12.7×108mm heavy machine gun, designed to replace the NSV and fielded on tripods, vehicles, and armor from the late 1990s.
Overview
The Kord (GRAU index 6P50) is a Russian 12.7×108mm heavy machine gun that serves as the principal crew-served anti-materiel and anti-personnel weapon of the Russian Ground Forces. Fielded on a ground tripod, a lighter bipod mount, or as a coaxial/commander’s weapon on main battle tanks such as the T-90A and T-72B3, the Kord combines a quick-change barrel with a gas-operated rotating-bolt action to deliver sustained automatic fire out to approximately 2 000 metres. It replaced the Soviet-era NSV “Utes” after the breakup of the USSR stranded the original production line in Kazakhstan Wikipedia.
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