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12.7mm KORD
MACHINE GUNS
INFANTRY WEAPONS
Heavy Machine Gun
Mission
NSV-12.7, which features wedge chambering with a horizontally sliding breech block, the Kord machine gun boasts chambering by a turning breech block which increased machine gun’s reliability. There are two modifications of the machine gun with feed from the left or right. A striker-type firing mechanism is operated by the breech block carrier. A trigger with the rear sear allows the machine gun to fire only in automatic mode. It can fire single shots if the trigger is pulled for a short period of time, which requires some training. An antiaircraft version of the machine gun, mounted on tanks, is equipped with an electric sear for remote fire control. A quick-change barrel is manufactured by cold radial forging (reduction), which together with a new efficient muzzle break/flash elim-
The Kord heavy machine gun is designed to kill enemy personnel, light armoured materiel, weapons, and low-altitude air targets.
Features Kord is a derivative of the NSV-12.7 Utyos large-calibre machine gun featuring better accuracy of fire and extended service life. Where its dimensions and combat position size are concerned, it is identical to its predecessor, which enables it to be employed on all mounts, developed earlier for the NSV-12.7 machine gun.
Design The machine gun is gas-operated. Unlike
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