14.

5×114mm

The 14.5×114mm (.57 calibre) is a heavy machine gun and anti-materiel rifle cartridge used by
the Soviet Union, the former Warsaw Pact, modern Russia, and other countries.
 14.5×114mm

14.5×114mm cartridge.

Type Anti-tank rifle, Heavy machine gun

Place of origin Soviet Union

Service history

In service 1941–present

Used by Soviet Union and successor states

Wars WWII, Soviet–Afghan War, War on Terror, 2011

Libyan civil war, Syrian Civil War and many other
conflicts

Production history

Designed 1939

Specifications

Bullet diameter 14.88 mm (0.586 in)

Land diameter 14.50 mm (0.571 in)

Neck diameter 16.5 mm (0.65 in)

Shoulder diameter 25.50 mm (1.004 in)

Base diameter 26.95 mm (1.061 in)

 Rim diameter 26.95 mm (1.061 in)

Rim thickness 2.5 mm (0.098 in)

Case length 114 mm (4.5 in)

Overall length 155.80 mm (6.134 in)

Case capacity 42.53 cm3 (656.3 gr H2O)

Rifling twist 455 mm (1 in 17.91 in)

Maximum pressure 360 MPa (52,000 psi)

Ballistic performance

Bullet mass/type Velocity Energy

59.7 g (921 gr) MDZ HEI 1,000 m/s (3,300 ft/s) 29,850 J (22,020 ft⋅lbf)

60 g (926 gr) ZP Inc.-T 1,000 m/s (3,300 ft/s) 30,000 J (22,000 ft⋅lbf)

64 g (988 gr) B-32 API 1,000 m/s (3,300 ft/s) 32,000 J (24,000 ft⋅lbf)

64.4 g (994 gr) BS AP 1,000 m/s (3,300 ft/s) 32,200 J (23,700 ft⋅lbf)

66.5 g (1,026 gr) KKV 1,000 m/s (3,300 ft/s) 33,250 J (24,520 ft⋅lbf)

Test barrel length: 1350 mm (53 inches)

Source(s): Post WWII Ammunition Russian Ammunition Page (http://russianammo.org/Russian_Ammunition_Page_14
5mm.html)

It was originally developed for the PTRS and PTRD anti-tank rifles, and was later used as the
basis for the KPV heavy machine gun that formed the basis of the ZPU series anti-aircraft guns
that is also the main armament of the BTR series of armoured personnel carriers from the BTR-
60 to the BTR-80 and for heavy anti-materiel sniper rifles.

Cartridge dimensions

Ammunition types
Chambered weapons

See also

References

Further reading

External links

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