KPV heavy machine gun vs Mk 13 rifle: Specs Compared

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ASmall arms

KPV heavy machine gun

Heavy machine gun

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Sturmvogel 66 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

BSmall arms

Mk 13 rifle

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

KPV heavy machine gunLength

1.98 m

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Mk 13 rifleLength

1.207 m

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Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

KPV heavy machine gunlarger figure on 4 of 4

Length+64%
Mass+848%
Range+131%
Barrel length+100%

Mk 13 riflelarger figure on 0 of 4

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Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.

Measured figures

Head to head

15 of 84 rows sourced on both sides

1.98m

1.21m

Length+64%

All recorded figures & sources

1.98 m

Length

Single source

1,980 mm (78.0 in)^[source]

1.207 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

KPV heavy machine gun and Mk 13 rifle configuration
Specification	KPV heavy machine gun	Mk 13 rifle
Type	Heavy machine gun^[source]	—
Place of origin	Soviet Union^[source]	—
In service	1949–present^[source]	2001–present^[source]
Used by	See operators^[source]	United States^[source]
Wars	Korean War Vietnam War Laotian Civil War Cambodian Civil War Rhodesian Bush War Western Sahara War Angolan Civil War South African Border War Soviet–Afghan War Libyan–Chadian conflict Iran–Iraq War Gulf War First Chechen War Second Chechen War Russo-Georgian War Iraq War Lebanese Civil War First Libyan Civil War Syrian Civil War War in Iraq (2013–2017) Russo-Ukrainian War Second Libyan Civil War Yemeni Civil War (2014–present) Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen Saudi–Yemeni border conflict (2015–present)

Designer	Semyon Vladimirov^[source]	Accuracy International / Remington Arms^[source]

Designed	1944^[source]	—

Manufacturer	Degtyarev Plant^[source]	Accuracy International^[source]

Produced	1949–present^[source]	—

Variants	KPVT^[source]	Mk 13 MOD 5 Mk 13 MOD 7^[source]

Cartridge	14.5×114mm^[source]	.300 Winchester Magnum^[source]

Action	Short recoil operation^[source]	Bolt action^[source]

Feed system	40-round belt^[source]	5-round magazine (MOD 5)^[source]

Sights	iron or optical^[source]	Nightforce Advanced Tactical Riflescope^[source]

Country of origin	—	United Kingdom^[source]

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