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Anti-aircraft guns1949–present
Anti-aircraft gun Heavy machine gun
ZPU is a anti-aircraft gun Heavy machine gun originating in Soviet Union. It was built by Degtyaryov Plant. Reported operators include Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Chad, China, Congo-Brazzaville, Congo-Kinshasa, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Djibouti, East Timor, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Islamic State, Israel, Kenya, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, North Korea, Pakistan, Panama, Poland, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Sahrawi Republic, São Tomé and Príncipe, Seychelles, Somalia, South Africa, Soviet Union, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Ukraine, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Anti-aircraft gun Heavy machine gun
Soviet Union
1949–present
See Operators for users
See Wars for wars
Degtyaryov Plant
ZPU-1, ZPU-2, ZPU-4
14.5x114mm
14.5 mm
1-4
Short recoil operation
1.4 km (0.87 mi)
4 km (2.5 mi)
150 round belt each
Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Angola
Bangladesh
Benin
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Cape Verde
Chad
China
Congo-Brazzaville
Congo-Kinshasa
Croatia
Cuba
Cyprus
Djibouti
East Timor
Egypt
Ethiopia
Gabon
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Hungary
Iran
Iraq
Islamic State
Israel
Kenya
Laos
Latvia
Lebanon
Libya
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
Malta
Mauritania
Mongolia
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia
Nepal
Nicaragua
North Korea
Pakistan
Panama
Poland
Qatar
Romania
Russia
Sahrawi Republic
São Tomé and Príncipe
Seychelles
Somalia
South Africa
Soviet Union
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Syria
Tanzania
Togo
Uganda
Ukraine
Vietnam
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe
4
Масса, кг 2100
Длина ствола , мм 1346
Скорострельность , выстрелов/мин 2200…2400
Reference text from Wikipedia contributors, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Points represent sourced observations, including revisions. Revisions on the same effective date are not separate inventory events. Ranges appear in the table and are not plotted as exact points.
| Observation / report period | Value | Source | Claim state |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Sept 2026 | 14.5 mm | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
ZPU equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
Afghanistan
AlbaniaLower-bound count for ZPU Type-56. Country-wide list; no individual service specified. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Excludes retired/reserve/on-order rows. Count column(s): no.: 336+. Origin: Soviet Union China. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. The components do not establish one inventory census date; the stored date is the retrieved source snapshot.
AlgeriaArmy exact named equipment holdings: ZPU-4; ZPU-2. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: AIR DEFENCE / 14.5mm. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
AngolaNumber column of the Wikipedia list table under "Air defence systems". The list's own wording applies; it is a compiled secondary source, not an official census.
Bangladesh
Belarus
Benin
Bulgaria
Burkina FasoArmy exact named equipment holdings: ZPU. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: AIR DEFENCE / 14.5mm. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
BurundiReported count for ZPU-4. Country-wide list; no individual service specified. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Retired, wholly reserve and on-order rows are excluded; the reported count retains any explicitly mixed stock scope in the quoted row. Count column(s): quantity: 15. Origin: Soviet Union. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. Dates are the count-cell citations' stated source period (2021), not the article revision. 2021 cited publication year. Edition or publication years do not claim an exact inventory census day.
Cambodia
CameroonNumber column of the Wikipedia list table under "Towed anti-aircraft gun". The list's own wording applies; it is a compiled secondary source, not an official census.
Cape Verde
Chad
China
Croatia
Cuba
Cyprus
Democratic Republic of the CongoNumber column of the Wikipedia list table under "Anti-aircraft guns". The list's own wording applies; it is a compiled secondary source, not an official census.
Djibouti
East Timor
EcuadorApproximate count for ZPU-1 / ZPU-2. Service scope: Army; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Excludes retired/reserve/on-order rows. Count column(s): quantity: ~128. Origin: Soviet Union. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. The components do not establish one inventory census date; the stored date is the retrieved source snapshot.
EgyptArmy exact named equipment holdings: ZPU-4. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: AIR DEFENCE / 14.5mm. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
Ethiopia
Gabon
GhanaReported count for ZPU-4 / ZPU-2. Service scope: Ghana Army; does not replace a national total. 2 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Retired, wholly reserve and on-order rows are excluded; the reported count retains any explicitly mixed stock scope in the quoted row. Count column(s): quantity: 2 / quantity: 4. Origin: Soviet Union. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. Dates are the count-cell citations' stated source period (2024), not the article revision. Cited source 2024-02-13. Edition or publication years do not claim an exact inventory census day.
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Hungary
Iran
Iraq
Israel
Kenya
Laos
Latvia
Lebanon
Libya
MadagascarReported count for ZPU-4. Service scope: Army; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Retired, wholly reserve and on-order rows are excluded; the reported count retains any explicitly mixed stock scope in the quoted row. Count column(s): quantity: 50. Origin: Soviet Union. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. The components do not establish one inventory census date; the stored date is the retrieved source snapshot.
MalawiReported count for ZPU · ZPU-4. Country-wide list; no individual service specified. 1 distinct quantity component(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Explicit source inventory scope: active; no other stock status or total inferred. Count column(s): in service: 40. Origin: Soviet Union. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. Dates are the count-cell citations' stated source period (2021), not the article revision. 2021 cited publication year. Edition or publication years do not claim an exact inventory census day.
Mali
MaltaReported count for ZPU-4. Country-wide list; no individual service specified. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Retired, wholly reserve and on-order rows are excluded; the reported count retains any explicitly mixed stock scope in the quoted row. Count column(s): quantity: 50. Origin: Soviet Union. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. The components do not establish one inventory census date; the stored date is the retrieved source snapshot.
MauritaniaArmy exact named equipment holdings: ZPU-4; ZPU-2. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: AIR DEFENCE / 14.5mm. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
Moldova
Mongolia
MoroccoArmy exact named equipment holdings: ZPU-4; ZPU-2. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: AIR DEFENCE / 14.5mm. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
Mozambique
MyanmarReported count for MR-4. Service scope: Myanmar Army; does not replace a national total. 2 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Excludes retired/reserve/on-order rows. Count column(s): quantity: 200 / quantity: 200. Origin: Romania. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. The components do not establish one inventory census date; the stored date is the retrieved source snapshot.
NamibiaReported count for ZPU-4. Service scope: Army equipment; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Retired, wholly reserve and on-order rows are excluded; the reported count retains any explicitly mixed stock scope in the quoted row. Count column(s): quantity: 40. Origin: Soviet Union. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. Dates are the count-cell citations' stated source period (2013), not the article revision. Cited source 2013-09-03. Edition or publication years do not claim an exact inventory census day.
Nepal
Nicaragua
Nigeria
North Korea
Pakistan
Panama
Poland
Qatar
Republic of the Congo
Romania
Russia
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
São Tomé and Príncipe
Seychelles
Somalia
Somaliland
South Africa
Sri Lanka
SudanLower-bound count for 14.5 mm ZPU. Country-wide list; no individual service specified. 1 distinct quantity component(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Explicit source inventory scope: active; no other stock status or total inferred. Count column(s): in service: 4000+. Origin: Soviet Union. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. The components do not establish one inventory census date; the stored date is the retrieved source snapshot.
Suriname
SyriaSyrian Democratic Forces exact named equipment holdings: ZPU-2 (tch/on T-55). Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: AIR DEFENCE / SP 14.5mm. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
TanzaniaReported count for ZPU. Service scope: Tanzanian Army; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Retired, wholly reserve and on-order rows are excluded; the reported count retains any explicitly mixed stock scope in the quoted row. Count column(s): quantity: 21. Origin: Soviet Union. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. The components do not establish one inventory census date; the stored date is the retrieved source snapshot.
Togo
Transnistria
Uganda
Ukraine
Vietnam
Yemen
Zambia
ZimbabweAfghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Chad, China, Congo-Brazzaville, Congo-Kinshasa, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Djibouti, East Timor, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Islamic State, Israel, Kenya, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, North Korea, Pakistan, Panama, Poland, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Sahrawi Republic, São Tomé and Príncipe, Seychelles, Somalia, South Africa, Soviet Union, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Ukraine, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Equipment reference ↗Army exact named equipment holdings of ZPU-2, ZPU-4. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only, not a national or parent-force total or combat-readiness measure. Source role(s): AIR DEFENCE / 14.5mm. No heading aggregate, carried armament, crew, payload, factory production or future order count inherited. Family total is the sum of the separately printed nonoverlapping exact model components, each explicitly declared by its own source; no parent or sibling variant identity inferred.
Army exact named equipment holdings of ZPU-4. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only, not a national or parent-force total or combat-readiness measure. Source role(s): AIR DEFENCE / 14.5mm. No heading aggregate, carried armament, crew, payload, factory production or future order count inherited.
Reported count for ZPU · ZPU-4. Country-wide list; no individual service specified. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Retired, wholly reserve and on-order rows are excluded; the reported count retains any explicitly mixed stock scope in the quoted row. Count column(s): in service: 40. Origin: Soviet Union. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. Dates are the count-cell citations' stated source period (2021), not the article revision. 2021 cited publication year. Edition or publication years do not claim an exact inventory census day.
Army exact named equipment holdings of ZPU-2, ZPU-4. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only, not a national or parent-force total or combat-readiness measure. Source role(s): AIR DEFENCE / 14.5mm. No heading aggregate, carried armament, crew, payload, factory production or future order count inherited. Family total is the sum of the separately printed nonoverlapping exact model components, each explicitly declared by its own source; no parent or sibling variant identity inferred. Printed ranges remain ranges; exact sibling components shift both endpoints by their separately stated counts.
Lower-bound count for 14.5 mm ZPU. Country-wide list; no individual service specified. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Excludes retired/reserve/on-order rows. Count column(s): in service: 4000+. Origin: Soviet Union. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. The components do not establish one inventory census date; the stored date is the retrieved source snapshot.