China's strongest heavy machine gun fought fiercely in Mosul.

China's strongest heavy machine gun fought fiercely in Mosul.

In the battle of Mosul, Iraq, a huge and novel heavy machine gun appeared repeatedly on the battlefield.

This is the QJG-02 14.5mm heavy machine gun developed by China, and its bullets are the world's top heavy machine gun ammunition that surpasses similar products of the Soviet Union.

14.5mm heavy machine gun is a super-large caliber machine gun developed by the Soviet Union according to the German 15mm heavy machine gun around the end of World War II. It is also the most powerful family of machine guns in the world. The Type 02 heavy machine gun is a substitute for the Type 75 14.5 anti-aircraft machine gun copied by China from the Soviet Union. Type 02 and 75 are also composed of gun body and gun rack, which can be installed on tripod or vehicle platform.

It is not difficult to find that most of the Type 02 heavy machine guns of the Iraqi armed forces are installed on American Hummer or pickup platforms. Compared with the old Soviet Union 14.5 mm heavy machine gun, the Type 02 heavy machine gun has a slim fuselage and greatly reduced weight. It can easily replace the common 12.7 mm machine gun on these vehicles, but the power has been obviously improved.

The original intention of China to develop Type 02 heavy machine gun is to use it as a heavy machine gun. However, with the rapid development of various air defense weapons, Type 02 heavy machine guns will be used more as flat-fire support weapons at home or abroad.

The machine gun of the armored Hummer modified by the US military has been replaced by the Type 02 heavy machine gun.

However, the lethality of the Type 02 heavy machine gun is still extremely amazing. Even if the old Soviet Union14.5x114 mm machine gun is used, its muzzle kinetic energy can reach about 1.5 to 2 times that of the general 12.7 mm heavy machine gun. This is because the warhead of the 14.5mm machine gun is slightly heavier and the cartridge case has a large charge, so the kinetic energy of the bullet is very high when it is fired. At the same time, due to the ample space of 14.5 mm warhead, it is convenient to arrange cores, explosives or combustion-supporting materials to increase the killing effect, thus obtaining the power that smaller bullets do not have. This is of course one of the original intentions of the Soviet equipment 14.5mm heavy machine guns.

The second bullet on the right is14.5x114 mm, which is obviously larger than 12.7 machine bullet.

Being able to use traditional14.5mm bullets means that a large number of14.5mm bullets held by Iraqi armed forces can be directly used on Type 02 heavy machine guns. In the traditional Soviet Union14.5mm bullet, it is equipped with its trailing armor-piercing projectile, and its carbonized steel core can penetrate the armor with a thickness of 30mm and a vertical angle within a typical range of 500m. In fact, a large number of Soviet armored transport vehicles need a 14.5 mm machine gun, and it is not difficult to run through the basic model of M 1 13 armored transport vehicles that were standard by the US military at that time.

However, the Soviet14.5x114 mm bullet has a great disadvantage. Although its muzzle kinetic energy is much larger than that of Western 12.7 mm bullet, its speed drops rapidly in flight, and the effective residual kinetic energy acting on the target when it hits the target is not very high. This is why the United States and other countries have been less interested in heavy machine guns larger than 12.7 mm-they can achieve the long-range killing efficiency of Soviet 12.7 mm.

Obviously, China will not be satisfied with the Soviet Union 14.5mm bullet technology with such defects. The newly developed 02 series 14.5mm bullet is the most powerful in the world, and it is no exaggeration to say that it is the best heavy machine gun ammunition in the world. The fist product of this family is Type 02 tungsten core shell-hulled trailing armor-piercing projectile. The aerodynamic design of missile core and the optimization of flight speed are ensured by the shelling design. Tungsten alloy has high density and strength, which can ensure sufficient penetration when hitting the ball. The combination of the two improves the effective kinetic energy when the core hits the target, which is a very clever solution. The initial velocity of armor-piercing projectile is close to 1500m/s, which is beyond the reach of 12.7mm machine bullet. The missile can penetrate the 20 mm armor plate inclined at 50 degrees at 1000 meters, which means that most active infantry fighting vehicles can't resist its attack without wearing extra armor.

Hummer is equipped with Type 02 heavy machine gun.

Another main ammunition of the 02 family is the deflagration bomb, which combines three kinds of killing effects: armor piercing, high explosion and ignition. It is a relatively perfect general ammunition. After the deflagration bomb hits the target, especially the armored vehicle, it will split into about 20 high-speed fragments, each of which is enough to penetrate 2 mm ordinary steel plate, and the core of the bomb still has considerable penetration. There is an igniter in the ammunition, which ensures enough burning and killing aftermath, and is especially suitable for attacking people and weapons and equipment in hidden vehicles and fortifications. Close-up of air force world in Sydney, Australia

QJG-02G heavy machine gun is the lightest 14.5mm caliber machine gun in the world.

It adopts a brand-new optimized gun rack system, which retains the advantages of the old product in both high altitude and flat shooting, but the overall weight is obviously reduced and the strength is not compromised. It is said that the Type 02 heavy machine gun equipped by the People's Liberation Army uses advanced materials such as titanium and aluminum alloy, and the export model can be changed to steel with lower cost according to customer demand. Whichever one is chosen, the machine gun is much lighter than the old 14.5mm heavy machine gun of Russian army and our army.

How light is the Type 02 heavy machine gun? The total weight of Type 02 heavy machine guns equipped by PLA is slightly over 70kg, which is only half of the existing 14.5mm machine guns of Russian army or China 75 machine guns. Even the active 12.7mm heavy machine guns widely used by the Russian army (such as T-64, T-72 and T-80 tanks) are much heavier than Type 02 heavy machine guns.

In order to facilitate mobile transportation, Type 02 heavy machine gun can be disassembled into several parts with a single part not exceeding 16 kg, and individual soldiers can carry any part on their backs. When the Type 02 heavy machine gun is used in vehicles, its total weight is only 70kg, and it also has obvious advantages, mainly reflected in its simple installation and convenient operation, and it has special appeal in the Middle East where the maintenance capacity is extremely limited.

Equipped with tire equipment, machine guns and gun racks can also be towed by vehicles or manpower.

With the intensification of fighting in hot spots, some of the Type 02 heavy machine guns sold by China to several countries have flowed into the hands of different government armed factions and even some non-governmental factions. The extensive use of the world's strongest and lightest 14.5mm heavy machine gun fully shows its unique advantages over traditional heavy machine gun products.