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Kazakhstan Weapons and Military Equipment

Browse 2 weapon systems built or assembled in Kazakhstan, including infantry weapons and naval systems, with images, specifications, source notes, and conflict records.

2 weapon systems

2Catalog records

2Equipment categories

2Leading builders shown

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Category Mix

Infantry Weapons1 Naval Systems1

Builder Links

West Kazakhstan Machine-Building Company2 KBP Instrument Design Bureau1

Conflict Coverage

2001 War in Afghanistan12003 Iraq War12009 Boko Haram Insurgency12014 Russia-Ukraine War1

NSV, 12.7 mm heavy machine gun, Infantry Weapons

2009 Boko Haram Insurgency, 2003 Iraq War +2 moreNSV12.7 mm heavy machine gunBuilt by: West Kazakhstan Machine-Building CompanyThe NSV Utes is a Soviet 12.7x108 mm heavy machine gun designed by Nikitin, Sokolov, and Volkov as a lighter replacement for the DShK family. It can be used from a tripod, vehicle mount, or remote station against light armor, firing points, personnel, and low-flying aerial targets, and it remains relevant through post-Soviet service and licensed derivative production.

12.7mm Utes-M, Twin 12.7 mm naval machine-gun turret, Naval Systems

12.7mm Utes-MTwin 12.7 mm naval machine-gun turretBuilt by: KBP Instrument Design Bureau / West Kazakhstan Machine-Building CompanyThe 12.7mm Utes-M is a Soviet twin naval machine-gun turret built around two NSV Utes heavy machine guns. Public sources identify it as a one-person, manually aimed shipboard or hovercraft mount with all-round traverse, high elevation for close air-defense use, and carrier fits on Project 1400M/ME Grif patrol boats and several Soviet air-cushion vehicles.