Weapon tag archive

Anti-Materiel Weapons and Military Equipment

Browse 5 weapon systems and military equipment entries tagged Anti-Materiel, grouped by category with images, specifications, conflict context, and sources.

5 weapon systems

6P50-2 Kord machine gun, 12.7 mm heavy machine gun, Infantry Weapons

Infantry Weapons6P50-2 Kord machine gun12.7 mm heavy machine gunSide: UnknownBuilt: V.A. Degtyarev Plant / RussiaThe 6P50-2 Kord is a Russian 12.7 mm heavy machine gun designation in the Kord family, manufactured by V.A. Degtyarev Plant. Rosoboronexport lists the weapon with a 2,000 m sighting range, 10,000-round barrel life, and 32.5 kg weight, and RussianShips.info identifies it aboard IC16MII boats P-834 and P-835.

NSV, 12.7 mm heavy machine gun, Infantry Weapons

Infantry WeaponsNSV12.7 mm heavy machine gunSide: Boko Haram and ISWAPRussiaUkraineBuilt: Metallist JSC / West Kazakhstan Machine-Building Company / Soviet Union / KazakhstanThe 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.

AM-50 Sayyad .50-caliber anti-materiel rifle, Anti-materiel rifle, Infantry Weapons

Infantry WeaponsAM-50 Sayyad .50-caliber anti-materiel rifleAnti-materiel rifleSide: HamasBuilt: Defense Industries Organization (Individual Combat Industries Group) / IranThe AM-50 Sayyad is Iran's unlicensed .50 BMG anti-materiel rifle, copied from the Steyr HS .50 pattern after Iran acquired 800 HS .50 rifles in 2006/7. It is a single-shot bolt-action weapon documented with Hamas fighters in Gaza during the Israel-Hamas War.

PGW LRT-3, Bolt-action .50 BMG anti-materiel rifle, Infantry Weapons

Infantry WeaponsPGW LRT-3Bolt-action .50 BMG anti-materiel rifleSide: Houthi-aligned forcesBuilt: PGW Defence Technologies / CanadaThe PGW LRT-3 is a Canadian bolt-action .50 BMG anti-materiel rifle built for long-range precision fire against hard and soft targets. In the Yemen Civil War record, ARES identified a suppressed LRT-3 displayed with weapons seized by Houthi forces after June 2015 Saudi border clashes, linking the system to Houthi-aligned forces through battlefield capture rather than a documented direct export to the group.

Anti-materiel rifle, Large-caliber anti-materiel rifle, Infantry Weapons

Infantry WeaponsAnti-materiel rifleLarge-caliber anti-materiel rifleSide: Sudanese Armed ForcesRapid Support ForcesBuilt: Various manufacturers / Multiple countriesAnti-materiel rifles are large-caliber rifles designed to disable vehicles, weapons, sensors, and other materiel from long range. The family traces back to World War I anti-tank rifles and modernized with Barrett's 1982 Model 82A1, the first shoulder-fired semi-automatic .50 BMG rifle. In the Sudan War, Amnesty International reported Chinese-made rifles used by both sides, including in Darfur.