6P62

6P62
Type	Fully automatic anti-materiel rifle
Place of origin	Russian Federation
Production history
Designed	2010
Specifications
Weight	15 kg (without rounds or additional sights) 3.5 kg (weight of the loaded magazine)
Length	1200 mm
Cartridge	12.7×108mm
Action	Gas-operated
Rate of fire	400-500 rounds/min
Muzzle velocity	620-645 m/s
Maximum firing range	1000 meters
Feed system	14-round detachable box magazine
Sights	Iron sights : 100-1000 meters (optical sights as an option)

6P62 (6П62) is the GRAU designation of a Russian hand-held fully automatic anti-materiel rifle chambered for the 12.7×108mm round. At 100 meters it can penetrate up to 20 mm of RHA steel.

Only one similar weapon was ever constructed, the KPB-12.7 (КПБ-12,7).^[1] It was intended as a hand-held machine gun. Some sources state the weapon was uncontrollable when shoulder fired in fully automatic mode. The recoil-reducing system allowed this weapon to be fired from the shoulder, but it still had an insufficient reliability and an insufficient accuracy in single shots, and accurate bursts were also all but impossible from such large caliber but lightweight weapon with a limited magazine capacity.^[2]

Comparison	6P62	KPB-12.7
Cartridge	12.7 x 108 mm	12.7 x 108 mm
Rate of fire	400-500 rounds/min	700 rounds/min (practical rate : up to 50 rounds/min)
Muzzle velocity	620–645 m/s	840 m/s
Barrel length		750 mm
Weapon length	1200 mm	1455 mm
Weight	about 18 kg	about 13 kg
Maximum range	1000 meters
Armor penetration	up to 20 mm of steel (at 100 meters)
Magazine capacity	14 rounds	16 rounds (10 rounds according to some sources)

See also

• List of Russian weaponry

References

1. Комплекс автоматического стрелкового оружия Барышева
2. Modern Firearms