Yak-B 12.7mm machine gun

Infobox Weapon|is_ranged=yes
name=Yak-B Gatling gun


caption=Yakushev-Borzov YakB-12.7 machine gun mounted on a Mi-24 helicopter (Museum of HuAF, Szolnok, Hungary)
origin=flagcountry|Soviet Union
manufacturer= Instrument Design Bureau
type=Gatling gun
weight= 45kg, cartridge weight 0.130,bullet weight 0.048kg
rate= 4000-5000 rounds/min
velocity= 810 m/s
cartridge=12.7x108 mm

The Yakushev-Borzov YakB-12.7 mm is a remotely controlled 12.7x108mm caliber four-barrel Gatling gun developed by the Soviet Union for the Mil-Mi-24 attack gunship and low-capacity troop transporter with 1470 rounds, which can also be mounted in GUV-8700 machine-gun pods with 750 rounds.It has a high rate of fire and is also one of the few self-powered guns of the Gatling type.

On the Mi-24 it is mounted in the VSPU-24 undernose turret, with a field of fire 60 degrees to each side, 20 degrees up, 60 degrees down. The gun is slaved to the KPS-53AV undernose sighting system with a reflector sight in the front cockpit.

It was replaced by larger caliber flexible GSh-23L or fixed chin-mounted GSh-30K in the late mark of the Mi-24 helicopters due to not doing enough damage to light armored targets that were not worth wasting rockets on.

ee also

GAU-19 a Western 12.7mm powered gattling gun

References

* [http://www.kbptula.ru/eng/str/cannons/yakb.htm KBP machine guns Yak-B]
* [http://www.enemyforces.com/helicopters/mi24.htm Enemy Forces Mi-24]
* [http://www.faqs.org/docs/air/avhind1.html#m3 At faqs.org Under "Mi-24P Hind-F" section]