Overview[]
The PV-1 (GAU Index: 56-P-422) is a Soviet aircraft machine gun developed in the 1920s. The first prototypes were produced and accepted into service 1928.
The weapon was created at the initiative of the Soviet Pilot Alexander Vasilevich Nadashkevich, after he was appointed to the Scientific and Technical Committee of the Soviet Air Force in 1923. His main objective was to obtain a gun with increased rate of fire and reduced weight relative to the PM M1910 Maxim. In this endeavor, Nadashkevich collaborated with several engineers from the Tula Arms Plant, including Tretyakov and Pastuhov, who were the spiritual fathers of the PM M1910 Maxim, and also with Yartsev and Vladimirov, who later became notable designers of aircraft guns themselves.
A prototype passed field tests on the 19th of May, 1926. By October of 1929, the Soviet Air Force had received 2480 PV-1 HMGs.
Uses[]
On aircraft;[]
PV-1 HMGs were equipped from 1926 till early WW2, the PV-1 was undergunned for fighting German aircraft.
- Polikarpov I-3
- Tupolev I-4
- Tupolev TB-1
- Polikarpov I-5
- Polikarpov I-15
- Polikarpov R-5
- Polikarpov R-5Sh
On the ground;[]
Any number of PV-1 HMGs mounted on a flatbed, or other anti-aircraft mounts. Common examples are;
- x1 PV-1 on a Sokolov 1910 Carriage (PM M1910 Maxim carriage)
- x4 PV-1 on ZPU-4 Mount
- x2 PV-1 on ZPU-2 Mount
- x2 PV-1 on ZU-2 Mount
- x1 PV-1 on ZPU-1 Mount
 Soviet Union  Weapons Interwar Period & World War II (1919 - 1945) |
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| Infantry Weapons | ||
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| Melee Weapons | Knives | NR-40 |
| Sidearms | Pistols | PK-27 • PP-28 • PR-39 • PT-29 • PV-39 • TK • TT-30 • TT-33 |
| Revolvers | R-95 | |
| Close Quarters | Shotguns | TOZ-B |
| SMG | PDM-42 • PPD-29 • PPD-31 • PPD-34 (/38) • PPD-40 • PPD-42 • PPK-30 • PPK-33 • PPK-35 • PPK-41 • PPK-42 • PPS-42 • PPS-43 • PPSh-2 • PPSh-41 (N • Curved Barrel • Detachable Stock) • PPSh-45 • PPT-27 • PPT-28 • PPT-30 | |
| Rifles | Bolt-Action Rifles | VM-91 (/10 • /30) • K-38 • K-44 • MK-74 • SVM-91/30 • SVM-42 |
| Semi-Automatic Rifles | SKS-30 • SKS-31 • SKS-40 • SKS-41 • SKS-45 • SVT-38 • SKI-40 • SKK-44 • SKT-40 • SVT-40 | |
| Automatic Rifles | AAK-44 • AF • AB-44 • AI-44 • AK-33 • AK-44 • AK-45 • AKT-40 • AP-44 • AS-44 • ASh-44 • AT-44 • AVS-36 • AVT-40 • Kuzmischyeva | |
| Machine Guns | LMG | DP-26 • DP-27 (M) • DP-38 • LAD • Maxim-Tokarev • RPFD-21 • RPFD-22 • RPD-44 |
| MMG | DS-39 • SG-43 | |
| HMG | PM-10 • DShK-38 • PS-7,62 • PS-14,5 • PV-1 | |
| Anti-Tank & Launchers | Anti-Tank Rifle | PTRB • PTRD-41 • PTRK-31 • PTRR-39 • PTRRYeS-42 • PTRS-41 |
| Rocket Launcher | RPG-1 | |
| Grenade Launcher | D'yakonova • Kulakov • RMN-50 | |
| Flare Gun | OSP-30 • OSSh-42 • SPSh | |
| Grenades | Anti-Personnel Grenade | F-1 • M1914 • M1914/30 • RG-41 • RG-42 • RGD-33 |
| Chemical and Incendiary | M1917 Chemical | |
| Anti-Tank Grenade | RPG-6 • RPG-40 • RPG-43 | |
| Smoke Grenade | RDG-1 | |
| Incendiary | Flamethrower | ROKS-2 • ROKS-3 |
| Launchers | Ampulomet 1941 | |
| Mines | Anti-Personnel Mine | [[]] |
| Anti-Tank Mines | TM-35 • TM-38 • TM-41 • TM-44 • TMB-1 • TMB-2 • TMSB • TMD-40 • TMD-44 • TMD-B | |
| Artillery | |
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| Anti-Aircraft Guns | 25mm 72-K • 37mm 61-K • 45mm 21-K • 76mm 3-K |
| Anti-Tank Guns | 37mm 1-K • 45mm 19-K • 45mm 53-K • 45mm M-42 • 57mm ZiS-2 • 100mm BS-3 • 100mm D-10 |
| Field Guns | 45mm 12-K • 45mm BG-1 (a) • 76mm 35-K • 76mm F-22 (USV) • 76mm M1902/30 • 76mm ZiS-3 • 85mm D-44 • 85mm U-10 • 100mm BS-3 • 107mm M1910/30 • 107mm M-60 • 122mm A-19 |
| Howitzers | 122mm M1909/37 • 122mm M1910/30 • 122mm M-30 (M) • 152mm D-1 • 152mm NM • 152mm M-10 • 152mm ML-21 • 152mm M1909/30 • 152mm M1910/37 |
| Mountain Guns | 76mm 76-09 • 76mm GP-38 |
| Mortars | 37mm ML-41 • 50mm RM-38 • 50mm RM-40 • 50mm RM-41 • 50mm RM-821 • 50mm UM-1-G • 82mm BM-37 (UCh) • 82mm BM-41 • 82mm BM-43 • 82mm BM-82 • 107mm GVPM-38 • 107mm KhM-107 • 107mm M-107 • 120mm PM-38 (UCh) • 120mm PM-41 • 120mm PM-43 • 160mm MT-13 (M) |
| Railroad Artillery | [[]] |
| Regimental Guns | 76mm M1927 • 76mm OB-25 |
| Rocket Artillery | [[]] |
| Fortress Artillery | L-17 |
| Siege Artillery | 152mm B-10 • 152mm B-30 • 152mm Br-2 • 152mm Br-19 • 152mm M1910/30 • 152mm M1910/34 • 180mm Br-21 • 203mm B-4 • 210mm Br-17 • 280mm Br-5 • 280mm M1914/15 • 305mm Br-18 |
| Land Vehicle Weapons | |
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| Vehicle Machine Guns | DT (M) • TPF |
| 20mm Cannons | TNSh |
| 37mm Cannons | 5-K • 61-K • B-3 • PS-1 • PS-2 • Sh-37 • ZiS-19 |
| 45mm Cannons | 20-K |
| 57mm Cannons | F-31 • ZiS-2 • ZiS-4 (1941 • 1943) |
| 76.2mm Cannons | F-32 • F-34 • F-96 • L-7 • L-10 • L-11 • L-15 • KT • Model 1902/30 • PS-3 • S-54 • ZiS-3 • ZiS-5 |
| 85mm Cannons | D-5S • D-5T • S-31 • S-50 • ZiS-23 • ZiS-25 • ZiS-85 (PM) • ZiS-S-53 |
| 95mm Cannons | F-39 |
| 100mm Cannons | D-10S (U) • D-10T (2 • 2S • G) • S-34 • ZiF-24 |
| 107mm Cannons | F-42 • ZiS-6 • ZiS-24 |
| 122mm Cannons | A-19 • BL-9 • BL-13-1 • D-25-44T • D-25S • D-25S-44 • D-25T (A) • D-30T •M-30S • S-26-1 • U-11 |
| 130mm Cannons | B-13 • S-26 • S-70 |
| 152.4mm Cannons | BL-10 • D-15 • NM • M-10T • ML-20S |
| Aircraft Weapons & Munitions | |
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| Machine Guns | DA (-2 • -4) • PV-1 • ShKAS • SN • ShVAK • UB |
| Cannons, ≤30mm | B-20 • NS-23 • NS-23S • ShVAK • VYa-23 |
| Cannons, >30mm | NS-37 • NS-45 • Sh-37 |
| Rockets, H.E. | ROFS-132 • RS-82 • RS-132 |
| Rockets, A.P. | BRS-82 • BRS-132 |
| Bombs, A.P. | PTAB |
| Bombs, G.P. | FAB-50 • FAB-100 • FAB-250 • FAB-500 • FAB-1000 • FAB-2000 • FAB-5000 |
| Bombs, H.E. | RRAB-1 • RRAB-2 • RRAB-3 |
| Bombs, I. | AJ-2 • VAP-250 |
| Naval Weapons & Munitions | |
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| Machine Guns | [[]] |
| 100mm Cannons | B-24 |
| 130mm Cannons | B-2-LM • B-13 • B-28 |