The Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) has published footage of assault units of the Vostok Battlegroup drill firing from a Vladimirov large-caliber machine gun (KPV) at one of the training ranges in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The MoD said that skilled instructors train the soldiers to handle the 14.5-mm KPV when firing at both ground and low-flying air targets at a distance of more than one thousand meters.
Apart from successfully tackling lightly armored targets, the KPV is capable of wiping out equipment and troops stationed behind light cover.
In addition, the KPV can be used as an anti-aircraft machine gun, with a range of 3,000 meters (9,800 feet) horizontally and 2,000 meters (6,600 feet) vertically against low-flying planes.