14.5-mm Vladimirov large-calibre tank machine gun (KPVT)
is intended for armament of the armoured personnel carriers,
boats and other carriers to fight against:

-the lightly armoured targets (the armoured personnel carriers, anti-tank guns, armoured cars, etc.);
-the enemy fire means and manpower located behind the light shelters;
-the low-flying air targets.

Machine gun KPVT serves to defeat:

-the lightly armoured targets at a range of up to 1,000 m,
-the enemy transport and manpower at a range of up to 2,000
-the air targets at a height of up to 1,500 m and at a range of up to 2,000 m (using the cartridges with armour-piercing incendiary bullets Б-32, armour-piercing incendiary tracer bullets БЗТ and incendiary instantaneous bullets МДЗ).

Machine gun KPVT is also used to perform practice with blank cartridges.