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\"KPV
Kim Jong-un is an old school maniacal despot. They just don\u2019t make them like him anymore. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"KPV
The quad ZPU-4 anti-aircraft gun is one of Kim\u2019s favorite execution tools. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Kim Jong-un was born in either 1982 or\n1983. He stands five foot seven and weighs 290 pounds. At about thirty-six\nyears old he is rumored to suffer from diabetes, hypertension, and gout. The\nsupreme leader of North Korea is both a heavy cigarette smoker and a\nmegalomaniacal psychopath. He commands the 4th<\/sup> largest military on\nthe planet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"KPV
I hate to descend into sophomoric anthropomorphism just to make fun of the guy, but he makes it so darn easy. Kim\u2019s haircut makes him look like an obese hirsute mushroom. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Kim Jong-un\u2019s extraordinary\nhaircut has a name. They call it \u201cAmbition.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"KPV
Kim\u2019s grandfather, Kim Il-sung, was apparently an exceptionally gifted infant who was purportedly both ambulating and orating soon after leaving the delivery room. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Kim Jong-un\u2019s grandfather, Kim\nIl-sung, founded the modern North Korean communist state. Kim Il-sung\u2019s official state\nbiography says his birth was heralded by portents in the heavens. It also\nclaims that he began walking at three weeks of age and started speaking three\nweeks after that. Wow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"KPV
Kim Jong-un\u2019s dad was also said to be a musical savant. Apparently, his operatic efforts eclipsed lesser works like Mozart\u2019s Idomeneo and Don Giovanni. All that and still such a snappy dresser. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Kim Jong-un\u2019s father Kim Jong-il purportedly authored 1,500 books in three years while simultaneously composing six full operas. Giuseppe Verdi was not nearly so productive. According to his biography, Kim\u2019s operas were the best in the history of music. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"KPV
I always figured Satan invented the hamburger considering its more tantalizing attributes. The North Koreans claim it was actually Kim Jong-un\u2019s remarkably constipated dad. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Kim Jong-il also supposedly invented the\nhamburger. He called it the \u201cdouble bread with meat.\u201d According to\nofficial press releases Kim Jong-il did not defecate and could control the\nweather with his mood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"KPV
It\u2019s a good thing Kim Jong-il wasn\u2019t born in America. Otherwise, Tiger Woods might have ended up being just some normal guy. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Kim Jong-un\u2019s dad only played\ngolf once, but state media reported that he had an exceptionally good day on\nthe links. He reportedly shot 38 under par (25 strokes better than the standing\nworld record) and landed a breathtaking eleven holes-in-one in that single\ngame. Had I done that well I suppose I might have quit while I was ahead, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"KPV
Any guy who could safely operate an automobile while most of the rest of us were struggling to master the flush toilet likely deserves his own nuclear arsenal. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Kim Jong-un purportedly began driving at\nage three and won his first yacht race at nine. He covertly attended a Swiss\nboarding school under the guise of being a wealthy businessman\u2019s son. He was reportedly\nshy and quiet but a good friend with little interest in geopolitics. This\nremarkable prodigy currently commands 4,100 tanks, 500 combat vessels, and 730\ntactical aircraft along with an estimated thirty to sixty operational nuclear\nwarheads. His military still employs ZM-87 blinding lasers in contravention of\nUN protocol.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"KPV
Don\u2019t let the benevolent rotund Santa-like demeanor fool you, Kim Jong-un is a total nut job. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Someone who clearly believed himself a\ngod sired this odd fat little man. As is so often the case, the nut doesn\u2019t fall far from the\ntree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Crime and\nPunishment in the World of Kim Jong-un<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
\"KPV
Despite his obvious enthusiasm for wholesome American stuff like fast food, Kim Jong-un also likes to shred his enemies with crew-served weapons. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Since taking power following the death of his chronically constipated father in 2011 Kim Jong-un has executed around 340 people. The insular nature of his regime makes reliable information difficult to obtain. There was a rumor that he had executed a family member by stripping him naked and feeding him to ravenous dogs. This report has since been discredited. Apparently, he killed this uncle by strapping the poor man to a post and then chewing him to pieces with an antiaircraft gun. Of all the many-splendored ways to off another human being, fast-firing antiaircraft weapons seem undeniably novel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"KPV
Kim Jong-un\u2019s ex-uncle Jang Song-thaek is shown here on the left along with Naguib Sawaris and, on the right, Kim Jong-il. Kim is rocking his classic signature American old person clothing ensemble. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The list of the condemned is indeed prodigious. Kim\u2019s late uncle Jang Song-thaek was ganked for the catchall \u201cTreachery.\u201d For good measure, Kim Jong-un had his children, grandchildren, and sundry close relatives murdered as well. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"KPV
Little makes a good public execution into a great public execution faster than a flamethrower. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

O Sang-hon, the North Korean deputy security\nminister of the Ministry of People\u2019s Security got\nsideways with Kim by supporting Kim\u2019s uncle Jang\nSong-thaek. For this bit of poor judgment Kim had the man publically barbecued\nwith a flamethrower.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"KPV
In America making homemade porn movies just gets you some particularly repugnant diseases. In North Korea, the health risks are markedly greater. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Eleven members of a North Korean dance\ntroupe were accused of producing a pornographic video. For their sins Kim had\nthem secured downrange from crew-served automatic weapons and publically shot\nto pieces. The grand finale purportedly involved running over what remained of\nthe eleven corpses with tracked armored vehicles until they literally became\none with the earth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"KPV
Fraternal relationships are always complicated. Things are made all the more difficult when dad is a bloodthirsty dictator with a god complex who doesn\u2019t poop. This is Kim Jong-un\u2019s unfortunate older brother Kim Jong-nam. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Kim\u2019s older brother Kim\nJong-nam was originally the heir-apparent to his freak show of a dad. However,\nthe elder Kim embarrassed his country in 2001 when he tried and failed to\nsmuggle himself into Japan on a false passport to sample Tokyo Disneyland.\nAfter 2003 Kim Jong-nam lived in exile, sporadically condemning the government\nof his rotund sadist baby brother. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"KPV
Kim Jong-un\u2019s elder brother Kim Jong-nam died in a puddle of drool after being poisoned with VX nerve agent in a Malaysian airport. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In February of 2017 four North Korean\nassassins convinced Siti Aisyah of Indonesia and Doan Thi Huong of Vietnam that\nthey were part of a TV prank. The hapless women subsequently smeared Kin\nJong-nam\u2019s face with VX nerve agent in the Kuala Lumpur airport. The elder Kim\ndied in short order, and the four North Korean killers escaped back to\nPyongyang.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Somnolence\u2014The North Korean\nUnforgiveable Sin<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
\"KPV
Hyon Yong-chul was the second most powerful guy in North Korea until he fell asleep in a staff meeting. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In early April of 2015, Hyon Yong-chol was busy serving as North Korea\u2019s Defense Minister, a position that made him the second most powerful man in the country. Before the month was out he was accused of a crime of lese-majeste. This French term literally translates, \u201cto do wrong to majesty.\u201d The formal infraction was \u201cFailed to Carry Out Kim\u2019s Instructions.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"KPV
Here we see Hyon on the left earning the death penalty. Imagine what might have happened to the guy had he cheated on his taxes or shoplifted gum. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

He actually just fell asleep while Kim\nwas speaking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"KPV
Let that be a lesson to you young people. Staying up too late binge-watching Netflix on a school night is very bad for you. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Apparently, Hyon\u2019s inattention offended Kim in a serious way. Kim had Hyon taken to a military school outside Pyongyang and tied to a post. He then had the school\u2019s students and staff mustered out on the firing range to spectate. Once the several hundred spectators were arrayed properly Kim gave the order and the fire from multiple antiaircraft weapons turned Hyon\u2019s body into bloody goo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Guns<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
\"KPV
The ZPU-4 is a ubiquitous low-tech close-range antiaircraft system that enjoys widespread distribution throughout the former Soviet sphere of influence. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The consensus was that the tools used in\nthese executions were likely quad-mount ZPU-4 antiaircraft weapons. These\nsystems incorporate four different KPV (Krupnokalibernly Pulemyot Vladimirova) heavy\nmachineguns firing a 14.5x114mm rounds at 600 rpm. To put that in perspective\nthe .50-caliber cartridge fired by John Moses Browning\u2019s M2 Heavy Barrel machinegun\nis 12.7x99mm. The KPV round carries roughly twice the muzzle energy of that\nfired by the American M2. The four gun ZPU-4 quad mount puts out an aggregate 2,400\nrounds per minute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"KPV
Against modern airborne threats, the ZPU-4 is fairly obsolete and ineffective. The system\u2019s true strength is as an antipersonnel weapon at modest ranges. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Development of the ZPU-4 began in the\nSoviet Union in 1945. The gun system entered service in 1949. The mount carries\n1,200 linked rounds for each gun. The travel weight of the system on its\nwheeled mount is 3,990 pounds. The gun system is designed for close-in air\ndefense against low-flying aircraft. The KPV has a maximum effective range of\n3km horizontally and 2km vertically while remaining lethal out to 8km.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"KPV
The 14.5mm KPV is a turret-mounted weapon on Warsaw Pact-era AFVs like this BTR-60. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In addition to towed antiaircraft mounts,\nthe Soviets used the KPV on armored vehicles and naval patrol boats. In its\nvehicular configuration the gun has a shortened receiver, a heavier barrel\njacket, and a longer fifty-round belt. The standard belt holds forty rounds.\nThis gun is designated the KPVT or tankoviy (tank) version. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"KPV
Mounting up a pair of KPVs in the back of your favorite Toyota farm truck turns the vehicle into a ubiquitous technical. A colleague who flew A10s in the first Gulf War tells me they brew up nicely when sprinkled with 30mm depleted uranium projectiles. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

One of the more common applications of\nthe KPV today is in dual mounts in the backs of civilian pickups. These\nvehicles are universally referred to as technicals. They are relatively inexpensive\nand highly mobile, making them the preferred weapons of terrorist and\nunconventional forces in many of your less well-funded war zones. A brace of\nKPV\u2019s firing from the back of a pickup truck offers the modern sawed-off\nwarlord with a great deal more downrange horsepower than might be afforded by\nman-portable weapons alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Denouement<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
\"KPV
Kim Jong-un may look like just another fun-loving man of the earth farmer. His megalomaniacal proclivities, however, make the man much more complicated. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

It is easy to look down our long Roman noses at Kim given his many manifest psychotic eccentricities and wax judgmental over his choice of tools for executions of state. However, such events were spectator sports around the globe well into the 20th<\/sup> century even in our own refined democratic culture. In 1903 a convicted murderer was hanged on the courthouse square in my placid little Southern town. Back then you could be accused, tried, sentenced, and executed at the county level. Oxford, Mississippi, sported a population of around 800 souls at the time, yet some 8,000 showed up from the surrounding environs to gawk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"KPV
Death by anti-aircraft gun might indeed be preferable to Old Sparky here. I\u2019ve actually sat in one of these before. It wasn\u2019t terribly comfortable. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Execution at point-blank range by a weapon system firing forty 60-gram high-velocity projectiles per second is likely a pretty placid way to go. I think given the choice I might choose obliteration by ZPU-4 over hanging or electrocution. It shouldn\u2019t hurt long.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"KPV
Under any other circumstance, this goofy rascal would just be some harmless fat guy with a weakness for ice cream and karaoke. Hand him the literal power over life and death, however, and it inevitably brings out his dark side. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

North Korea is a monarchy by another\nname. While the less enlightened members of American society seem yet again to be\nswooning over the siren\u2019s song of socialism, Kim Jong-un stands\nas another monotonous example of the inevitable end state of centralized power.\nLeftists think the reason communism has devolved into butchery every single\ntime it has ever been tried is simply that those who attempted to craft this\nweek\u2019s workers\u2019 utopia just didn\u2019t do it correctly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"KPV
Despotic dictators share certain predictable common characteristics. Kim Jong-un is what we call down here in the Deep South a \u201cGenuine Piece of Work.\u201d <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

A 2007 psychiatric study of Adolf Hitler, Saddam Hussein, and Kim Jong-il found that all three men likely suffered from some toxic combination of the \u201cBig Six\u201d personality disorders. These included sadistic, antisocial, paranoid, narcissistic, schizoid, and schizotypal elements. In Kim Jong-un, we see a self-destructive yet unimposing soul raised by a lunatic and then granted unfettered power. In that context the remarkable creativity he exhibits when neutralizing threats to his sovereignty seems not terribly surprising.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"KPV
Kim Jong-un is an undeniably curious figure. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"KPV<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"KPV
The cult of personality that orbits around the sundry North Korean dictators is a tough thing for free people to comprehend.  <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

KPV Heavy Machine Gun<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
\n Caliber\n <\/td>\n 14.5x114mm\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n Weight\n <\/td>\n 108.3 lbs\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n Length\n <\/td>\n 78 inches\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n Barrel Length\n <\/td>\n 53 inches\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n Action\n <\/td>\n Short Recoil\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n Rate of Fire\n <\/td>\n 600 rpm\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n Feed System\n <\/td>\n Belt\n <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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