KPV Ammunition.
The basic ammunition of the KPV listed in the rules is the B-32 round. This is a steel-cored armour piercing round with a small explosive tip for aim correction. It's got a black and red tip and is well known to T2K players.
However there are two more types that saw use in Soviet service that give the redoubtable KPV more utility, these are the BZT Enhanced Penetration rounds and the MDZ explosive round.
BZT and BZT-M Armour Piercing Incendiary ammunition
The BZT, first introduced in the early 1990s, has an incendiary load in the tail but is otherwise similar to the B-32. The BZT-M was introduced shortly afterwards to replace the BZT and uses a tungsten penetrator. However due to the shortened penetrator it seems that the BZT series has similar penetration and energy values to the B-32 and just adds an incendiary effect. These appear in dedicated belts or are added to B-32 belts in a 1:4 ratio. It has a purple and red tip.
MDZ High Explosive Incendiary Ammunition
This is the interesting one. The MDZ rounds are designed to be used against soft targets such as unarmoured vehicles, infantry in the open and installations such as communications gear. They are also the primary anti-aircraft round.
The MDZ uses phlegmatised PETN explosive and a simple detonator cap rather than a fuze, and this means it carries the same payload as the Soviet 20mm HE round that uses a bulky mechanical fuze that takes up much of its payload. Twilight 2000 v2.2 stats would be C1 B5, -4C. It has a solid purple bullet.
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