A look at the a heavy machine gun of Russian design by Forgotten Weapons, the Kord. The Kord is a heavy machine gun developed in the 1990s as a replacement for the NSV. The NSV, while effective, was produced solely in Kazakhstan, leaving Russia without a domestic heavy machine gun after the Soviet Union's collapse. The Kord, an improved version of the NSV, was designed and manufactured in Russia, entering service in 2001.