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KS-23
The KS-23 (Russian: Карабин Специальный-23, romanized: Karabin Spetsialniy-23, lit. 'Special Carbine-23') is a pump action shotgun manufactured by Russian company Tula Arms Plant. The KS-23 was developed by TsNIITochMash in the Soviet Union for use by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. It is officially designated as a carbine in Russia because it uses a rifled barrel.
The KS-23 is renowned for its large caliber, firing a 23 mm shotgun shell, equating to 6.278 gauge using the British and American standards of shotgun gauges and approximately 4 gauge using the current European standards (based on the metric CIP tables), making it the largest-bore shotgun in modern use.
The KS-23 was designed in the 1970s by TsNIITochMash, a key weapons developer in the Soviet Union, as a shotgun for the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD) with the purpose of suppressing prison riots. The design implemented barrels produced for the Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-23, an autocannon that fires 23×115mm rounds fitted to Soviet military aircraft. These GSh-23 barrels were rejected by quality control due to manufacturing flaws, but were deemed to be acceptable for the lower stress of firing slugs and less-lethal rounds. These barrels were then cut down in length for the KS-23, reducing production costs, and a 23x75mm shell was developed. As a result of reusing GSh-23 barrels, the KS-23 has the unique features of being a shotgun with a rifled barrel.
The KS-23 began to see use during the mid-1980s by several MVD forces, including the Militsiya and the Internal Troops. During the 1990s, research was made into improving the original design to make it usable in confined indoor areas. Two prototypes were proposed, the KS-23M and KS-23K, although only the M version saw use.
The KS-23 was created with the capability to fire several different types of ammunition, listed below:
Later, two add-on muzzle mortars were produced, the 36 mm Nasadka-6 and 82 mm Nasadka-12, bringing with them several new ammunition types:
The original KS-23 was developed jointly by NIISpetstekhniki (MVD) and TsNIITochMash in 1971, it was accepted for use by the Soviet police in 1985. The gun has a barrel length of 510 mm and an overall length of 1040 mm. The KS-23 has an underbarrel tubular magazine capable of holding three rounds, with one in the chamber giving the gun a maximum round capacity of four. The gun's effective range is 150 m.
It is a short barrel version of KS-23.
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KS-23
The KS-23 (Russian: Карабин Специальный-23, romanized: Karabin Spetsialniy-23, lit. 'Special Carbine-23') is a pump action shotgun manufactured by Russian company Tula Arms Plant. The KS-23 was developed by TsNIITochMash in the Soviet Union for use by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. It is officially designated as a carbine in Russia because it uses a rifled barrel.
The KS-23 is renowned for its large caliber, firing a 23 mm shotgun shell, equating to 6.278 gauge using the British and American standards of shotgun gauges and approximately 4 gauge using the current European standards (based on the metric CIP tables), making it the largest-bore shotgun in modern use.
The KS-23 was designed in the 1970s by TsNIITochMash, a key weapons developer in the Soviet Union, as a shotgun for the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD) with the purpose of suppressing prison riots. The design implemented barrels produced for the Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-23, an autocannon that fires 23×115mm rounds fitted to Soviet military aircraft. These GSh-23 barrels were rejected by quality control due to manufacturing flaws, but were deemed to be acceptable for the lower stress of firing slugs and less-lethal rounds. These barrels were then cut down in length for the KS-23, reducing production costs, and a 23x75mm shell was developed. As a result of reusing GSh-23 barrels, the KS-23 has the unique features of being a shotgun with a rifled barrel.
The KS-23 began to see use during the mid-1980s by several MVD forces, including the Militsiya and the Internal Troops. During the 1990s, research was made into improving the original design to make it usable in confined indoor areas. Two prototypes were proposed, the KS-23M and KS-23K, although only the M version saw use.
The KS-23 was created with the capability to fire several different types of ammunition, listed below:
Later, two add-on muzzle mortars were produced, the 36 mm Nasadka-6 and 82 mm Nasadka-12, bringing with them several new ammunition types:
The original KS-23 was developed jointly by NIISpetstekhniki (MVD) and TsNIITochMash in 1971, it was accepted for use by the Soviet police in 1985. The gun has a barrel length of 510 mm and an overall length of 1040 mm. The KS-23 has an underbarrel tubular magazine capable of holding three rounds, with one in the chamber giving the gun a maximum round capacity of four. The gun's effective range is 150 m.
It is a short barrel version of KS-23.