KS-23
Soviet pump-action heavy shotgun / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The KS-23 is a Soviet shotgun. Because it uses a rifled barrel, it is officially designated by the Russian military as a carbine. KS stands for Karabin Spetsialniy, "Special Carbine". It 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.
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KS-23 | |
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Type | Shotgun |
Place of origin | Soviet Union |
Service history | |
In service | 1970s–present |
Used by | See Users |
Production history | |
Designer | TsNIITochMash |
Designed | 1971 |
Manufacturer | Tula Arms Plant |
Variants | KS-23M KS-23K TOZ-123 |
Specifications | |
Mass | 3.85 kg (8.5 lb) (KS-23) 3.5 kg (7.7 lb) (KS-23M)[1] |
Length | 1,040 mm (41 in) (KS-23) 650–875 mm (25.6–34.4 in) (KS-23M, with/without stock)[1][2] |
Barrel length | 510 mm (20 in) (KS-23) 350 mm (14 in) (KS-23M)[1] |
Cartridge | 23×75mmR |
Caliber | 23 mm (0.91 in) |
Barrels | 1, with rifled bore |
Action | Pump action, multilugged rotating bolt [1] |
Effective firing range | 150 m (160 yd) (KS-23, KS-23M) 100 m (110 yd) (KS-23k) |
Feed system | 1+3 shells in underbarrel tube (KS-23) 7 shell detachable box magazine (KS-23K) |
Sights | Front blade, rear notch. |
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