KS-23
Sign in to saveThe KS-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.
Key facts
- Weapon.name
- KS-23
- Weapon.image
- Карабин специальный КС-23М Дрозд, вид справа без приклада 01.jpg
- Weapon.image_size
- 300
- Weapon.caption
- KS-23M Variant
- Weapon.type
- Shotgun
- Weapon.origin
- Soviet Union
- Weapon.is_ranged
- yes
- Weapon.service
- 1985–present
- Weapon.used_by
- See Users
- Weapon.designer
- TsNIITochMash
- Weapon.design_date
- 1971–early 1980s
- Weapon.manufacturer
- Tula Arms Plant
- Weapon.production_date
- 1985–present
- Weapon.variants
- KS-23MKS-23KTOZ-123
- Weapon.mass
- (KS-23) (KS-23M)
- Weapon.length
- (KS-23) (KS-23M, without/with stock)
- Weapon.part_length
- (KS-23) (KS-23M)
- Weapon.cartridge
- 23×75mmR
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Encyclopedic overview
13 sectionsContents
- History
- Ammunition
- Variants
- KS-23
- KS-23-1
- KS-23M
- KS-23K
- TOZ-123
- Users
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
The KS-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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “KS-23” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.