| KS-23 | |
|---|---|
| Type | Shotgun |
| Place of origin | Soviet Union |
| Service history | |
| In service | 1970s–present |
| Used by | See Users |
| Wars | Soviet-Afghan War (uncommon) |
| Production history | |
| Designer | TsNIITochMash |
| Designed | 1971 |
| Manufacturer | Tulsky Oruzheiny Zavod |
| 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 rounds in underbarrel tube (KS-23) 7 round detachable box magazine (KS-23K) |
| Sights | Front blade, rear notch. |
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The KS-23 is a Soviet shotgun, although because it uses a rifledbarrel 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 round, equating to 6.27 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 use today.
History[edit]
The KS-23 was designed in the 1970s for suppressing prison riots. It was created by TsNIITochMash, a key Russian weapons developer, for the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD). The barrel for the KS-23 were made from 23 mm aircraft gun barrels that were rejected due to manufacturing flaws. These rejected barrels were deemed to be acceptable for the lower stress of firing slugs and less-lethal rounds, and thus were cut down in length for use as shotgun barrels.The KS-23 began to see use during the mid-1980s by several MVD forces. 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. Today, both the standard KS-23 and the KS-23M are in use by Russian law enforcement.
Ammunition[edit]
The KS-23 was created with the capability to fire several different types of ammunition, listed below:
- 'Shrapnel-10' («Шрапнель-10»): buckshot round with 10-meter effective range
- 'Shrapnel-25' («Шрапнель-25»): buckshot round with 25-meter effective range
- 'Barricade' («Баррикада»): cartridge with solid steel projectile able to destroy the engine block of a car at up to 100 meters
- 'Volna' («Волна», 'Wave'): inert version of cartridge used for education and practice during training
- 'Volna-R' («Волна-Р», 'Wave'): cartridge with less-lethal rubber bullet
- 'Strela-3' («Стрела-3», 'Arrow'): cartridge with less-lethal plastic bullet
- 'Cheremukha-7' («Черёмуха-7», 'Bird Cherry'-7): tear gas grenade with CN agent
- 'Siren'-7' («Сирень-7», 'Lilac'): tear gas grenade with CS agent
- 'Zvezda' («Звезда», 'Star'): flash-bang round
- PV-23 (ПВ-23): blank (grenade launching) cartridge
Macbook air system requirements. Imovie app for ipad. 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:
- Blank grenade launching cartridge to be used with muzzle mortars
- 36 mm 'Cheremukha-6' tear gas grenade
- 82 mm 'Cheremukha-12' 'high-efficiency' tear gas grenade for use on open areas
Variants[edit]
KS-23[edit]
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.[3] 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.
KS-23M[edit]
The KS-23M «дрозд» (Carbine, Special, 23 mm, modernized - project: Drozd > 'Thrush') was developed on the base of the KS-23. Development for it was started in October 1990. Twenty-five carbines were submitted for testing on December 10, 1991. After which the winner, then designated S-3, became the KS-23M 'Thrush' and was accepted for use by the police and the Internal Troops of Russia.[2] The KS-23M includes a detachable wire buttstock and shortened barrel, as opposed to the fixed wooden stock on standard KS-23s. The gun is still chambered in 23 mm. Its overall length with the buttstock is 875 mm, without, 650 mm, and the barrel is 410 mm long. The gun's effective range is 150 m.
KS-23K[edit]
The KS-23K is a redesigned KS-23 that features a bullpup layout. The KS-23K was accepted in 1998 for the use of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD).[4] Development and adoption of this carbine was motivated by the fact that in the earlier accepted configurations of the KS-23 and KS-23M a major noted deficiency was that the tubular magazine did not make it possible to rapidly reload or change the type of ammunition being used, because of this a major design change for the KS-23K is that it has an extended box magazine that holds seven shells instead of the three shells seen on the other models. The gun has a mechanical safety located on the left side, above the pistol handle and open non adjustable sights. The gun's effective range is 100 m.
TOZ-123[edit]
https://xzlf.over-blog.com/2021/01/can-t-save-pdf-file.html. The civilian version of the KS-23 is the TOЗ-123 «Селезень-4» (ТОZ-123 'Drake-4'). It is manufactured by Tulsky Oruzheiny Zavod and features a smoothbore design, making it more similar to a traditional shotgun, and is chambered in standard 4-gauge. It has been legal to use as a civilian hunting shotgun in Russia since August 1996.[5]
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The KS-23 is a Soviet shotgun, although because it uses a rifledbarrel 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 round, equating to 6.27 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 use today.
History[edit]
The KS-23 was designed in the 1970s for suppressing prison riots. It was created by TsNIITochMash, a key Russian weapons developer, for the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD). The barrel for the KS-23 were made from 23 mm aircraft gun barrels that were rejected due to manufacturing flaws. These rejected barrels were deemed to be acceptable for the lower stress of firing slugs and less-lethal rounds, and thus were cut down in length for use as shotgun barrels.The KS-23 began to see use during the mid-1980s by several MVD forces. 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. Today, both the standard KS-23 and the KS-23M are in use by Russian law enforcement.
Ammunition[edit]
The KS-23 was created with the capability to fire several different types of ammunition, listed below:
- 'Shrapnel-10' («Шрапнель-10»): buckshot round with 10-meter effective range
- 'Shrapnel-25' («Шрапнель-25»): buckshot round with 25-meter effective range
- 'Barricade' («Баррикада»): cartridge with solid steel projectile able to destroy the engine block of a car at up to 100 meters
- 'Volna' («Волна», 'Wave'): inert version of cartridge used for education and practice during training
- 'Volna-R' («Волна-Р», 'Wave'): cartridge with less-lethal rubber bullet
- 'Strela-3' («Стрела-3», 'Arrow'): cartridge with less-lethal plastic bullet
- 'Cheremukha-7' («Черёмуха-7», 'Bird Cherry'-7): tear gas grenade with CN agent
- 'Siren'-7' («Сирень-7», 'Lilac'): tear gas grenade with CS agent
- 'Zvezda' («Звезда», 'Star'): flash-bang round
- PV-23 (ПВ-23): blank (grenade launching) cartridge
Macbook air system requirements. Imovie app for ipad. 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:
- Blank grenade launching cartridge to be used with muzzle mortars
- 36 mm 'Cheremukha-6' tear gas grenade
- 82 mm 'Cheremukha-12' 'high-efficiency' tear gas grenade for use on open areas
Variants[edit]
KS-23[edit]
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.[3] 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.
KS-23M[edit]
The KS-23M «дрозд» (Carbine, Special, 23 mm, modernized - project: Drozd > 'Thrush') was developed on the base of the KS-23. Development for it was started in October 1990. Twenty-five carbines were submitted for testing on December 10, 1991. After which the winner, then designated S-3, became the KS-23M 'Thrush' and was accepted for use by the police and the Internal Troops of Russia.[2] The KS-23M includes a detachable wire buttstock and shortened barrel, as opposed to the fixed wooden stock on standard KS-23s. The gun is still chambered in 23 mm. Its overall length with the buttstock is 875 mm, without, 650 mm, and the barrel is 410 mm long. The gun's effective range is 150 m.
KS-23K[edit]
The KS-23K is a redesigned KS-23 that features a bullpup layout. The KS-23K was accepted in 1998 for the use of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD).[4] Development and adoption of this carbine was motivated by the fact that in the earlier accepted configurations of the KS-23 and KS-23M a major noted deficiency was that the tubular magazine did not make it possible to rapidly reload or change the type of ammunition being used, because of this a major design change for the KS-23K is that it has an extended box magazine that holds seven shells instead of the three shells seen on the other models. The gun has a mechanical safety located on the left side, above the pistol handle and open non adjustable sights. The gun's effective range is 100 m.
TOZ-123[edit]
https://xzlf.over-blog.com/2021/01/can-t-save-pdf-file.html. The civilian version of the KS-23 is the TOЗ-123 «Селезень-4» (ТОZ-123 'Drake-4'). It is manufactured by Tulsky Oruzheiny Zavod and features a smoothbore design, making it more similar to a traditional shotgun, and is chambered in standard 4-gauge. It has been legal to use as a civilian hunting shotgun in Russia since August 1996.[5]
The gun maker's website has this as the description for the shotgun.
The shotgun is multicharged, with a tubular underbarrel magazine of 3-cartridge capacity. Reloading is provided with a removable fore-end. The presence of the special barrel rear projection on the frame combined with the rear sight gives the possibility of mounting an optical sight. The shotgun is intended for the amateur hunting with shot cartridges.[6]
The TOZ-123 was banned from import into the United States during the Clinton administration.[7]
Users[edit]
- Kazakhstan: prison guards[8]
- North Korea[9]
- Russia: used in Ministry of Internal Affairs and Border Guard Service[10]
- Soviet Union
- Uzbekistan: customs service[11]
- Ukraine[12]
- Vietnam
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ abcdGander, Terry J. Jane's Infantry Weapons 2002–2003. Jane's Information Group. 2002
- ^ ab'KS-23m description in Russian'. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
- ^'KS-23 description in Russian'. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
- ^'KS-23K description in Russian'. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
- ^'2.3.2. ОХОТНИЧЬЕ ОГНЕСТРЕЛЬНОЕ ОРУЖИЕ ГЛАДКОСТВОЛЬНОЕ.. Ружье гладкоствольное 'Селезень-4''
Распоряжение Правительства РФ № 1207-р от 3 августа 1996 г. 'Перечень служебного и гражданского оружия и боеприпасов к нему, вносимых в Государственный кадастр служебного и гражданского оружия' - ^TOZ-123 product pageArchived 2008-06-15 at the Wayback Machine
- ^'eCFR — Code of Federal Regulations'. Archived from the original on 6 October 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
- ^'2. Перечень специальных средств.. карабин специальный (КС-23)'
Приказ Министра юстиции Республики Казахстан № 146 от 11 декабря 2001 года 'Об утверждении Инструкции по применению сотрудниками исправительных учреждений Комитета уголовно-исполнительной системы Министерства юстиции Республики Казахстан специальных средств' - ^https://www.nknews.org/2014/12/china-exports-shotgun-ammo-to-north-korea-without-notifying-un/
- ^Перечень специальных средств, состоящих на вооружении органов и войск Федеральной пограничной службы Российской Федерации (утв. постановлением Правительства РФ № 634 от 24 июня 1998 года)
- ^'К специальным средствам относятся: ..карабин специальный («КС-23»)'
Инструкция о порядке применения таможенными органами специальных средств (зарегистрирована Министерством юстиции Республики Узбекистан от 9 ноября 1999 года. Регистрационный № 835, 06.08.1999) - ^О. І. Біленко, В. В. Пащенко. Підвищення стабільності дульної швидкості поражаючих елементів кінетичної зброї несмертельної дії // 'Збірник наукових праць Академії внутрішніх військ МВС України'. Вип. 2 (16), 2010 р. стор.5-10
Further reading[edit]
- Игорь Скрылев. КС-23 - наш полицейский карабин // журнал 'Мастер-ружьё', № 1, 1997. стр.48-51 (in Russian)
- Карабины КС-23, КС-23М 'Дрозд' // А. И. Благовестов. То, из чего стреляют в СНГ: Справочник стрелкового оружия. / под общ.ред. А. Е. Тараса. Минск, «Харвест», 2000. стр.420-424 (in Russian)
- Southby-Tailyour, Ewen (2005). Jane's Special Forces Recognition Guide. New York: Collins. ISBN0-00-718329-1.
External links[edit]
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At its core, the KS-23 is a manually-actuated, pump-action slide weapon system that, for all intents and purposes, is a 'shotgun' classification by Western standards though larger in scale by any respect. The system weighs in at 3.85 kilograms and sports a running length of 1,040mm with a barrel length of 510mm (in her basic form). Her formal caliber is listed as 23mm which becomes 6.27 gauge in American nomenclature while the feed system consists of tubular magazine housed under the barrel. The magazine can only hold 3 x 23mm shells though a fourth round can be chambered 'ready-to-fire' and increases total ammunition capacity to four. Iron sights are integrated as standard and the internal firing system concerning the 23mm requires use of a multi-lug locking bolt assembly. The KS-23 has seen various shells developed for its unique design including basic buckshot, solid steel slug, non-lethal rubber slugs, tear gas and flash-bang shells. Militarized versions can add the optional muzzle attachment for firing barrel-launched grenades of various types (primarily tear gas for riot control) as well as grapple hooks and the like for special forces elements.
The KS-23 designation identifies the initial production models and basic security-minded KS-23 form. The type sports a 510mm long barrel assembly which differentiates it from the other KS-23 production marks. The militarized version is the KS-23M 'Thrush' production model which does away with the solid wooden shoulder stock of the base offering and is completed with a handier, shorter 410mm length barrel. Some examples of this model have been identified with or without a wire-type stock. In either case, the KS-23M ends up being lighter in weight and easier to handle as a result. The KS-23K is the KS-23 completely rearranged into a 'bullpup' configuration (the action now being located aft of the pistol grip and trigger unit) to take advantage of the inherent internal space generated by the required larger shoulder stock . The new arrangement allowed for an internal magazine of up to seven shells as opposed to the three-shell limit of the original production models. The KS-23K appeared in the late 1990s. The KS-23, in its civilian market guise, is known as the TOZ-123 'Drake' but is only available in the tree-shell form and banned in some countries.
The KS-23 series has only seen limited use since its inception - no doubt due to the weapon's very specific nature and ammunition. Nonetheless, she remains one of the most powerful - if not the most powerful - 'shotgun' type systems the world over.
