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[[Image:ZU23.jpg‎ |thumb|right|450px|ZU-23-2]]
[[Image:ZU-23.jpg|thumb|right|400px|ZU-23-2 - 23x152mm]]
The ZU-23-2, also known as ZU-23, is a Soviet towed 23 mm anti-aircraft twin autocannon. ZU stands for Zenitnaya Ustanovka - anti-aircraft mount.
[[Image:800px-ZSU-23-4-Camp-Pendleton.jpg|thumb|400px|right|ZSU-23-4 Shilka - 23x152mm]]
[[File:M113 with ZU-23 guns.jpg|thumb|400px|right|ZSU-23-2 mounted on M-113 APC - 23x152mm]]
[[File:ZU-23 on Toyota pickup truck.jpg|thumb|400px|right|ZSU-23-2 mounted on pickup truck - 23x152mm]]


It mounts two 2A14 23 mm autocannons on a small trailer which can be converted into a stationary mount for firing the guns. While in this position the wheels are moved aside. The autocannon can be prepared for firing from the march position in 30 seconds and in emergency can be fired from the traveling position. The weapon is aimed and fired manually, with the help of the ZAP-23 optical-mechanical sight which uses manually entered target data to provide limited automatic aiming. It also has a straight-tube telescope for use against ground targets such as infantry as well as unarmored or lightly armoured vehicles. The ammo is a feed by a conveyor belt from two ammunition boxes. Each of the ammunition boxes are located on the side of the twin autocannon and each carries 50 rounds. The fumes created by firing the weapon are partially removed thorough the side openings in the barrels.[1]
The '''ZU-23-2''', also known as ZU-23, is a Soviet towed 23 mm anti-aircraft twin autocannon. ZU stands for Zenitnaya Ustanovka - anti-aircraft mount. The weapons are also seen quad-mounted in the ZSU-23-4 Shilka self-propelled anti-aircraft gun (though some western films will use various machine guns such as the [[Browning M2]] to stand in for these weapons, while some museum piece ZSUs are known to have painted broomsticks as guns).


The cannon carriage is based on the earlier ZPU-2 anti-aircraft twin heavy machine gun, which mounted two KPV 14.5 mm heavy machine guns. ZU-23-2 can be identified by different placement of the ammunition boxes (at right angles to the gun carriage) and by muzzle flash suppressors. In another similarity to the ZPU series, single-barrel and four-barrel versions of the ZU-23 were also developed. However, these versions never entered service.
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ZU-23-2 can be towed by a number of different vehicles. In USSR and later Russia the most frequently used towing vehicles for it were GAZ-66 four-wheels drive trucks and GAZ-69 four-wheel drive light trucks.[1]
==General characteristics==


General characteristics
* Overall dimensions in firing position
o Length: 4.57 m (15 ft)
o Width: 2.88 m (9.44 ft)
o Height: 1.22 m (4 ft)
* Weight: 0.95 tonnes (2,094 lbs)
* Armament: two 2A14 Afanasyev-Yakushev 23x152mm (.90 in) autocannons
* Barrel length: 2 m (6.5 ft)/ 87.3 calibers
* Muzzle velocity: 970 m/s (3,182 ft/s)
* Projectile weight: 186 g (6.27 oz)
* Rate of fire
o Cyclic: 2,000 rounds per minute
o Practical: 400 rounds per minute
* Effective range: 2-2.5 km (1.24-1.55 mi)
* Effective altitude: 1,500-2,000 m (4,921-6,562 ft)
* Ammunition
o BZT Armor Piercing Incendiary Tracer (API-T) rounds
o OFZ High Explosive Incendiary Tracer (HEI-T) rounds
* Crew: 6


    * Overall dimensions in firing position
=== Film ===
          o Length: 4.57 m (15 ft)
 
          o Width: 2.88 m (9.44 ft)
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          o Height: 1.22 m (4 ft)
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
    * Weight: 0.95 tonnes (2,094 lbs)
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="220"|'''Title'''
    * Armament: two 2A14 Afanasyev-Yakushev 23x152mm (.90 in) autocannons
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="170"|'''Actor'''
    * Barrel length: 2 m (6.5 ft)/ 87.3 calibers
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
    * Muzzle velocity: 970 m/s (3,182 ft/s)
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="280"|'''Note'''
    * Projectile weight: 186 g (6.27 oz)
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="80"|'''Date'''
    * Rate of fire
|-
          o Cyclic: 2,000 rounds per minute
| ''[[Mercedes Gets Away from the Chase ('Mersedes' ukhodit ot pogoni)]]'' || || Soviet soldiers || Anachronostic || 1980
          o Practical: 400 rounds per minute
|-
    * Effective range: 2-2.5 km (1.24-1.55 mi)
| ''[[The Secret Fairway (Sekretniy farvater)]]'' || || Soviet soldiers || || 1988
    * Effective altitude: 1,500-2,000 m (4,921-6,562 ft)
|-
    * Ammunition
| ''[[Cargo 300 (Gruz 300)]]'' || || || ZSU-23-4 Shilka || 1989
          o BZT Armor Piercing Incendiary Tracer (API-T) rounds
|-
          o OFZ High Explosive Incendiary Tracer (HEI-T) rounds
| ''[[Afghan Breakdown]]'' || || || Mounted on pickup truck || 1991
     * Crew: 6
|-
| ''[[The One That Got Away (1996)|The One That Got Away]]'' ||  || Iraqi troops ||  || 1996
|-
| ''[[9th Company]]'' || || Soviet soldiers  ||  ||  2005
|-
|}
 
=== Television ===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="170"|'''Show Title / Episode'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Actor'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="280"|'''Character'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Notation'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="50"|'''Air Date'''
|-
|''[[I Have The Honor! (Chest Imeyu!)]]||  ||Russian paratroopers||||2004
|-
|''[[Storm Gate, The|The Storm Gate]]||  ||Russian Soldiers||||2006
|-
|''[[Storm Gate, The|The Storm Gate]]|| Anatoliy Pashinin ||Senior lieutenant Doronin||||2006
|-
| ''[[Midsomer Murders - Season 18|Midsomer Murders]]'' || || || Seen on RAF base; "The Incident at Cooper Hill" (S18E02) || 2016
|-
|}
 
=== Video Games ===
 
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="300"|'''Game Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="300"|'''Appears As'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Notes'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|'''Release Date'''
|-
| ''[[Conflict: Desert Storm II]]''  || || || 2003
|-
| ''[[Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater]]''  || ||  || 2004
|-
| ''[[Battlefield 2]]'' ||  || Chinese Type 87 copy, mounted on PGZ-95 AA vehicle || 2005
|-
| ''[[Project Reality]]'' ||  || Chinese Type 87 copy, mounted on PGZ-95 AA vehicle || 2005
|-
| ''[[Project Reality]]'' ||  || ZSU-23-4 Shilka || 2005
|-
| ''[[Conflict: Global Terror]]'' ||  || || 2005
|-
| ''[[Joint Task Force]]''  || ||  ZU-23-2 || 2006
|-
| ''[[World in Conflict]]''  || || ZU-23-2 and ZSU-23-4 Shilka || 2007
|-
| ''[[Mercenaries 2: World in Flames]]'' || "Scorpion" || || 2008
|-
| ''[[9th Company: Roots of Terror]]'' ||  || ZU-23-2 in static and truck mounting & ZSU-23-4 Shilka || 2009
|-
| ''[[ArmA II]]'' || || ZU-23-2 in static and truck mounting & ZSU-23-4 Shilka || 2009
|-
| ''[[Medal of Honor (2010)|Medal of Honor]]''  || ||  ZU-23-2 || 2010
|-
|  ''[[Battlefield: Bad Company 2]]'' || || mounted alone and on BMD-3 chassis  || 2010
|-
| ''[[GoldenEye 007 (2010)|GoldenEye 007]]''  || ||  || 2010
|-
| ''[[Ace Combat: Assault Horizon]]'' ||  || ZU-23-2 & ZSU-23-4 Shilka || 2011
|-
| ''[[Medal of Honor: Warfighter]]''  || ||  ZU-23-2 || 2012
|-
| ''[[Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2]]''  || || || 2012
|-
| ''[[Splinter Cell: Blacklist]]''  || ||  || 2013
|-
| ''[[ArmA Tactics]]'' ||  ||  || 2013
|-
| ''[[Battlefield 4]]'' ||  || Type 87 copy, mounted on PGZ-95 AA vehicle || 2013
|-
| ''[[Far Cry 6]]'' || || Oversized, mounted on unusable AA installations  || 2021
|}
 
===Anime===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="270"|'''Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="270"|'''Character'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="330"|'''Note'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="80"|'''Date'''
|-
| ''[[Cowboy Bebop]]'' / "Jupiter Jazz" || ||     ||  1998
|-
|}
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ZU-23-2 - 23x152mm
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ZSU-23-4 Shilka - 23x152mm
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ZSU-23-2 mounted on M-113 APC - 23x152mm
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ZSU-23-2 mounted on pickup truck - 23x152mm

The ZU-23-2, also known as ZU-23, is a Soviet towed 23 mm anti-aircraft twin autocannon. ZU stands for Zenitnaya Ustanovka - anti-aircraft mount. The weapons are also seen quad-mounted in the ZSU-23-4 Shilka self-propelled anti-aircraft gun (though some western films will use various machine guns such as the Browning M2 to stand in for these weapons, while some museum piece ZSUs are known to have painted broomsticks as guns).

The ZU-23 and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:

General characteristics

  • Overall dimensions in firing position

o Length: 4.57 m (15 ft) o Width: 2.88 m (9.44 ft) o Height: 1.22 m (4 ft)

  • Weight: 0.95 tonnes (2,094 lbs)
  • Armament: two 2A14 Afanasyev-Yakushev 23x152mm (.90 in) autocannons
  • Barrel length: 2 m (6.5 ft)/ 87.3 calibers
  • Muzzle velocity: 970 m/s (3,182 ft/s)
  • Projectile weight: 186 g (6.27 oz)
  • Rate of fire

o Cyclic: 2,000 rounds per minute o Practical: 400 rounds per minute

  • Effective range: 2-2.5 km (1.24-1.55 mi)
  • Effective altitude: 1,500-2,000 m (4,921-6,562 ft)
  • Ammunition

o BZT Armor Piercing Incendiary Tracer (API-T) rounds o OFZ High Explosive Incendiary Tracer (HEI-T) rounds

  • Crew: 6

Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
Mercedes Gets Away from the Chase ('Mersedes' ukhodit ot pogoni) Soviet soldiers Anachronostic 1980
The Secret Fairway (Sekretniy farvater) Soviet soldiers 1988
Cargo 300 (Gruz 300) ZSU-23-4 Shilka 1989
Afghan Breakdown Mounted on pickup truck 1991
The One That Got Away Iraqi troops 1996
9th Company Soviet soldiers 2005

Television

Show Title / Episode Actor Character Notation Air Date
I Have The Honor! (Chest Imeyu!) Russian paratroopers 2004
The Storm Gate Russian Soldiers 2006
The Storm Gate Anatoliy Pashinin Senior lieutenant Doronin 2006
Midsomer Murders Seen on RAF base; "The Incident at Cooper Hill" (S18E02) 2016

Video Games

Game Title Appears As Notes Release Date
Conflict: Desert Storm II 2003
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater 2004
Battlefield 2 Chinese Type 87 copy, mounted on PGZ-95 AA vehicle 2005
Project Reality Chinese Type 87 copy, mounted on PGZ-95 AA vehicle 2005
Project Reality ZSU-23-4 Shilka 2005
Conflict: Global Terror 2005
Joint Task Force ZU-23-2 2006
World in Conflict ZU-23-2 and ZSU-23-4 Shilka 2007
Mercenaries 2: World in Flames "Scorpion" 2008
9th Company: Roots of Terror ZU-23-2 in static and truck mounting & ZSU-23-4 Shilka 2009
ArmA II ZU-23-2 in static and truck mounting & ZSU-23-4 Shilka 2009
Medal of Honor ZU-23-2 2010
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 mounted alone and on BMD-3 chassis 2010
GoldenEye 007 2010
Ace Combat: Assault Horizon ZU-23-2 & ZSU-23-4 Shilka 2011
Medal of Honor: Warfighter ZU-23-2 2012
Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 2012
Splinter Cell: Blacklist 2013
ArmA Tactics 2013
Battlefield 4 Type 87 copy, mounted on PGZ-95 AA vehicle 2013
Far Cry 6 Oversized, mounted on unusable AA installations 2021

Anime

Title Character Note Date
Cowboy Bebop / "Jupiter Jazz" 1998


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