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A civilian version, the TOZ-123 "Drake," was designed by Tulsky Oruzheiny Zavod in 1996: this variant features a smoothbore barrel. Imports of the TOZ-123 to the United States were banned during the Clinton Administration. | A civilian version, the TOZ-123 "Drake," was designed by Tulsky Oruzheiny Zavod in 1996: this variant features a smoothbore barrel. Imports of the TOZ-123 to the United States were banned during the Clinton Administration. | ||
[[Image:Ks23-1.jpg|thumb|right|400px|KS-23 with a fixed wooden stock - | [[Image:Ks23-1.jpg|thumb|right|400px|KS-23 with a fixed wooden stock - 23mm]] | ||
[[Image:KS23.JPG|thumb|right|400px|KS-23M - | [[Image:KS23.JPG|thumb|right|400px|KS-23M - 23mm]] | ||
[[Image:KS-23K.jpg|thumb|right|400px|KS-23K - | [[Image:KS-23K.jpg|thumb|right|400px|KS-23K - 23mm]] | ||
==Specifications== | ==Specifications== | ||
(1971 - present) | (1971 - present) | ||
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* '''Type:''' Shotgun | * '''Type:''' Shotgun | ||
* '''Caliber:''' | * '''Caliber:''' 23mm (6.27 gauge) | ||
* '''Weight:''' 8.49 lbs (3.85 kg) | * '''Weight:''' 8.49 lbs (3.85 kg) | ||
Revision as of 22:08, 24 May 2016
The KS-23 (Karabin Spetsialniy, "Special Carbine") is a Russian shotgun, and the most powerful shoulder-fired shotgun in use today, firing 23mm shells which are equivalent to 6.27 gauge (or 4 gauge in the metric bore system used in some parts of Europe); the guns themselves are made from cut-down rejected 2A7 antiaircraft gun barrels, intended for ZSU-23-4 self-propelled AA guns. Since it uses a rifled antiaircraft gun barrel it is officially designated by the Russian military as a carbine, but in functional terms is a pump-action shotgun. It is able to fire a variety of loads including shot and slugs, and is also used with a cup adaptor and blanks to fire rifle grenades.
The KS-23 was designed in 1971 for suppressing prison riots and officially adopted for use by Soviet police in 1985. It was largely replaced in police use by the KS-23M (modernized) in 1990. In 1995 a new magazine-fed bullpup version, the KS-23K, was developed for use by the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs.
A civilian version, the TOZ-123 "Drake," was designed by Tulsky Oruzheiny Zavod in 1996: this variant features a smoothbore barrel. Imports of the TOZ-123 to the United States were banned during the Clinton Administration.
Specifications
(1971 - present)
- Type: Shotgun
- Caliber: 23mm (6.27 gauge)
- Weight: 8.49 lbs (3.85 kg)
- Length: 41 in (104 cm)
- Barrel length: 20 in (51 cm)
- Capacity: 3 (KS-23 & KS-23M), 7 (KS-23K)
- Fire Modes: Pump-Action
The Russian KS-23 shotgun appears in the following:
Video Games
| Game Title | Appears as | Mods | Notation | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.62 High Calibre | KS-23M | 2008 | ||
| Call of Duty: Black Ops | 2010 | |||
| Firearms: Source | 2011 |