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=== Video Games ===
=== Video Games ===


* ''[[Mercenaries 2: World in Flames]]'' - as the "Scorpion"
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* ''[[Conflict: Vietnam]]'' - as the ZPU-4
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* ''[[Joint Task Force]]'' - as standard static AA Defense.
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* ''[[Battlefield: Bad Company 2]]'' - mounted alone and on BMD-3 chassis
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| ''[[Mercenaries 2: World in Flames]]'' || "Scorpion" || || 2008 
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| ''[[Joint Task Force]]'' || ||  Standard static AA Defense || 2006
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''[[Conflict: Vietnam]]'' || ZPU-4 ||  ||  2004
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Revision as of 16:22, 3 May 2011

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ZU-23-2

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.


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
9th Company 2005
Flight of the Intruder Quad mounted on AA Tank (Browning M2 mock-up) 1991

Video Games

Game Title Appears As Notes Release Date
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 mounted alone and on BMD-3 chassis 2010
Mercenaries 2: World in Flames "Scorpion" 2008
Joint Task Force Standard static AA Defense 2006
Conflict: Vietnam ZPU-4 2004