SOV - ZU-23-2 (2x23 mm protiletadlový kanon)

ZU-23-2
ZU-23 2x23 Zenitnaja ustka. Double weapon with two 23 mm cannons, transported on a chassis, which tipped when setting the weapon for firing.
A weapon mainly used by airborne troops. Its extension also on the bodies of trucks of all categories.


Fridrich
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The ZU-23 (ЗУ-23) consists of a pair of 23 mm 2A14 (2А14) anti-aircraft guns
characteristics:
calibre: 23 mm
cadence: 800 - 1000 rounds/min,
initial velocity: 970 m/sec.
Weight of the machine: 75 kg
cartridge weight: 0,45 kg
weight of grenade: 0,19 kg
weight of the whole ZU: 950 kg
ZU firing diameter: 200 pcs (2 magazines of 50 rounds each)
each automaton)
use: air defence units, destruction of ground and
overwater objects, live forces.......
variants: basic-pull version, in localised
in local conflicts, independent unit activity
a (Chechnya, Afghanistan, Africa....)
placement on trucks and
tracked chassis. Armament of airborne
airborne troops of the RF- on chassis
BMD.
Again, I plan to place extensive material on the ZU-23-2 at www.pvo.webz.cz
Information source: http://www.pvo.ru, www.shipunov.com.....a other Internet sites.
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Řecký ZU-23


Zdroj : http://greekmilitary.net/airdefence.htm
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The ZU-23 uses a standard ZAP-23 /2C27/ mechanical sight, which is a mechanical analogue computer with input of the target's oblique range, velocity, target heading angle and the inclination angle of the target's flight path. The result is the angles of elevation by which the axis of the collimator sight is directly rotated. However, the operator must determine or at least estimate the relevant data and set it into the instrument. Due to its absolute reliability in temperatures from -50 to +50°C, resistance to radiation and elmag pulse, it is still in production and delivery after 60 years.
SOV - ZU-23-2 (2x23 mm protiletadlový kanon) - ZAP 23 na ZU-23 bývalé NVA.

ZAP 23 na ZU-23 bývalé NVA.
SOV - ZU-23-2 (2x23 mm protiletadlový kanon) - Kinematické schéma z Manuálu k obsluze.

Kinematické schéma z Manuálu k obsluze.
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I would like to add to the JUTON material:


Unlike our army experts - theoreticians, the users of this system / airborne and border units/ do not consider the ZU-23-2 as a means of air defense, but practically use it as a light and very mobile means of fire support, not demanding for operation and maintenance. With the existence of Strela/Igla missiles, use as a PVO in a battery of 6 is an inefficient luxury. However, it does an indispensable job in one or two pieces at strongpoints and checkpoints, where it can be manned by two people, as well as when escorting road columns, loaded on the back of a truck. In Afghanistan, the ZU-23-2 on a truck and a Shilka with the same ammunition came to be known as a "Shaitan arba - devil's ferryman", and paratroopers deployed to Chechnya noted that they survived an attack by outnumbered Chechen fighters only because of it, that their "Zushka" blasted the vehicles at 1,100 m and kept them firing for a long time at 800 m - where the ZU-23-2 hits without problems, but the light machine gun and RPGs have more random hits.


- the kit has 5 crew members:
commander - stands behind the gun, assigns targets, sets target parameters
shooter - sits on the left, guides and launches the guns
element builder - sits on the right, operates the ZAP-23 sight
two loaders - load and cock the guns, changes barrels


- when on continuous duty at the fulcrum, the crew can be reduced to gunners and loaders who alternate


- firing cadence is 1600 - 2000 rounds/minute for two automatics, firing from the rear breech position, the last cartridge remains in the cannon feeder, by finishing a full magazine it is possible to continue firing
- the first 100 rounds /in two magazines/ can be fired within 4 seconds
- with two loaders it is possible to fire 200 rounds /4 magazines/ within 30 seconds, therefore the practical rate of fire is given as 400 rounds/minute
- each shot burns 77 g. nitrocellulose powder and heats the barrel by 2°C, one magazine by 100°C, two by 200°C, but then the barrel must go out and into the water, for this purpose there is a large, wood-insulated grip on the barrel
- for distant targets 1200 - 2500 m it is recommended to shoot short bursts of 5-8 shots per barrel with breaks of at least 3 seconds, on close targets - below 1200 m with long bursts of 10-15 shots with appropriate pauses
- I never understood what the firing diameter is, but the cannon accessories include 4 right and 4 left magazines, for a total of 400 rounds, as well as two spare barrels /changeable in 30 seconds/ and an aluminum water tank for cooling the barrel


- firing can be started in the marching position - on wheels and attached to a tractor, In 15 -20 seconds


- the guns are not mechanically coupled in any way, in case of failure of one, the other keeps firing
- the guns are of right and left version according to the ammunition supply, the interchangeable barrels are riveted and numbered with the specific serial number of the breech block.


Resources:
Combat use - Russian servers: desantura.ru, russianarms.ru, ...


Technical data:
- Manual for the operation of ZU-23-2, (23-mm sparennyaya установка ЗУ-23. Manual of service, part I. Device and operation.)
- own experience of operation
SOV - ZU-23-2 (2x23 mm protiletadlový kanon) - Plně funkční ZU-23-2 zapůjčený KVH Slavičín soukromou firmou.

Plně funkční ZU-23-2 zapůjčený KVH Slavičín soukromou firmou.
SOV - ZU-23-2 (2x23 mm protiletadlový kanon) - Kulisa VTUVM je čistě náhodná, v ČSLA ani AČR ZU-23-2 nebyla.

Kulisa VTUVM je čistě náhodná, v ČSLA ani AČR ZU-23-2 nebyla.
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The use of the ZU-23-2 as a standoff weapon against ground targets is widespread around the world.
The furthest they went in this idea was in South Africa - there was created Oshiponga vehicle on Werwolf Mk2 chassis, designed for escorting and protection of columns and similar purposes. It is armed with the ZU-23-2 gun in a special "turret".


Source http://strangernn.livejournal.com/36981.html
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Less typical view of ZU-23 of Polish army - on the left picture you can see optical sights for anti-aircraft and direct fire


source - undetected (my collection)
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ZU-23 guns on BVP-1/BMP-1 chassis from the armament of the Afghan Armed Forces.
EDIT: more AFG - BMP-1 (PL modification)

Source
www.primeportal.net
http://commi.narod.ru/abt/r/bmp1zu23.jpg
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Kanón ZU-23 na OT M113 - Libanon


Zdroj
www.armyrecognition.com
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Ammunition ZU-23 (sometimes referred to as caliber 23x152B)
Triangular-explosive-incendiary grenades OFZ are equipped with a lighter MG-25 or V-19 (V-19U, V-19UK?) With self-destruction


PUT - training, inert bullets
OFZ - explosive-explosive
BZT - piercing-inflammable with tracers
Chol - "cholostnoj" - blind (without bullet, for automation tests?) Is also used as a pyrocartridge in other devices
a yellow stripe on the body of the projectile indicates the presence of a delimiter
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SOV - ZU-23-2 (2x23 mm protiletadlový kanon) - MG-25 rez

MG-25 rez
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MG-25 rozmery
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Citace - Alchemist :

Change typical pohľad on the ZU-23 poľskej army - in the picture vľavo I can see the optical zameriavače pre protilietadlovú streľbu and pre priam paľbu

source - nezistené (moja zbierka)


A really interesting snapshot of one of the oldest version, the Polish army soon began to use it for servicing easier tachometric bombsight
the Polish firm PREXER.
In the picture of the mspo in Kielce 2009 is the last version with a choice of ammo types and the ability to connect an external laser range finder.
See also, folding wire nadběhová grid, used in the damaged or off-rangefinder.

Source - own photo.
SOV - ZU-23-2 (2x23 mm protiletadlový kanon) - Tachometrický zaměřovač fy. Prexer, PL

Tachometrický zaměřovač fy. Prexer, PL
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As standard ammunition are considered PFI /HEI/, OFIS-T /HEI-T/, and BZ-T /API-T.
Blanks /without a shot/ used in the shooting training, for their use are in the accessories of the liner into the tray, the feeder end and a narrower muzzle attachment.

The lighter is currently used only IN-19U, VZ-25 suffered from navlháním and excessive sensitivity - to the launch was taking place even in conflict with the larger drops of rain.
Both lighters have the time to self-destruct 5,5 - 11,0 seconds, at 15°C about 6.5 s, what corresponds to approximately 2900 m of the oblique distance. /Times 14-18 with are typical for use in a caliber of 57 mm/.

Newly produced ammunition - for example the DENEL /South africa/ and PRIBOR /Russia/ uses the newly-designed money, which have a constant burning rate over the range of operating temperatures and increased lifetime of ammunition - from 15 to 35 years old in the original hermetic "canned".

Sources :
Manual manual, edition of 1976
Prospectuses of companies DENEL and PRIBOR..
SOV - ZU-23-2 (2x23 mm protiletadlový kanon) - Standardní munice pro kterou je sestrojen ZAP-23.

Standardní munice pro kterou je sestrojen ZAP-23.
SOV - ZU-23-2 (2x23 mm protiletadlový kanon) - Zapalovač V-19U.

Zapalovač V-19U.
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When "shooting" the blind munitions at the mouth of the main assembles different úsťový attachment that a constricted cross-section shall ensure that the pressure in the barrel is sufficient for the stretching of the conclusions.
In the picture is an original soviet piece operated by the Finnish army under the designation 23 ItK 61 "Sergei".

Source :
Manual manual, edition 1976
photo : http://kr.blog.yahoo.com/shinecommerce.
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In the picture are the components of a cigarette lighter of similar design as the IN-19U from the prospectus of the state arms factory PRIBOR, Moscow, which is the manufacturer of the vast majority of ammunition 23, 25 and 30 mm in Russia.

Source - the export catalog fy. Nice..
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Ukrajinskí vojaci zostrelil ruskú riadenú strelu pomocou protilietadlového kanónu ZU-23-2.


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Poľský protilietadlový kanón ZU-23-2CP vo výzbroji ukrajinskej pohraničnej stráže.

⚡️🇵🇱Polish ZU-23-2CP anti-aircraft gun in service with the 🇺🇦Ukrainian Border Guards pic.twitter.com/14YtaWdLye
— 🇺🇦Ukrainian Front (@front_ukrainian) January 2, 2024
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Diskuse

Citace - Alchemist :

Cannons ZU-23 on the chassis BVP-1/BMP-1 from the armament of the Afghan Armed Forces.
The "additional armor" is said to be from some engine covers from the BTR


source - not found




see AFG - BMP-1 (PL modifikace)
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ja som mal tušenie that we've been here-one of mali Confused fixed
From fotiek is but vidieť, that vozidlá are still in use, prinajmenšom got a new nater (alebo ich washed Laughing), evidenčné numbers and probably emblem of the afghan army. "Nepancierované" vehicle 229 is decorated with bielymi doplnkami, so chances are bolo for a prehliadke (215 is vidieť in the background and will be probably decorated with similar).
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Citace :

VZ-25 trpěl navlháním a přílišnou citlivostí - k odpálení docházelo i při střetu s většími kapkami deště
Podobný problém sa údajne vyskytoval i u PLDvK so zapalovačmi čz 301 staršieho typu.


Za nákres V-19 vďaka - veľmi podobná konštrukcia zapalovaču, s prenosom impulzu nárazu prostredníctvom dvoch alebo troch guličiek sa vyskytuje i u novšieho leteckého streliva kalibru 23 a 30mm a aj u 30mm kanónu 2A42. Celkom by ma zaujímal dôvod takejto konštrukcie - vyššia odolnosť zapalovaču proti roztriešteniu pri náraze na "tvrdý" cieľ je zrejmá, ale nebude zrejme jediným dôvodom.


K nákresom munície by som mal jednu otázku:
Strela BZT je nakreslená s "vypuklou" čelnou plochou, stretol som sa však v zbierke u jedného známeho so strelami kalibru 23mm nájdenými na strelnici (bez balistickej kukly), rozmerovo a tvarovo zhodnými so zobrazenou strelou BZT (mal oba druhy striel, i strely rovnakého kalibru s tvrdým jadrom), ale ich čelná plocha bola "dutá" - patria k inej zbrani, alebo existuje niekoľko konštrukcií striel a nábojov s rovnakými vonkajšími rozmermi a balistickými vlastnosťami (napríklad od rôznych výrobcov)?
Mohlo by sa jednať o strely a náboje pre letecký kanón VJa-23?
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I don't know the exact reason for replacing the MG-25 lighter with the V-19U lighter, but it is clear from the design that it can fail on a flat impact. The MG-25 lighter was originally designed for aviation use (NS 23, 23x115) and was intended to provide function even when firing at rubber or mylar balloons.
It is also likely that there was an effort to unify with 30mm ammunition and use a line for automatic assembly of the igniters at the manufacturer's facility.


Source : ZU-23 instruction manual drawing album.
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Funkce zapalovače MG-25.
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