NR-23
Year of construction : 1945
Calibre : 23x115 mm
Projectile weight : 200gr
Cadence : 800 rounds /min
Velocity : 690 m/sec
Weight : 39kg
It was an automatic cannon designed by A.E. Nudelman and A.A. Richter. It was designed to replace the NS-23 and VJa war cannons. It entered regular service in 1949.
The NR-23 was a single-barrelled air cannon, the operation of the automatics would be provided by taking gases from the barrel. Compared to the previous NS-23, it was mechanically simpler and had a higher cadence. (It is a fact, however, that in tests with a booty cannon the Americans achieved only 650 rounds per minute) The gun was mounted on MiG-15 and MiG-17 fighters, and a modified version of this gun was mounted on bombers (modified for turret mounting) with the designation AM-23.
The weapon was also produced in China where it was called Type 23 - 1(NR-23) and Type 23 - 2 (AM-23)
The gun served in the Warsaw Pact armament deep into the 1970s, and is apparently still in service in many air forces today. Chinese copies of the MiGs reportedly carried Type 23-1, or NR - 23 weapons, and the cannon is perhaps still in production in China.
Year of construction : 1945
Calibre : 23x115 mm
Projectile weight : 200gr
Cadence : 800 rounds /min
Velocity : 690 m/sec
Weight : 39kg
It was an automatic cannon designed by A.E. Nudelman and A.A. Richter. It was designed to replace the NS-23 and VJa war cannons. It entered regular service in 1949.
The NR-23 was a single-barrelled air cannon, the operation of the automatics would be provided by taking gases from the barrel. Compared to the previous NS-23, it was mechanically simpler and had a higher cadence. (It is a fact, however, that in tests with a booty cannon the Americans achieved only 650 rounds per minute) The gun was mounted on MiG-15 and MiG-17 fighters, and a modified version of this gun was mounted on bombers (modified for turret mounting) with the designation AM-23.
The weapon was also produced in China where it was called Type 23 - 1(NR-23) and Type 23 - 2 (AM-23)
The gun served in the Warsaw Pact armament deep into the 1970s, and is apparently still in service in many air forces today. Chinese copies of the MiGs reportedly carried Type 23-1, or NR - 23 weapons, and the cannon is perhaps still in production in China.
