23 x 152 mm Rounds

The 23 mm rounds with armor-piercing incendiary tracer shells are intended for firing on air targets and light armored ground targets from the 23 mm ZU-23-2 and ZSU-23-4 antiaircraft gun mounts.

CHARACTERISTICS
Cartridge Type 23 mm ROUNDS WITH HIGH-EXPLOSIVE INCENDIARY TRACER SHELLS HEIT 23 mm ROUNDS WITH ARMOR-PIERCING INCENDIARY TRACER SHELLS APIT 23 mm ROUNDS WITH ARMOR-PIERCING TRACER SHELLS FOR AUXILLIARY BARREL
Material or Designation Material or Designation Material or Designation
Shell
Fuse MG-25
Body Steel Steel Steel
Charge AIX-2 Incendiary material
Driving band Copper Copper Copper
Tracer Tracer mixture Tracer mixture Tracer mixture
Cartridge case Steel Steel Steel
Military load Powder 5/7 CFL Powder 5/7 CFL Powder 5/7 CFL
Primer sleeve KV-3 KV-3 KV-3
Weight, kg 0.450 0.450 0.447
Length, mm 235 235 235
Velocity VoР m/s 970 ± 10 970 ± 15 970 ± 15
Max. average pressure, Pa 2925.105 2925.105 2925.105
Range, m 2500 / 1500 (level height) 2500 / 1500 (level height) 1800
Weapon 23 mm ZU-23-2 and ZSU-23-4 anti-aircraft gun mounts
PACKING
84 rounds in 3 air-tight boxes are packed in a wooden case
Case dimensions, mm 875 x 378 x 206
Case volume, m3 0.068
Total weight, kg 55 (39 for blank cartridges)