Also known as: КС-23
The KS-23 (Russian: Карабин специальный, 23 мм (Special Carbine, 23 mm)) is a Soviet Pump Action Shotgun that fires 23×75mmR cartridge, which is equal to 6.27 gauge using the British and American standards of shotgun gauges and approximately 4 gauge using the current European standards. It was designed in the 1970s for suppressing Prison riots. The KS-23 began to see use during the mid-1980s by several MVD forces.
The shotgun is commonly available in two variants: Traditional wooden buttstock and the pistol-gripped one with a side-folding stock.
Examples
See also
External links
- Soviet counter-terrorism training (eve of the Olympics-80) footage with KS-23, on YouTube
- Wikipedia: KS-23
