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23×152mmB

Soviet large-caliber autocannon cartridge

Field	Value
name	23×152mmB
image	File:Ammo_23mm_cannon.jpg
caption	23×152mmB API (left) and HEI (right)
type	Autocannon
origin	Soviet Union
used_by	Historically: USSR, Warsaw Pact
design_date	1941
is_SI_specs	yes
case_type	Belted, bottlenecked
bullet	23
neck	23.7
shoulder	31.3
base	33.2
rim_dia	34.6
rim_thick	33.4
case_length	151
length	235.6
max_pressure	2925 kgf/cm2
is_SI_ballistics	yes
bwunit	gram
bw1	190
btype1	BZ API
vel1	980
en1	88917
test_barrel_length	2008mm

Contemporarily: second-, and third-world countries

The 23×152mmB is a large-caliber cartridge used by the USSR/CIS in the VYa-23 aircraft autocannon, the Ilyushin Il-2 ground attack aircraft, and in the 2A7 and 2A14 autocannons on the ZU-23-2 anti-aircraft gun series and ZSU-23-4 "Shilka", among others.

Note that the ammunition for the VYa-23 uses a brass case and is not functionally interchangeable with the steel-cased ammunition of the modern ZU-23 anti-aircraft gun series. These two weapons use different headspace sizes, therefore requiring ammunition of slightly different dimensions.{{cite book While it is no longer in use in the main anti-aircraft weapons of modern Russia, being replaced by the 30×165mm, it is still in service with the Russian Naval Infantry and many other countries.

Specifications

Energy:	~88916.64 J (estimated) ~65581.54 ft lbs (estimated)

Iran has produced the Baher anti-material rifle chambered for this round. The stated purpose is to take down helicopters and vehicles.

References

"23x152mm HEI-T". Armaco Co..
(2015-05-20). "Self-Propelled Anti-Aircraft Guns of the Soviet Union". Bloomsbury.
(26 December 2015). "مشخصات فنی قدرتمندترین تک‌تیرانداز جهان که ایران تولید می‌کند".

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