23 mm Nudelman-Suranov NS-23 cannon
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The 23 mm Nudelman-Suranov NS-23 cannon is a Soviet World War II–era aircraft autocannon widely used as a primary gun armament on early jet and late-war piston fighters.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| 23 mm Nudelman-Suranov NS-23 cannon canonical | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
aircraft cannon
ⓘ
autocannon ⓘ |
| ammunition | 23×115 mm cartridge ⓘ |
| caliber | 23 mm ⓘ |
| category | 23 mm artillery ⓘ |
| conflict |
Korean War
ⓘ
World War II ⓘ |
| coolingSystem | air-cooled ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| designedFor | fighter aircraft ⓘ |
| designer |
A. Suranov
ⓘ
Aleksandr Nudelman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| enteredService | mid-1940s ⓘ |
| era |
World War II
ⓘ
early Cold War ⓘ |
| feedSystem | belt-fed ⓘ |
| firingMode | fully automatic ⓘ |
| introduced | 1944 ⓘ |
| mass | approximately 37 kg ⓘ |
| mounting |
synchronized engine-mount (motornaya pushka) on some fighters
ⓘ
wing-mounted on some aircraft ⓘ |
| muzzleVelocity | approximately 690 m/s ⓘ |
| naming | named after Nudelman and Suranov ⓘ |
| operation | short-recoil operated ⓘ |
| rateOfFire | approximately 550 rounds per minute ⓘ |
| regionOfUse |
Asia
ⓘ
Eastern Bloc ⓘ |
| replaced | VYa-23 cannon ⓘ |
| serviceStatus | obsolete in front-line service ⓘ |
| shellTypes |
armor-piercing incendiary
ⓘ
high-explosive incendiary ⓘ |
| successor | NR-23 cannon ⓘ |
| usedAs | aircraft primary armament ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Chinese Air Force
ⓘ
surface form:
People's Liberation Army Air Force
Soviet Air Forces ⓘ Warsaw Pact air defense system ⓘ
surface form:
Warsaw Pact air forces
|
| usedFor |
air-to-air combat
ⓘ
air-to-ground attack ⓘ |
| usedOn |
Ilyushin Il-10
ⓘ
surface form:
Ilyushin Il-10 (some variants)
Lavochkin La-11 ⓘ Lavochkin La-9 ⓘ Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 ⓘ
surface form:
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 (early variants)
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-9 ⓘ Yakovlev Yak-15 ⓘ Yakovlev Yak-9 ⓘ
surface form:
Yakovlev Yak-9 (late variants)
early jet fighters ⓘ late-war piston fighters ⓘ |
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