GSH-23 (GSH-23L)
23 mm double-barreled aircraft gun
It is intended for firing with fragmentation-mine, armour-piercing-explosive and armour-piercing-tracer shells from different types of aircrafts and helicopters at air and ground targets. The work of automated mechanism is based on use of powder gases energy.
The gun can be used on right or left feed and installed on "Tu", "MiG", "Su", "Yak" aircrafts and "Mi" and "Ka" helicopters.
The gun is produced in two modifications:
GSH-23L - with localizators for directed removal of powder gases and reduction of recoil.
GSH-23 - without localizators.
Technical Characteristics
Calibre, mm
23
Rate of fire, shot/min
3000..3400
Initial speed of a shell, m/s
700
Fixed resource, shot
4000
Fire control
electric 27V
Mass, kg
50
Overall dimensions
length
width
height
1387 (1537)
165
168
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