NS-23 (23 mm)

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Description

A 23 mm gun which can be found on some Russian jets, (Mainly lower tier jets), that are identical to the NR-23 found on the higher tier Russian jets except fire rate.

Vehicles equipped with this weapon

Vehicles equipped with this weapon
Fighters  La-9 · La-11 · Yak-9P
(Modification) · Yak-9UT
Jet fighters  MiG-9 · MiG-15 · MiG-15bis ISH · Yak-15 · Yak-17
Attacker  IL-10 (1946)

General info

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Available shells

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Comparison with analogues

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Usage in battles

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Pros and cons

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Pros:

  • Lower fire rate (compared to NR-23) can help conserve ammo
  • Decent damage per burst of shells (About 4 or more shells) (3 works about 50% of the time)
  • High fire rate for gun of caliber

Cons:

  • Low velocity
  • One or two shells usually wont Crit or Kill an enemy (Two can effect performance for a follow-up)
  • Slightly different velocity than gun usually paired with (N-37D)
  • occasional "sparks"
  • Lower fire rate can lead to "scissoring" the shots between the enemy

History

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Media

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See also

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External links

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USSR aircraft cannons
20 mm  B-20E · B-20M · B-20S · ShVAK
23 mm  GSh-23L · NR-23 · NS-23 · NS-23K · PTB-23 · VYa-23
30 mm  2A42 · GSh-6-30 · GSh-30-1 · GSh-30-2 · GSh-30-2K · NR-30
37 mm  N-37 · N-37D · NS-37 · SH-37
45 mm  NS-45
  Foreign:
20 mm  Hispano Mk.II (Britain) · MG 151 (Germany)
37 mm  M4 (USA) · M10 (USA)