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The KS-23 was designed in the 1970s for suppressing prison riots. It was created by TsNIITochMash, a key Soviet weapons developer, for the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD). The barrel for the KS-23 were made from 23 mm aircraft gun barrels that were rejected due to manufacturing flaws. These rejected barrels were deemed to be acceptable for ...
1. In reply to your question regarding the 'bore' size of the KS-23 tactical shotgun, the following may be of use. The standard (historic) formula used to calculate bore size in the past does indeed give a notional '6 gauge' bore diameter. 2. However, the current European standards are based on those contained in the metric 'CIP' tables(1).
The KS family of rifles was unveiled at military small arms conventions in 2022 as being developed for an international special operations forces (SOF) requirement. [1] In September 2023, the British Armed Forces selected the KS-1 rifle under Project Hunter to replace the L85A2-A3 and L119A1-A2 rifles used by the British Army Special Operations Brigade and elements of the Royal Marines ...
Barricada (from Spanish: Barricade) were a Navarrese hard rock band created in 1982 in the Txantrea neighbourhood of Pamplona/Iruñea. The band members were Enrique Villareal (El Drogas) as bassist and vocalist, Javier Hernandez (Boni) guitarist and vocalist, Alfredo Piedrafita as guitarist and Ibon Sagarra (Ibi) on drums. Together they have ...
20 January is the commemoration day of Participants of the Barricades, they are remembered on this day as well as on 18 November, 4 May and 21 August. Participants of the barricades are awarded the Commemorative Medal for Participants of the Barricades of 1991. This award was established by the fund of 'Participants of the Barricades of 1991 ...
The water-cooled 2A7 23mm guns of ZSU-23-4 fire the same 23×152B mm caliber ammunition as the 2A14 guns of the twin-barrel ZU-23-2 towed gun. While the 23mm Volkov-Yartsev VYa-23 aircraft gun used in the Second World War era Il-2 Sturmovik also fired ammunition of the same cartridge case dimensions, the rounds differed in loading and primer ...
Silent Barricade (Czech: Němá barikáda) is a 1949 Czechoslovak war film about the Prague uprising at the end of World War II directed by Otakar Vávra. [1] Cast
She was acquired by the U.S. Navy on 7 April 1944, renamed USS Barricade (ACM-3), and commissioned the same day, LT. Charles P. Haber, USN, Commanding. Charles P. Haber, USN, Commanding. The ship was transferred to the United States Coast Guard and commissioned as USCGC Magnolia (WAGL-328) ; she was redesignated WLB-328 on 1 September 1965 and ...