Artillery Rounds
API, API-TM
Artillery Rounds
API, API-TM
23x115 mm Rounds API with Armour-Piercing Incendiary Projectile
23x115 mm Rounds API-TM with Armour-Piercing Incendiary Tracer Projectile
23x115 mm API
NSN: 1305-50-000-0782
23x115 mm API-TM
NSN: 1305-50-001-2477
The Rounds are compatible with 23 mm GSh-23, GSh-23L, GSh-6-23M and AM-23 Automatic guns installed on Su-24, MiG-31, Su-15, MiG-21, MiG-23, Tu-22M, Tu-95s
and llyushin II-76 aircraft and Mi-24VP, W-3WA helicopters, and others;
intended to defeat unarmored and light armored ground and air targets, and manpower.
 Specifications |
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| Caliber, mm | 23x115 | 23x115 |
| Projectile type | Armour-Piercing Incendiary |
Armour-Piercing Incendiary Tracer |
| Round length, mm | from 197.86 to 200.66 | from 197.86 to 200.66 |
| Round weight, g | 331 approx. | 347 approx. |
| Projectile weight, g | 174 approx. | 190 approx. |
| Tracer burning time, s | - | not less than 5 |
| Average muzzle velocity, Voaver, m/s |
715 | 690 |
| Average max Pressure at 15°C Pmaxaver, Mpa |
not more than 294.2 | not more than 294.2 |
| Propellant type | 4/7 Cgr | 4/7 Cgr |
| Case material | brass | brass |
| Penetration, mm | 10 mm armour plate, placed at 200m from the muzzle, at 60° towards the firing line |
10 mm armour plate, placed at 200m from the muzzle, at 60° towards the firing line |
| Operational temperature range, °C |
from minus 50 to 50 | from minus 50 to 50 |
| CLASS OF EXPLOSION HAZARD | 1.2C; UN0328 | 1.2C; UN0328 |
| PACKING: | ||
| 44 rounds in one airtight metal box, three metal boxes (132 pcs totally) in a wooden case |
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| Wooden case dimensions, mm 875x398x206 | 875x398x206 | |
| Gross weight, kg | 61 | 63 |
| Volume, m3 | 0.072 | 0.072 |