100 mm air defense gun KS-19
100 mm air defense gun KS-19 | |
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KS-19 in Saint Petersburg Artillery Museum. | |
Type | Air defense gun |
Place of origin | Soviet Union |
Service history | |
Wars |
Korean war Vietnam war |
Production history | |
Designer | L. V. Lulyev |
Specifications | |
Weight | 9,550 kg (21,054 lbs) |
Length | 9.45 m (31 ft) |
Barrel length | 5.7 m (18 ft 8 in)[1] |
Width | 2.35 m (7 ft 8 in) |
Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) |
Crew | 15 |
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Shell | Fixed QF 100×695 mm. R[1] |
Caliber | 100 mm (3.94 in) |
Breech | Semi-automatic horizontal sliding-wedge[1] |
Elevation | −3°/+85 |
Traverse | 360° |
Rate of fire | 15 rounds per minute |
Muzzle velocity | 900-1,000 m/s |
Maximum firing range |
Horizontal: 21 km (13 mi) Vertical: 12,700 m (41,667 ft) timed fuse. 15,000 m (49,213 ft) proximity fuse. |
100 mm air defense gun KS-19 (Russian: 100-мм зенитная пушка КС-19) was a Soviet anti-aircraft gun. Following the end of the Second World War the Soviet Union introduced into service the 100 mm KS-19 and 130 mm KS-30.
The KS-19 is a heavy towed anti aircraft gun that has largely disappeared from front line arsenals due to increased use of more effective surface-to-air missiles. Being a towed weapon an external form of mobility was required, usually an AT-S Medium or AT-T Heavy tracked artillery tractor. The 15 man crew were carried on the tractor along with ready use ammunition for the gun.[2] Ammunition was loaded as a single round into the loading tray and a well trained crew could fire 15 rounds maximum per minute.[2]
Anti Aircraft ammunition includes high explosive, high explosive fragmentation and fragmentation types. The KS-19's onboard sights can be used to engage air targets; however increased accuracy was achieved if used in conjunction with a fire control radar such as the SON 9 (NATO Reporting name 'Fire Can') and PUAZO-6/19 director.[2]
As the KS-19 is a heavy calibre Anti-Aircraft gun it also has some utility in the ground role especially against armored targets. As a result of this two armor piecing rounds were produced: the AP-T (Armour Piercing-Tracer) and APC-T (Armour Piercing Capped-Tracer) with the AP-T round reportedly able to penetrate 185 mm of armor at 1000 m.[2]
The KS-19 was used in action by communist forces in both Korea and Vietnam.
Recently Iran has built an upgraded automatic version of KS-19 named Sa'ir.[3]
Operators
Current operators
Cambodia - 50 Cuba - Unknown[4] Iran[5] Mauritania - 12[6] Nicaragua - 18 North Korea[7] Romania[8] Syria - 100+[9] Vietnam[7] Yemen
Former operators
Afghanistan[7] Albania Algeria Bulgaria China - Produced by Type 59[7] Czechoslovakia[7] Egypt Hungary Iraq Kazakhstan[7] Guinea - Status unknown Poland - Withdrawn from service in late 1950s. Morocco North Vietnam Somalia Soviet Union Sudan - Status unknown
References
- 1 2 3 Foss, Christopher (1977). Jane's pocket book of towed artillery. New York: Collier. p. 257. ISBN 0020806000. OCLC 911907988.
- 1 2 3 4 Bishop C and Drury I. The Encyclopedia of World Military Power (1988). Temple Press/Aerospace publishing.
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-01-26. Retrieved 2012-12-22.
- ↑ Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces#Towed artillery
- ↑
- ↑ IISS 2007, p.236
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Military Factory
- ↑ Trade Registers. Armstrade.sipri.org. Retrieved on 12 June 2015
- ↑ Equipment of the Syrian Army#Towed anti-aircraft artillery
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