Unknown gun!

[varing]

Hello!
Does anyone know what model it is? (soviet 23mm)

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munition 23x115 Russian NR / MUNICION.ORG
Help!

Greetings everyone!

 

[Kocur]

This is AM-23 cannon (bunch of Russian links).

 

[varing]

The barrel in the picture- Whether it is AM-23? Not previously seen. Cannon has found a bunch of scrap metal. There was a propane gas cut in half. There might be different guns? (google translate )

 

[CharlesBronson]

Weird muzzle brake. look like the one used by the MK 103 30mm german antitank gun.

 

[varing]

no, it is different MK 103 Maschinenkanone

 

[Kocur]

The barrel in the picture- Whether it is AM-23?

I don't know if that is AM-23 barrel, but the receiver surely is from AM-23. I imagined that this muzzle brake could be useful for bomber's turrents to prevent fuselage damage by muzzle blast, but I found no picture of Soviet bombers showing it.

There might be different guns? (google translate )

I'm too If you mean that the barrel may come from a different gun - it sure could.

 

[vikingBerserker]

It almost looks like some pieces from a boiler.

 

[varing]

This is a 23mm gun barrel.
Perhaps someone somewhere has seen this?

 

[GrauGeist]

Is it possible that the barrel is from a water-cooled assembly, and you're seeing the part that's normally covered by the water jacket (therefore not familiar looking)?

 

[varing]

Muzzle brake

 

[GrauGeist]

Ahhh...ok

I see the vents now!

 

[CharlesBronson]

no, it is different MK 103 Maschinenkanone

I wrote "looks like" no "is"

 

[varing]

Yes, you wrote I just posted a link to the comparison 8)

 

[vikingBerserker]

I don't think that's the muzzle break (muzzle break for 1/3 to 1/2 of the barrel length?), how many rifling twist are inside the barrel?

 

[varing]

So- barrel lenght 87cm, muzzle brake 30cm,then going rifling. 10 riflings

 

[varing]

The origin of the barrel probably will remain mystery