180 mm gun S-23

180 mm gun S-23 S-23-180mm-beyt-hatotchan-4.jpg 300 S-23 in Beyt ha-Totchan Museum, Zikhron Ya'akov. Soviet Union Heavy gun yes yes 1955–2024 See Operators Yom Kippur WarLebanese Civil WarIran–Iraq WarSyrian civil war NII-58 1945–1955 OAO PO "Barrikady", Volgograd 1955–1971 21,450 kg lb on 10.48 m ftin on 8.8 m ftin on L/49 2.99 m ftin on 2.62 m ftin onMargiotta, Franklin D. (1997). Brassey's Encyclopedia of Land Forces and Warfare. Potomac Books. 978-1-57488-087-8. 16 High Explosive, Nuclear-capable 180 mm in on 1 rpm maximum;1 round every two minutes sustained 850 m/s ft/s onhttp://articles.janes.com/articles/Janes-Ammunition-Handbook/180-mm-ammunition-for-Russian-S-23-gun.html 180 mm ammunition for Russian S-23 gun, Field artillery 2011-06-03 Janes Defense Website 2 April 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120402185518/http://articles.janes.com/articles/Janes-Ammunition-Handbook/180-mm-ammunition-for-Russian-S-23-gun.html live 30.4 km mi on 43.8 km mi onwith RAP S-85 mechanical sight, PG-1M panoramic sight and MVShP direct sight interrupted screw split trail −2° to +50° 44° The 180 mm gun S-23 (ru 180-мм пушка С-23) was a Soviet heavy gun of Cold War era. It was developed in the early 1950s, with the design based on naval guns. Its first public appearance was the 1955 May Day parade in Moscow. For some time, it was believed in the West that the S-23 was actually a 203 mm weapon, and as a result it was often referred to as the 203 mm M1955 gun howitzer. However, after an example was captured in the Middle East during the 1970s this misconception was dispelled.http://weaponsystems.net/weaponsystem/DD03%20-%20S-23.html 180mm S-23 | Weaponsystems.net 4 May 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190504055200/http://www.weaponsystems.net/weaponsystem/DD03%20-%20S-23.html live Design history The S-23 was designed by NII-58 as part of a new series of heavy artillery systems consisting of the following types: the 180 mm gun S-23; a 210 mm howitzer S-23-I a.k.a. S-33; a 280 mm mortar S-23-II a.k.a. S-43 and a 203 mm gun howitzer S-23-IV. All were to be based on the same carriage. The order to start series production was given but after the production of seven S-23s (GRAU index: 52-P-572), one S-33 and one S-43 by PO "Barrikady" in 1955 the project was cancelled.Shirokograd A.B. (2000). Entsiklopediya otechestvennoj artillerii. Harvest. The seven guns remained in service until 1967 and were regularly shown during the annual May Day parades, being towed by AT-T artillery tractors. At the request of Syria, who needed a large-calibre gun system, the project was shortly revived at the end of the 1960s and twelve more S-23 guns were produced in 1971, as well as the new VOF28 round with RAP projectile OF-23.https://cat-uxo.com/explosive-hazards/projectiles/180mm-of-23-projectile 180mm OF-23 Projectile CAT-UXO The other rounds were the VF-572 with HE projectile F-572 and the VG-572 with concrete-piercing projectile G-572.http://www.russianarms.ru/forum/index.php?topic=3530.0 С-23 (52-П-572) - 180-мм пушка 29 August 2011 31 March 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120331091324/http://www.russianarms.ru/forum/index.php?topic=3530.0 live Operational history The West assumed that the S-23 was issued within the Soviet Army at a ratio of 12 weapons per heavy artillery brigade. It was exported to Syria and some sources suggest that it might have been exported to other Middle Eastern countries, and likely the Indian Army. The howitzer is believed to be seeing use by the Syrian Army in the Syrian Civil War. Yom Kippur War 180mm S-23 guns were deployed to forward positions as part of the Syrian Army's General Staff reserve during the Yom Kippur War. In the opening day of the war, they shelled Mount Canaan he הר כנען, an intelligence base near Safed, and Mahanayim airfield. This early shelling succeeded in disrupting Israeli intelligence installations and communications.Asher Dani Inside Israel's Northern Command: The Yom Kippur War on the Syrian Border 2014 University of Kentucky Press Lexington, Kentucky 978-0-8131-6766-4 2016 US https://books.google.com/books?id=zyONCwAAQBAJ&q=180mm+gun+syria&pg=PT29 31 March 2016 1 April 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230401072320/https://books.google.com/books?id=zyONCwAAQBAJ&q=180mm+gun+syria&pg=PT29 live Lebanese Civil War During the Lebanese Civil War, Syrian Army 180mm guns and 240mm mortars shelled East Beirut in 1989 as part of an offensive to dislodge Christian faction leader Michel Aoun, inflicting over 900 casualties.Rabin 114 Statement in the Knesset by Defense Minister Rabin on the Situation in Lebanon- 29 November 1989 http://mfa.gov.il/MFA/ForeignPolicy/MFADocuments/Yearbook8/Pages/114%20Statement%20in%20the%20Knesset%20by%20Defense%20Minister%20R.aspx Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs 31 March 2016 20 April 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160420184110/http://mfa.gov.il/MFA/ForeignPolicy/MFADocuments/Yearbook8/Pages/114%20Statement%20in%20the%20Knesset%20by%20Defense%20Minister%20R.aspx live Operators thumb|right|300px|Map with S23 operators in blue and former operators in red Former Egypt − 50Arms transfer database https://armstransfers.sipri.org/ArmsTransfer/TransferRegister Stockholm International Peace Research Institute 13 April 2024 India − 40 Soviet Union − 180International Institute for Strategic Studies The military balance, 1989-1990 1989 Brassey's London 978-0080375694 34 International Institute for Strategic Studies Syria − 36Arms transfer database https://armstransfers.sipri.org/ArmsTransfer/TransferRegister Stockholm International Peace Research Institute 13 April 2024 Photo gallery References Sources Shirokograd A.B. (2000). Entsiklopediya otechestvennoj artillerii. Harvest. International Institute for Strategic Studies Chapter Six: Middle East and North Africa The Military Balance 2024 124 1 328–395 10.1080/04597222.2024.2298594 Taylor & Francis IISS 2024 International Institute for Strategic Studies External links S-23 at Mega.km.ru ru S-23 series at RussianArms.ru ru June 2017 Category:Artillery of the Soviet Union Category:180 mm artillery Category:Military equipment introduced in the 1950s