The KS-23 (Russian: Карабин специальный, 23 мм (Special Carbine, 23 mm)) is a Soviet pump action shotgun that fires 23×75mmR cartridge, which is equal to 6.27 gauge using the British and American standards of shotgun gauges and approximately 4 gauge using the current European standards. It was designed in the 1970s for suppressing prison riots. The KS-23 began to see use during the mid-1980s by several MVD forces.

The shotgun is commonly available in two variants: Traditional wooden fixed stock and pistol gripped with side-folding stock.

See also

• KS-23 (Girls' Frontline)
• List of Weapons

External links

• Soviet counter-terrorism training (eve of the Olympics-80) footage with KS-23, on YouTube
• Wikipedia: KS-23