Ammunition
The KS-23 was created with the capability to fire several different types of ammunition, listed below:
- "Shrapnel-10" buckshot round with 10-meter effective range
- "Shrapnel-25" buckshot round with 25-meter effective range
- "Barricade" cartridge with solid steel projectile able to destroy the engine block of a car at up to 100 meters.
- "Wave-R" rubber less-lethal cartridge
- "Bird cherry" tear gas grenade with CN agent
- "Lilac" tear gas grenade with CS agent
- "Star" flash-bang round
Later, two add-on muzzle mortars were produced, the 36 mm Nasadka-6 and 82 mm Nasadka-12, bringing with them several new ammunition types:
- Blank grenade launching cartridge to be used with muzzle mortars
- 36 mm "Cheremukha-6" tear gas grenade
- 82 mm "Cheremukha-12" "high-efficiency" tear gas grenade for use on open areas
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