| 100 mm air defense gun KS-19 | |
|---|---|
) KS-19 in Saint Petersburg Artillery Museum. | |
| Type | Anti-aircraft gun |
| Place of origin | Soviet Union |
| Service history | |
| Wars | Korean war Vietnam war |
| Production history | |
| Designer | L. V. Lulyev |
| No. built | approx. 5000[1] |
| Specifications | |
| Mass | 9,550 kg (21,054 lbs) |
| Length | 9.45 m (31 ft) |
| Barrel length | 5.7 m (18 ft 8 in)[2] |
| Width | 2.35 m (7 ft 8 in) |
| Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) |
| Crew | 15 |
| Shell | Fixed QF 100×695 mm. R[2] |
| Caliber | 100 mm (3.94 in) |
| Breech | Semi-automatic horizontal sliding-wedge[2] |
| 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. Initially deployed aboard ships as the B-34 during the Second World War, a ground-mounted version was introduced into service after the war as the KS-19.
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.[3] Ammunition was loaded as a single round into the loading tray and a well trained crew could fire 15 rounds maximum per minute.[3]
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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.[3]
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.[3]
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.[4]
Operators
Current
Cambodia - 50
Cuba - Unknown
Iran[5]
Mauritania - 12[6]
Nicaragua - 18
North Korea[7]
Romania[8]
Syria - 100+
Vietnam[7]
Yemen
Former operators
Afghanistan[7]
Albania
Algeria
Bulgaria
China - Produced by Type 59[7]
Czechoslovakia[7]
Egypt
Georgia
Hungary
Iraq
Kazakhstan[7]
Guinea - Status unknown
Poland - Withdrawn from service in late 1950s.
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North Vietnam
Somalia
Soviet Union
Sudan - Status unknown
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References
- ^ "KS-19 100mm Towed Anti-Aircraft Gun". Military Factory. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
- ^ a b c Foss, Christopher (1977). Jane's pocket book of towed artillery. New York: Collier. p. 257. ISBN 0020806000. OCLC 911907988.
- ^ a b c d 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.
- ^ [1]
- ^ IISS 2007, p.236
- ^ a b c d e f Military Factory
- ^ Trade Registers. Armstrade.sipri.org. Retrieved on 12 June 2015