100 mm air defense gun KS-19 on:
[Wikipedia]
[Google]
[Amazon]
100 mm air defence gun KS-19 (russian: 100-мм зенитная пушка КС-19) was a 
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
/ref> * Trade Registers
Armstrade.sipri.org. Retrieved on 12 June 2015 * * – 100+ *
Sa'eer Iranian upgrade of Russian made KS-19 technical data sheet
{{SovArtyColdWar Anti-aircraft guns of the Soviet Union 100 mm artillery Weapons and ammunition introduced in 1948
Soviet
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...
anti-aircraft gun
Anti-aircraft warfare, counter-air or air defence forces is the battlespace response to aerial warfare, defined by NATO as "all measures designed to nullify or reduce the effectiveness of hostile air action".AAP-6 It includes surface based ...
. Initially deployed aboard ships as the B-34 during the Second World War
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposi ...
, 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
Artilleriyskiy Tyagach Tyazholiy, or AT-T (russian: Артиллерийский Тягач, Тяжёлый (АТ-Т), meaning "heavy artillery tractor") was a Soviet Cold War-era artillery tractor
An artillery tractor, also referred to as ...
Heavy tracked artillery tractor. The 15 man crew were carried on the tractor along with ready use ammunition for the gun.Bishop C and Drury I. The Encyclopedia of World Military Power (1988). Temple Press/Aerospace publishing. Ammunition was loaded as a single round into the loading tray and a well trained crew could fire 15 rounds maximum per minute.
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
SON-9 (NATO reporting name Fire Can) is a type of Russian/Soviet fire director radar for air defence guns including the 57 mm, 85mm, and 100 mm, and 130mm anti-aircraft guns. The design was based on an older SON-4 Soviet design that was in turn ...
(NATO Reporting name 'Fire Can') and PUAZO-6/19 director.
As the KS-19 is a heavy calibre Anti-Aircraft gun it also has some utility in the ground role especially against armored targets and as artillery. As a result of this two armor piecing rounds were produced: the AP-T (Armor Piercing-Tracer) and APC-T (Armor Piercing Capped-Tracer) with the AP-T round reportedly able to penetrate 185 mm of armor at 1000 m.
The KS-19 was used in action by communist forces in both Korea and Vietnam, and by Russian forces during their 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
Operators
Current * – Unknown * – 50 * – Unknown * – 4 * * – 12IISS 2007, p.236 * – 18 * Military Factory/ref> * Trade Registers
Armstrade.sipri.org. Retrieved on 12 June 2015 * * – 100+ *
Transnistria
Transnistria, officially the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (PMR), is an unrecognised breakaway state that is internationally recognised as a part of Moldova. Transnistria controls most of the narrow strip of land between the Dniester riv ...
*
*
Former operators
*
*
*
*
* – Produced as Type 59
*
*
*
*
*
*
* – Withdrawn from service in late 1950s.
*
*
*
*
* – Status unknown
References
External links
Sa'eer Iranian upgrade of Russian made KS-19 technical data sheet
{{SovArtyColdWar Anti-aircraft guns of the Soviet Union 100 mm artillery Weapons and ammunition introduced in 1948