The strongest shotgun in the world, the KS-23 has been made with an adapted barrel that was originally used as a 23mm anti-aircraft gun. Therefore, it uses special 4 gauge shells and has a longer attack range than existing shotguns. - Weapon description |
KS-23 is a powerful shotgun in CrossFire.
Overview[]
KS-23 is a pump-action shotgun, but use a rifled barrel, meaning it's also officially designated as a carbine.
This weapon has a good firing rate, but it carries the third least shells in its tubular magazine (Above 687 EELL Diamond Pigeon and Serbu Super-Shorty), with only 4 shots (20 in reverse), even though it can reload quite fast and reload-cancel is also possible.
This gun is best used in small maps for closed quarter combat. However, KS-23 is very strong, capable of 1 body shot kills at short to medium distance regardless of armor, though hits to the legs or arms may fail to inflict full damage. But also produces a louder firing noise.
Advantages[]
- High damage dealing.
- High accuracy.
- Medium recoil.
- Narrow pellet spread.
- Fast pumping action time.
- Can perform reload-cancel.
- Very narrow crosshair.
Disadvantages[]
- Very low magazine capacity.
- Often needs to be reloaded, due to low capacity.
- Damage reduced at long range.
- Loud firing noise.
Availability[]
- CF China
- CF Vietnam
- CF West
- CF Philippines
CF Korea
Trivia[]
Real life[]
- The KS-23 is the largest bore shotgun in the world, boasting a 4 gauge/23mm rifled barrel. Russian troops often utilize the KS-23 as a grenade launcher using gas grenades and less-lethal cartridges, though it can use lethal buckshot too.
- In Crossfire the KS-23 is seen loaded with standard 12 gauge red shells, but the real-life KS-23 uses much larger 4 Gauge shells made of brown paper and brass.
In-game[]
- KS-23 is the sixth pump-action shotgun added to CrossFire after M37 Stakeout, Remington 870 / Knife / Breacher and KSG-15.
- Although the weapon description said that this gun is the strongest shotgun in the world itself, however, it was the fourth most powerful shotgun in the game, behind Serbu Super-Shorty, M1216, and 687 EELL Diamond Pigeon.
- It shares similar drawing and reloading animation with Serbu Super-Shorty.
- In CF Philippines, this gun is bundled with Dual Kriss Super V in the Mega Lotto.