M45 quad mount vs ZU-23-2: Specs Compared | ForceTally

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M45 quad mount — licensed reference photograph

AAnti-aircraft guns

M45 quad mount

Anti-aircraft gun , heavy machine gun

Credit

B25es · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

ZU-23-2 — licensed reference photograph

BAnti-aircraft guns

ZU-23-2

Towed 23 mm anti-aircraft twin autocannon

Credit

One half 3544 · Public domain · Resized · Public domain · Source ↗ · Modified

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

M45 quad mountlarger figure on 1 of 2

Mass+14%

ZU-23-2larger figure on 1 of 2

Calibre+81%

Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.

Measured figures

Head to head

18 of 119 rows sourced on both sides

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4.57m

Length

All recorded figures & sources

4.57 m

Length

Single source

4.57 m (10 ft)^[source]

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2.88m

Width

All recorded figures & sources

Configuration

Details

M45 quad mount and ZU-23-2 configuration
Specification	M45 quad mount	ZU-23-2
Type	Anti-aircraft gun , heavy machine gun^[source]	Towed 23 mm anti-aircraft twin autocannon^[source]
Place of origin	United States^[source]	Soviet Union^[source]
Wars	World War II First Indochina War Korean War Vietnam War Portuguese Colonial War Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 Lebanese Civil War 1978 South Lebanon conflict Nicaraguan Revolution 1982 Lebanon War Sino-Vietnamese War Third Indochina War Salvadoran Civil War^[source]	Angolan Civil War South African Border War Ethiopian Civil War Lebanese Civil War Soviet–Afghan War Western Sahara War Somali Civil War Iran–Iraq War United States invasion of Grenada Second Sudanese Civil War Siachen conflict Operation Praying Mantis Gulf War Georgian Civil War First Chechen War Second Chechen War War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) South Lebanon conflict (1985–2000) 2006 Lebanon War Russo-Georgian War First Libyan Civil War Sudanese conflict in South Kordofan and Blue Nile Syrian Civil War Northern Mali conflict Russo-Ukrainian War War in Donbas Second Libyan Civil War Yemeni Civil War (2014–present) Tigray War Russo-Ukrainian war War in Amhara Sudanese civil war (2023–present) 2025 India–Pakistan conflict Iran–Israel war 2026 Afghanistan–Pakistan war

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