Type 85 anti-aircraft artillery vs ZU-23-2

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AAnti-aircraft guns

Type 85 anti-aircraft artillery

23 mm artillery gun

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

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

Type 85 anti-aircraft artillerySG ADS modernized Type 85 gun maximum length · Length

2.555 m

Length source ↗

ZU-23-2Length

4.57 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Measured figures

Head to head

9 of 100 rows sourced on both sides

2.56m

4.57m

Length

All recorded figures & sources

2.555 m

SG ADS modernized Type 85 gun maximum length · Length

Single source

2.555 meter^[source]SG ADS modernized Type 85 gun maximum length

4.57 m

Configuration

Details

Type 85 anti-aircraft artillery and ZU-23-2 configuration
Specification	Type 85 anti-aircraft artillery	ZU-23-2
Type	23 mm artillery gun^[source]	Towed 23 mm anti-aircraft twin autocannon^[source]
Designation	YW-306^[source]	—
Propulsion	towed^[source]SG ADS modernized Type 85 gun	—
Effective altitude	1.5 mi^[source]	—
Sights	WPO-12 aiming sight^[source]

Ammunition	WBO-44P incendiary tracer round & WB-148P armor-piercing incendiary tracer round^[source]	—

Place of origin	—	Soviet Union^[source]

In service	—	1960–present^[source]

Used by	—	See Operators section^[source]

Wars	—	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^[source]

Designer	—	KBP Instrument Design Bureau^[source]

Designed	—	Late 1950s^[source]

Produced	—	1960–present [1]^[source]

Variants	—	See Variants and upgrades^[source]

Shell	—	23x152B^[source]

Barrels	—	2^[source]

Action	—	Gas operated^[source]

Elevation	—	−10° to +90°^[source]

Traverse	—	360°^[source]

Feed system	—	2x 50 round belt^[source]

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