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Towed 23 mm anti-aircraft twin autocannon
ZU-23-2 is a towed 23 mm anti-aircraft twin autocannon originating in Soviet Union. Reported operators include Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Burundi, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Chad, China, Cuba, Djibouti, Ecuador, Egypt, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, Gabon, Greece, Georgia, South Ossetia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Kurdistan Region, Israel, Ivory Coast, North Korea, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Moldova, Transnistria, Mali, Mongolia, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Oman, Peru, Poland, Russia, Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, Somalia, Puntland, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, Sri Lanka, Syria, Tanzania, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, United States, Venezuela.
Technical data
Towed 23 mm anti-aircraft twin autocannon
Soviet Union
1960–present
See Operators section
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
KBP Instrument Design Bureau
Late 1950s
1960–present [1]
See Variants and upgrades
0.95 tonnes (2,094 lbs)
4.57 m (10 ft)
2.008 m (79.1 in) (87.3 calibers)
True scale
Sourced dimensions beside a 1.75 m human reference.
Points represent sourced observations, including revisions. Revisions on the same effective date are not separate inventory events. Ranges appear in the table and are not plotted as exact points.
| Observation / report period | Value | Source | Claim state |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Sept 2026 | 950 kg | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 950 kg | Wikipedia contributors | approved |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 950 kg | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 950 kg | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 950 kg | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 950 kg | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 950 kg | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 950 kg | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 950 kg | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
2.88 m (9 ft 5 in)
1.22 m (4 ft)
2 (gunner and commander)
23x152B
23 mm
2
Gas operated
−10° to +90°
360°
2000 rpm cyclic, 400 rpm practical (per cannon)
2.5 km (2 miles) effective range
2x 50 round belt
Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Angola
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Belarus
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Burundi
Cambodia
Cape Verde
Chad
China
Cuba
Djibouti
Ecuador
Egypt
Eritrea
Estonia
Ethiopia
Finland
Gabon
Greece
Georgia
South Ossetia
Ghana
Guinea-Bissau
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Kurdistan Region
Israel
Ivory Coast
North Korea
Laos
Latvia
Lebanon
Libya
Mauritania
Morocco
Moldova
Transnistria
Mali
Mongolia
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia
Nicaragua
Nigeria
Oman
Peru
Poland
Russia
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
Somalia
Puntland
Somaliland
South Africa
South Sudan
Sudan
Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North
Sri Lanka
Syria
Tanzania
Turkmenistan
Uganda
Ukraine
United States
Venezuela
Reference text from Wikipedia contributors, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
ZU-23-2 equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
AfghanistanReported count for ZU-23-2. Country-wide list; no individual service specified. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Excludes retired/reserve/on-order rows. Count column(s): quantity: 18. Origin: Soviet Union. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. The components do not establish one inventory census date; the stored date is the retrieved source snapshot.
Albania
AlgeriaArmy exact named equipment holdings: ZU-23-2. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: AIR DEFENCE / 23mm. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
AngolaNumber column of the Wikipedia list table under "Air defence systems". The list's own wording applies; it is a compiled secondary source, not an official census.
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Belarus
Bulgaria
Burundi
Cambodia
Cape VerdeNational Guard exact named equipment holdings: ZU-23. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: AIR DEFENCE / TOWED 23mm. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
Chad
China
Cuba
DjiboutiArmy exact named equipment holdings: ZU-23-2. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: AIR DEFENCE / 23mm. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
EcuadorAir Force exact named equipment holdings: ZU-23. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: AIR DEFENCE / 23mm. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
EgyptArmy exact named equipment holdings: ZU-23-2. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: AIR DEFENCE / 23mm. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
EritreaNumber column of the Wikipedia list table under "Towed anti-aircraft guns". The list's own wording applies; it is a compiled secondary source, not an official census.
EstoniaNumber column of the Wikipedia list table under "Air-defence equipment". The list's own wording applies; it is a compiled secondary source, not an official census.
Ethiopia
FinlandNumber column of the Wikipedia list table under "Anti-aircraft artillery". The list's own wording applies; it is a compiled secondary source, not an official census.
GabonArmy exact named equipment holdings: ZU-23-2. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: AIR DEFENCE / 23mm. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
GeorgiaNumber column of the Wikipedia list table under "Anti-aircraft artillery". The list's own wording applies; it is a compiled secondary source, not an official census.
GhanaArmy exact named equipment holdings: ZU-23-2. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: AIR DEFENCE / TOWED 23mm. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
GreeceArmy exact named equipment holdings: ZU-23-2. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: AIR DEFENCE / 23mm. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
Guinea-BissauArmy exact named equipment holdings: ZU-23. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: AIR DEFENCE / 23mm. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
IndiaArmy exact named equipment holdings: ZU-23-2. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: AIR DEFENCE / 23mm. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
IndonesiaReported count for Giant Bow II. Service scope: Indonesian Army; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Excludes retired/reserve/on-order rows. Count column(s): quantity: 18. Origin: China. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. The components do not establish one inventory census date; the stored date is the retrieved source snapshot.
IranArmy exact named equipment holdings: ZU-23-2. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: AIR DEFENCE / 23mm. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
Iraq
Israel
Ivory Coast
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Latvia
LebanonArmy exact named equipment holdings: ZU-23-2. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: AIR DEFENCE / 23mm. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
Libya
Mali
MauritaniaArmy exact named equipment holdings: ZU-23-2. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: AIR DEFENCE / 23mm. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
MoldovaArmy exact named equipment holdings: ZU-23. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: AIR DEFENCE / 23mm. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
Mongolia
MoroccoArmy exact named equipment holdings: ZU-23-2. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: AIR DEFENCE / 23mm. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
MozambiqueArmy exact named equipment holdings: ZU-23-2. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: AIR DEFENCE / 23mm. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
MyanmarReported count for Type-87. Service scope: Myanmar Army; does not replace a national total. 2 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Excludes retired/reserve/on-order rows. Count column(s): quantity: 380 / quantity: 380. Origin: China. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. Dates are the count-cell citations' stated source period (2017), not the article revision. 2017 cited source edition. Edition or publication years do not claim an exact inventory census day.
NamibiaReported count for ZU-23-2. Service scope: Army equipment; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Retired, wholly reserve and on-order rows are excluded; the reported count retains any explicitly mixed stock scope in the quoted row. Count column(s): quantity: 12. Origin: Soviet Union. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. Dates are the count-cell citations' stated source period (2013), not the article revision. Cited source 2013-09-03. Edition or publication years do not claim an exact inventory census day.
NicaraguaAir Force exact named equipment holdings: ZU-23. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: AIR DEFENCE / GUNS 23mm. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
NigeriaReported count for ZU-23-2. Service scope: Nigerian Army; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Excludes retired/reserve/on-order rows. Count column(s): quantity: 350. Origin: Soviet Union. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. The components do not establish one inventory census date; the stored date is the retrieved source snapshot.
North KoreaReported count for ZU-23-2. Service scope: Korean People's Army Ground Force; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Excludes retired/reserve/on-order rows. Count column(s): quantity: 1,500. Origin: unstated. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. The components do not establish one inventory census date; the stored date is the retrieved source snapshot.
OmanArmy exact named equipment holdings: ZU-23-2. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: AIR DEFENCE / 23mm. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
PeruArmy exact named equipment holdings of ZU-23-2, ZU-23. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only, not a national or parent-force total or combat-readiness measure. Source role(s): AIR DEFENCE / TOWED 23mm. No heading aggregate, carried armament, crew, payload, factory production or future order count inherited. Family total is the sum of the separately printed nonoverlapping exact model components, each explicitly declared by its own source; no parent or sibling variant identity inferred.
PolandArmy exact named equipment holdings: ZU-23-2. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: AIR DEFENCE / TOWED 23mm. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
Russia
São Tomé and Príncipe
Somalia
South AfricaApproximate count for ZU-23-2 Zumlac. Service scope: South African Army; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Excludes retired/reserve/on-order rows. Count column(s): number: ~ 36. Origin: Soviet Union South Africa. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. The components do not establish one inventory census date; the stored date is the retrieved source snapshot.
South Sudan
Sri Lanka
SudanReported count for 23 mm ZU-23-2. Country-wide list; no individual service specified. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Excludes retired/reserve/on-order rows. Count column(s): in service: 740. Origin: Soviet Union. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. The components do not establish one inventory census date; the stored date is the retrieved source snapshot.
Syria
TanzaniaAir Defence Command exact named equipment holdings: ZU-23-2. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: AIR DEFENCE / 23mm. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
Turkmenistan
UgandaReported count for ZU-23-2. Service scope: Army equipment; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Retired, wholly reserve and on-order rows are excluded; the reported count retains any explicitly mixed stock scope in the quoted row. Count column(s): quantity: 5. Origin: Soviet Union. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. The components do not establish one inventory census date; the stored date is the retrieved source snapshot.
Ukraine
United States
VenezuelaAir Defence Command (CODAI) exact named equipment holdings of ZU- 23-2. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only, not a national or parent-force total or combat-readiness measure. Source role(s): AIR DEFENCE / 23mm. No heading aggregate, carried armament, crew, payload, factory production or future order count inherited. Literal epsilon denotes an IISS estimate rather than an exact census.
Vietnam
Zambia
ZimbabweArmy exact named equipment holdings: ZU-23-2. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: AIR DEFENCE / 23mm. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Burundi, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Chad, China, Cuba, Djibouti, Ecuador, Egypt, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, Gabon, Greece, Georgia, South Ossetia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Kurdistan Region, Israel, Ivory Coast, North Korea, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Moldova, Transnistria, Mali, Mongolia, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Oman, Peru, Poland, Russia, Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, Somalia, Puntland, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, Sri Lanka, Syria, Tanzania, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, United States, Venezuela
Equipment reference ↗Army exact named equipment holdings of ZU-23-2. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only, not a national or parent-force total or combat-readiness measure. Source role(s): AIR DEFENCE / 23mm. No heading aggregate, carried armament, crew, payload, factory production or future order count inherited.
Army exact named equipment holdings of ZU-23-2. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only, not a national or parent-force total or combat-readiness measure. Source role(s): AIR DEFENCE / 23mm. No heading aggregate, carried armament, crew, payload, factory production or future order count inherited.
Air Force exact named equipment holdings of ZU-23. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only, not a national or parent-force total or combat-readiness measure. Source role(s): AIR DEFENCE / 23mm. No heading aggregate, carried armament, crew, payload, factory production or future order count inherited.
Army exact named equipment holdings of ZU-23-2. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only, not a national or parent-force total or combat-readiness measure. Source role(s): AIR DEFENCE / 23mm. No heading aggregate, carried armament, crew, payload, factory production or future order count inherited.
Army exact named equipment holdings of ZU-23-2. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only, not a national or parent-force total or combat-readiness measure. Source role(s): AIR DEFENCE / 23mm. No heading aggregate, carried armament, crew, payload, factory production or future order count inherited.
Army exact named equipment holdings of ZU-23-2. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only, not a national or parent-force total or combat-readiness measure. Source role(s): AIR DEFENCE / 23mm. No heading aggregate, carried armament, crew, payload, factory production or future order count inherited.
Army exact named equipment holdings of ZU-23-2. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only, not a national or parent-force total or combat-readiness measure. Source role(s): AIR DEFENCE / 23mm. No heading aggregate, carried armament, crew, payload, factory production or future order count inherited.
Army exact named equipment holdings of ZU-23. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only, not a national or parent-force total or combat-readiness measure. Source role(s): AIR DEFENCE / 23mm. No heading aggregate, carried armament, crew, payload, factory production or future order count inherited.
Army exact named equipment holdings of ZU-23-2. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only, not a national or parent-force total or combat-readiness measure. Source role(s): AIR DEFENCE / 23mm. No heading aggregate, carried armament, crew, payload, factory production or future order count inherited. Printed ranges remain ranges; exact sibling components shift both endpoints by their separately stated counts.
Army exact named equipment holdings of ZU-23-2. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only, not a national or parent-force total or combat-readiness measure. Source role(s): AIR DEFENCE / 23mm. No heading aggregate, carried armament, crew, payload, factory production or future order count inherited. The source marks the whole equipment section with a dagger: serviceability in doubt. Holdings are not readiness.
Air Force exact named equipment holdings of ZU-23. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only, not a national or parent-force total or combat-readiness measure. Source role(s): AIR DEFENCE / GUNS 23mm. No heading aggregate, carried armament, crew, payload, factory production or future order count inherited.
Army exact named equipment holdings of ZU-23-2. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only, not a national or parent-force total or combat-readiness measure. Source role(s): AIR DEFENCE / 23mm. No heading aggregate, carried armament, crew, payload, factory production or future order count inherited.
Army exact named equipment holdings of ZU-23-2. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only, not a national or parent-force total or combat-readiness measure. Source role(s): AIR DEFENCE / TOWED 23mm. No heading aggregate, carried armament, crew, payload, factory production or future order count inherited.
Reported count for ZU-23-2. Service scope: Tanzanian Army; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Retired, wholly reserve and on-order rows are excluded; the reported count retains any explicitly mixed stock scope in the quoted row. Count column(s): quantity: 40. Origin: Soviet Union. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. The components do not establish one inventory census date; the stored date is the retrieved source snapshot.
Army exact named equipment holdings of ZU-23-2. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only, not a national or parent-force total or combat-readiness measure. Source role(s): AIR DEFENCE / 23mm. No heading aggregate, carried armament, crew, payload, factory production or future order count inherited.