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ZU-23-2

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ZU-23-2

Summary

ZU-23-2 is an artillery model[1]. ZU-23-2 ranks in the top 2% of artillery_model entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (867 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • ZU-23-2's image is recorded as ZU-23-2 in Saint Petersburg.jpg[3].
  • ZU-23-2's instance of is recorded as artillery model[4].
  • ZU-23-2's subclass of is recorded as anti-aircraft gun[5].
  • ZU-23-2's designed by is recorded as KBP Instrument Design Bureau[6].
  • ZU-23-2's Commons category is recorded as ZU-23-2[7].
  • ZU-23-2's country of origin is recorded as Soviet Union[8].
  • +1960-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of ZU-23-2[9].
  • ZU-23-2's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/056psw[10].
  • ZU-23-2's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph153400[11].
  • ZU-23-2's service entry is recorded as +1960-01-01T00:00:00Z[12].
  • ZU-23-2's ammunition is recorded as 23×152mm[13].
  • ZU-23-2's ammunition is recorded as 23 mm HE/I[14].
  • ZU-23-2's topic's main category is recorded as Category:ZU-23-2[15].
  • ZU-23-2's GRAU index is recorded as 2А13[16].
  • ZU-23-2's Commons gallery is recorded as ZU-23-2[17].
  • ZU-23-2's described by source is recorded as Twentieth-Century Artillery[18].
  • ZU-23-2's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q174789', 'amount': '+4800'}[19].
  • ZU-23-2's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q174789', 'amount': '+2010'}[20].
  • ZU-23-2's width is recorded as {'unit': 'Q174789', 'amount': '+1870'}[21].
  • ZU-23-2's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11570', 'amount': '+2500'}[22].
  • ZU-23-2's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11570', 'amount': '+950'}[23].
  • ZU-23-2's field of view is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+360'}[24].
  • ZU-23-2's muzzle velocity is recorded as {'amount': '+970'}[25].
  • ZU-23-2's effective firing range is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+2000'}[26].
  • ZU-23-2's slope is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '-10'}[27].

Body

Physical Characteristics

Lengths include {'unit': 'Q174789', 'amount': '+4800'}[19] and {'unit': 'Q174789', 'amount': '+2010'}[20].

Designation and Status

ZU-23-2's instance of is recorded as artillery model[4].

History and Context

+1960-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of ZU-23-2[9].

Why It Matters

ZU-23-2 ranks in the top 2% of artillery_model entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (867 views/month).[2] ZU-23-2 has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] ZU-23-2 is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Twentieth-Century Artillery. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Twentieth-Century Artillery. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Twentieth-Century Artillery. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . zmt.tarnow.pl. zmt.tarnow.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Twentieth-Century Artillery. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . zmt.tarnow.pl. zmt.tarnow.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . zmt.tarnow.pl. zmt.tarnow.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Twentieth-Century Artillery. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Twentieth-Century Artillery. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Twentieth-Century Artillery. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . Twentieth-Century Artillery. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Twentieth-Century Artillery. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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