Ukrainian border guards received new ZU-23-2 anti-aircraft guns

The units of the State Border Service of Ukraine were reinforced with new ZU-23-2 anti-aircraft guns.

The SBGS reported that anti-aircraft guns are used to counteract Russian loitering munitions and other air targets.

“Anti-aircraft guns will also be used to target Russian sabotage and reconnaissance groups and destroy enemy personnel and equipment, including armored ones,” the SBGS noted.

Anti-aircraft gunners of the State Border Service of Ukraine emphasized that ZU-23-2 can fire up to 2 thousand rounds per minute with armor-piercing incendiary tracers or high-explosive fragmentation rounds.

Border guards also added that the anti-aircraft gun is also effective against aerial targets at an altitude of up to 2 kilometers and at a distance of up to 2.5 kilometers.

“It is currently used mainly to strike air targets: Shaheds, reconnaissance drones, and other air targets,” border guards noted.

The new ZU-23-2 will be used separately in stationary positions, and on trucks or other mobile platforms in combination with various means of target detection and guidance.

The new anti-aircraft installations teams have already undergone the necessary training and are on combat duty.

The State Border Service did not specify which company developed the new ZU-23-2. Ukrainian border guards were presumably supplied with Polish-made ZU-23-2CP.

ZU-23-2CP is a version of the ZU-23 twin anti-aircraft gun developed in the USSR.

These guns are manufactured by the Polish company Zakłady Mechaniczne Tarnów, part of Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa.

The ZU-23-2CP provides target destruction with 23-mm armor-piercing incendiary tracer (HEI-T) and armor-piercing discarding sabot tracer (APDS-T and FAPDS-T) ammunition.