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KS-23

ShotgunGPItem ShopPermanentAdded Feb 2015

The strongest shotgun in the world, the KS-23 has been made with an adapted barrel that was originally used as a 23mm antiaircraft gun. Therefore, it uses special 4 gauge shells and has longer attack range than existing shotguns.

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KS-23
Head 580.8 kills in one
Chest 158.4 4 pellets, 39.6 each
Magazine 4 20 spare

How to get it

  • Item ShopBought outright in the game’s Item Shop. ConfirmedZ8Games + Wiki
  • Black MarketWon from Black Market crates in the game, opened with ZP (GP crates with GP). One sourceWiki
Checked against 3 sources
  • Z8Games’ weapon list Item Shop · GP
  • The game’s item table Not in it (the table stops at 2013)
  • CrossFire Wiki Black Market, Item Shop

Damage by hit box

Head: 580.8 damage Neck: 158.4 damage Chest: 158.4 damage Stomach: 211.2 damage Arms: 158.4 damage Hands: 158.4 damage Thighs: 142.6 damage Lower legs: 142.6 damage Feet: 142.6 damage

0100+

WhereMultiplierDamageShots to killTime to kill
Head Centre of the head ×1.1 580.8 (4×) 1 —
Head (edge) Outer head hit box ×1 528 (4×) 1 —
Neck ×0.3 158.4 (4×) 1 —
Chest Collarbones and upper spine ×0.3 158.4 (4×) 1 —
Stomach Lower spine and pelvis ×0.4 (0.36–) 211.2 (4×) 1 —
Arms ×0.3 158.4 (4×) 1 —
Hands ×0.3 158.4 (4×) 1 —
Thighs ×0.27 142.6 (4×) 1 —
Lower legs ×0.27 142.6 (4×) 1 —
Feet ×0.27 142.6 (4×) 1 —

Base damage 132 per pellet, 4 pellets a shot, multiplied by each hit box’s ratio from the weapon’s own table. Time to kill counts the gaps between shots at its fire rate. Each hit can vary by ±11.0%.

Handling

  • Fire modeSemi-auto, 4 pellets
  • Magazine4 + 20 · loads one at a time
  • Range100
  • Damage falloff0.0123
  • Movement speed−10.0%
  • Reload animation×1
  • Draw animation×1
  • Damage in one magazine634
  • Knockback0.7

Through armour and walls

  • Through a helmet65% of damage
  • Through body armour65% of damage
  • Shoots through wallsYes
  • Shoots through playersYes

Damage kept through

  • Paper100%
  • Wood25%
  • Cushion25%

Against other shotguns

  • Head damage Better than 53%
  • Chest damage Better than 48%
  • Magazine Better than 19%
  • Range Better than 98%
  • Damage falloff Better than 97%
  • Movement penalty Better than 60%

Ranked among shotguns with game data. Lower is better for time to kill, falloff and movement penalty.

Spread and recoil

Raw values from the weapon table
StandingCrouchingRunningWalkingJumping
First-shot spread0.0140.0140.0140.0140.014
Maximum spread0.160.160.160.160.16
Vertical kick-0.06-0.058-0.1-0.064-0.095
Horizontal kick-0.08-0.08-0.08-0.08-0.08

Five movement states, in the order the game stores them; the labels are our reading of the values. Smaller spread is more accurate.

Z8Games ratings

  • Damage100
  • Accuracy100
  • Rate of fire0
  • Recoil (lower is better)100
  • Weight (lower is better)29

The 0–100 bars from the official weapon list. Magazine 4 / 20.

Records

  • Item codeC0673
  • Seen in inventories here432 players
  • Game record#1058 (matched by name)

Plays like

Closest by chest damage, fire rate, magazine, weight and range.

Game numbers from the client’s weapon table (build 2026-08-24). Damage assumes a full-condition weapon, point-blank, no armour; players have 100 HP.