NS-45 (45 mm) - Revision history

U44629479: Updated

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U44629479: Undo revision 193432 by U162817035 (talk)

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U38088265: /* Available ammunition */ Converted to transclusion

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U44629479: Edits

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U38088265: /* Available ammunition */ Updated

2022-04-08T18:15:43Z

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U44629479: /* Vehicles equipped with this weapon */ Added Su-8

2022-02-09T23:29:49Z

‎Vehicles equipped with this weapon: Added Su-8

U38088265: /* Available ammunition */

2021-11-19T10:59:53Z

‎Available ammunition

U38088265: /* Vehicles equipped with this weapon */ Updated

2021-09-09T09:21:10Z

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U99110104: NS-45 acquired AP belt in recent update

2021-06-24T08:01:45Z

NS-45 acquired AP belt in recent update

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 <!-- ''Describe the shells that are available for the weapon and their features and purpose. If it concerns autocannons or machine guns, write about different ammo belts and what is inside (which types of shells).'' -->
-* '''Default:''' {{Annotation|HEFI-T|High-explosive fragmentation incendiary tracer}}{{-}}{{Annotation|HEFI-T|High-explosive fragmentation incendiary tracer}}{{-}}{{Annotation|AP-T|Armour-piercing tracer}}
+* '''Default:''' {{Annotation|HEFI-T|High-explosive fragmentation incendiary tracer}}{{-}}{{Annotation|HEFI-T|High-explosive fragmentation incendiary tracer}}{{-}}{{Annotation|APHE|Armour-piercing high-explosive}}
 * '''Air targets:''' {{Annotation|HEFI-T|High-explosive fragmentation incendiary tracer}}
-* '''Armoured targets:''' {{Annotation|AP-T|Armour-piercing tracer}}
+* '''Armoured targets:''' {{Annotation|HVAP-T|High-velocity armour-piercing tracer}}
 {{:{{PAGENAME}}/Ammunition|HEFI-T, AP-T}}

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 * Quite accurate after the "New Cannon" upgrade is unlocked
 * Tracer and the bullet itself is bright and large, allowing for easier aim re-adjustment
 '''Cons:'''

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 * Quite accurate after the "New Cannon" upgrade is unlocked
 * Tracer and the bullet itself is bright and large, allowing for easier aim re-adjustment
 '''Cons:'''

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 * '''Armoured targets:''' {{Annotation|AP-T|Armour-piercing tracer}}
-{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" width="100%"
+{{:{{PAGENAME}}/Ammunition|HEFI-T, AP-T}}
 === Comparison with analogues ===

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 == Description ==
 <!-- ''Write an introduction to the article in 2-3 small paragraphs. Briefly tell us about the history of the development and combat using the weaponry and also about its features. Compile a list of air, ground, or naval vehicles that feature this weapon system in the game.'' -->
-''The Nudelman-Suranov NS-45 (also known as NS-45 for short)'' is an extended and much larger version of the [[NS-37 (37 mm)|NS-37]] aircraft autocannon. It was made for the [[Yak-9K]] (The "K" stands for "Krupnokalibernyi", which means "larger calibre") specifically, but it was proven to be unsatisfactory as the autocannon stressed the aircraft's airframe way too much to be viable and reliable. Only 44 Yak-9Ks were equipped with the NS-45, but a prototype night fighter version of the [[Tu-2]] called the Tupolev Tu-1 carried two of these cannons under its nose, together with a pair of NS-23s on its wings. However, the Tu-1's Am-43V engines were not ready for production so only a prototype version of the aircraft was created.
+The '''45 mm NS-45''' (Nudelman-Suranov) is a Soviet aircraft autocannon. It is an extended and much larger version of the [[NS-37 (37 mm)|37 mm NS-37]] autocannon. It was made for the [[Yak-9K]] (The K stands for "Krupnokalibernyi", which means "larger calibre") specifically, but it was proven to be unsatisfactory as the autocannon stressed the aircraft's airframe way too much to be viable and reliable. Only 44 Yak-9Ks were equipped with the NS-45, but a prototype night fighter version of the [[Tu-2]] called the Tupolev Tu-1 carried two of these cannons under its nose, together with a pair of NS-23s on its wings. However, the Tu-1's Am-43V engines were not ready for production so only a prototype version of the aircraft was created.
 === Vehicles equipped with this weapon ===
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 * Decent velocity (takes some time to get used to)
-* Almost always one shots or leaves critical hits
+* Almost always knocks out the target or leaves it with critical damage
 * Quite accurate after the "New Cannon" upgrade is unlocked
 * Tracer and the bullet itself is bright and large, allowing for easier aim re-adjustment
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 * Hard to lead
 * No spray capability
-* Inferior in fire rate and accuracy compared to [[NS-37 (37 mm)|NS-37]]
+* Inferior in fire rate and accuracy compared to [[NS-37 (37 mm)|37 mm NS-37]]
 == History ==

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 ! 10 m !! 100 m !! 500 m !! 1,000 m !! 1,500 m !! 2,000 m
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-| Default || 63 || 60 || 48 || 36 || 27 || 20
+| Default || 79 || 77 || 67 || 57 || 48 || 40
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 | Air targets || 4 || 4 || 4 || 4 || 4 || 4
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-| Armoured targets || 63 || 60 || 48 || 36 || 27 || 20
+| Armoured targets || 79 || 77 || 67 || 57 || 48 || 40
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 | Air targets || HEFI-T || 780 || 1.07 || 0.3 || 0.1 || 80.08 || 79° || 80° || 81°
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-| Armoured targets || AP-T || 820 || 0.86 || N/A || N/A || N/A || 47° || 60° || 65°
+| Armoured targets || AP-T || 757 || 1.43 || N/A || N/A || N/A || 47° || 60° || 65°
 |-
 |}
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 == Media ==
-''An excellent addition to the article would be a video guide, as well as screenshots from the game and photos.''
+''Excellent additions to the article would be video guides, screenshots from the game, and photos.''
 == See also ==
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 {{USSR aircraft cannons}}
 [[Category:Aircraft cannons]]

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 <!-- ''List out vehicles that are equipped with the weapon.'' -->
 * {{Specs-Link|tis_ma}}&nbsp;(Modification)
 * {{Specs-Link|tu-1}}

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 == General info ==
 <!-- ''Tell us about the tactical and technical characteristics of the cannon or machine gun.'' -->
 The NS-45 is a 45 mm autocannon chambered in the 45 x 186 mm shell. It is fed trough a belt of 29 rounds (sometimes 15 rounds) and its recoil operation is short action based. Its length was approximately 252 cm and its mass is 152 kg. It had a muzzle velocity of 780 m/s which is quite decent for an aircraft mounted autocannon, and the rate of fire of 260 to 280 shots a minute.
 It had huge amounts of recoil, so much so that if the pilot was flying at lower speed, they could be violently shook back and forth. This high amounts of recoil also meant that the airframe would be under heavy stress. Numerous oil leaks and water leaks could be sprung after the autocannon was shot.
 While it was very effective at taking down aircraft targets, it could not be aimed realistically past the first shot. This lead to the abandonment of mass producing the aircraft and the cannon.
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-| Air targets || HEFI-T || 780 || 1.07 || 1.2 || 0.1 || 80.08 || 79° || 80° || 81°
+| Air targets || HEFI-T || 780 || 1.07 || 0.3 || 0.1 || 80.08 || 79° || 80° || 81°
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 | Armoured targets || AP-T || 820 || 0.86 || N/A || N/A || N/A || 47° || 60° || 65°
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 Due to the NS-45 high inaccuracy after the second shot, it is recommended to use it like a sniper rifle; precisely aimed shots will demolish any smaller aircraft if hit centre mass. While it may be quite a task to use it against enemy fighters, if the user is accurate enough, the hits will mostly result in a complete destruction of the enemy fighters and because the cannon has limited ammo, the user will have to learn how to properly aim the cannon.
 If the player does not trust the cannon to take down fighters, the other way of using it is for bomber hunting. Due to the NS-45 astonishing power, a single hit will incapacitate a bomber most of the time, either by ripping off their wing, tail or by lighting them on fire or rarely, a complete destruction of the bomber, it is highly useful for sniping bombers at higher altitudes. Because of the bombers being a very large target, and the NS-45 pretty decent velocity, it makes it rather easy to reliably kill bombers at the distances of up to 1.50 km.
 === Pros and cons ===

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 * {{Specs-Link|tis_ma}}&nbsp;(Modification)
 * {{Specs-Link|yak-9k}}
 * {{Specs-Link|yak-9ut}}&nbsp;(Modification)

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 * Hard to lead
 * No spray capability
 * Inferior in fire rate and accuracy compared to [[NS-37 (37 mm)|NS-37]]
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 == See also ==
 ''Links to the articles on the War Thunder Wiki that you think will be useful for the reader, for example:''
 * ''reference to the article about the variant of the cannon/machine gun;''
 * ''references to approximate analogues by other nations and research trees.''