Turkish Korkut anti-aircraft self-propelled guns were transferred to Libya in mid-January this year. During all this time, only a few photos appeared on the Network confirming the presence of this technique in this hot spot.
And last Wednesday, a video appeared, which for the first time captured the combat use of one of the ZSU data. A tracked combat vehicle is seen near a building that was damaged during the armed clashes and is firing at an enemy, presumably a reconnaissance drone of field Marshal Khalifa Haftar's Libyan national army. There was no information that the target was hit yet.
Korkut began to be delivered to the ground forces of the Turkish army in 2017. They are armed with double-barreled 35 mm rapid-fire automatic guns. The maximum firing range is 4000 meters.
To detect the enemy, special equipment is used, consisting of a radar and a sight with thermal imaging and television channels.
Such ZSU operate in conjunction with control vehicles that have more powerful radar stations that detect enemy aircraft and helicopters at a distance of up to 70 kilometers.
Anti-aircraft self-propelled guns are made on the chassis of the Turkish ACV-30 floating armored personnel carrier and have comparable mobility. So, the maximum speed on the highway reaches 65 km/h.
The Turkish military contingent stationed in Libya also uses American MIM-23 HAWK missile systems and upgraded Soviet s-125M1 Pechora-M1 received from Ukraine as air defense systems.
Alexey Moiseev