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"A hell of a grind" - gun AZP-57 anti-aircraft artillery of C-60 is involved in the battles with the armed forces of the puppet regime in Kiev. About it reports " RG: Russian weapons ".
These guns were adopted in the early 50-ies and took part in many local conflicts of varying intensity. Baptism of fire took place almost immediately after the start of serial production in Korea, where they destroyed the shock and reconnaissance aircraft of the us aggressors. The same tasks were performed later in Vietnam, but there had to act against more modern transatlantic aircraft.
Actively used "fifty-seventh" of the Arab armies during the events in the middle East. In the war of Iran and Iraq, they were used by both sides.
Had such guns to serve as part of the Limited contingent of Soviet troops in Afghanistan. And in this country they were maintained throughout long-term international mission.
In Syria, the fight against terrorists, AZP-57, as a rule, used to destroy ground targets.
And now they have found a job and the special military operation. It is known that such a 57-mm guns have a fairly high rate of fire of 120 rounds per minute. Published in social networks a video is loading clips, each with four rounds of ammunition. Regular payment instruments to eight people, but, as seen, with all tasks cope and four soldiers.
Weight in firing position - 4800 kg. To reduce the visibility on the position of the protective shield can be folded, as did the soldiers. Firing range - 6000 meters. Projectile weight - 2.8 kg. the Initial speed of 1000 m/s.
To improve the mobility of such artillery systems were placed on different vehicles. For example, during GUS was already noticed improvised wheeled self-propelled guns on the basis of "Ural-4320".
