Self-Propelled Anti-Aircraft Guns of the Soviet Union - Guardia Mike
Self-Propelled Anti-Aircraft Guns of the Soviet Union - Guardia Mike During the Cold War, the Soviet Army was perhaps the deadliest fighting force the world had ever seen. This book examines the…
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Self-Propelled Anti-Aircraft Guns of the Soviet Union - Guardia Mike
During the Cold War, the Soviet Army was perhaps the deadliest fighting force the world had ever seen. This book examines the design, development and operational history of the Soviet Union's Cold War SPAAGs: the ZSU-37, ZSU-57-2, the infamous ZSU-23-4, and the 9K22 Tunguska (better known by its NATO reporting name: SA-19 "Grison"). Within its mechanized forces, the Soviets accomplished something that their American counterparts never could - the fielding of a self-propelled anti-aircraft gun (SPAAG) that could keep pace with its heavy armored formations.
These formidable weapons were encountered again in Iraq during Operation Enduring Freedom, and had equipped Russian forces in afghanistan in the intervening These vehicles excelled in their air defense role, and many US Department of Defense publications were dedicated to examining how to defeat the ZSU and its radar tracking system.