Artillery (since 1945) - USSR: Books - History, Types and Construction

Self-Propelled Anti-Aircraft Guns of the Soviet Union (Osprey)

During the Cold War, the Soviet Army was perhaps the deadliest fighting force the world had ever seen. 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.
This volume 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'). 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. These formidable weapons equipped Russian forces in Afghanistan and were encountered again in Iraq during Operation Desert Storm and Iraqi Freedom, cementing their place in the landscape of modern warfare.
This study explores the full history of the SPAAGs with revealing photographs, technical illustrations and detailed analysis.

Contents: Introduction - Early SPAAGs and The Evolution of Soviet Air Defense - ZSU-57-2 - ZSU-23-4 - Tunguska M1 - Bibliography.

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Die Waffen der Russischen Armee - Infanterie & Artillerie

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The events in Ukraine since 2014 have reawakened fears long ago. The Russian army is one of the largest armed forces in the world, and even though television shows mainly heavy tanks, these are not the only weapons in Putin's arsenal.

Victor Schunkow therefore devotes himself not only to modern Russian tank weapons, tube and rocket artillery, but also to the other weapons from the terrifying arsenal of the Russian armed forces, including the pistols, submachine guns and rifles carried by infantrymen.
A highly topical, comprehensive presentation of sad topicality.

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