Light vehicles (armored vehicles)
ZSU-37
Description
This Soviet self-propelled anti-aircraft gun entered service in 1944. It was primarily intended to protect allied tanks and other mechanized units from airstrikes.
It was based on the SU-76 chassis, and its main armament was a 37mm anti-aircraft 61-K gun, model 1939. It featured a mechanical drive with a rate of up to 130 rounds per minute.
It fired armor-piercing, incendiary, and fragmentation shells. The gun had an electric light for nighttime warfare, and to light up targets in cloudy weather.
Characteristics
4 men | |
10.5 tons | |
4.90 m | |
2.70 m | |
2.08 m | |
45 km/h | |
330 km | |
37mm 61K M1939 |