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The ZSU-23-4 "Shilka" (Zenitnaya Samokhodnaya Ustanovka, NATO reporting name: Awl) is a self propelled, radar guided anti-aircraft weapon system (SPAAG). The system was developed by the Soviet Union in the 1960s and deployed to the Red Army from 1965. The Soviet Union developed modified versions from 1968 (-4V), 1972 (-4V1), and 1977 (-4M). The system was also supplied to Warsaw Pact nations and other states. Russian successor states continue to manufacture and supply the system, notably the Ukrainian 4M4 and the Belarus 4M5.

The system saw active service in the Six-Day War (1967) and other Israeli-Arab conflicts, the First Gulf War (1990), and probaly in the various Indo-Pakistan clashes.

Based on the chassis of the PT-76 light tank, the system mounts an armoured turret holding four liquid-cooled AZP-85 23 mm cannons linked to a RPK-2 " Gun Dish " 30 mm Radar. Post-Soviet versions can be fitted with a different gun (twin 30 mm 2A38M) and different radar. The vehicle weighs 20.5 tonnes, has a range of 450 km and a top speed of 50 km/h. Additional firepower is supplied by a roof-mounted pod of six SA-18 SAMs, or side mounted SA-16s. The guns have an effective range of 2.5 km and are useful against the slower low-flying aircraft and also lightly protected ground targets. The crew numbers four: driver, commander, and two radar personnel - gunner and ranger.

Soviet doctrine supplied the vehicle in a platoon of four to support MI or tank regiments in conjunction with SA-6 and SA-9 teams. The system is very vulnerable to enemy fire, the armour is thin (maximum of 10 mm) and the exposed suspension, wheels, track, radar, and gun barrels can be easily damaged.

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