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| rdfs:comment | - The ZSU-23-4 Shilka is the medium anti-aircraft vehicle of the Soviet Union.
- The ZSU-23-4 (Zenitnaya Samokhodnaya Ustanovka - Anti-Aircraft Self-Propelled Gun, known to NATO pilots as Zeus-23) is a fully integrated, self-propelled anti-aircraft system with four liquid-cooled 23 mm automatic cannons mounted on the front of a large, flat, armored turret. The chassis has many components borrowed from other Soviet armored vehicles, and the suspension system resembles that of the PT-76 and ASU-85 (six road wheels and no track support rollers). The driver sits in the left front part of the hull, and the rest of the crew (commander, gunner, and radar operator) are located in the turret. The GUN DISH (also a NATO designation) fire control radar mounted on the rear of the turret can be folded down during travel.
- The ZSU-23-4 "Shilka" is a lightly armored, self-propelled, radar guided anti-aircraft weapon system (SPAAG). ZSU stands for Zenitnaya Samokhodnaya Ustanovka (Russian: Зенитная Самоходная Установка), meaning "anti-aircraft self-propelled mount". The "23" signifies the bore diameter in millimeters. The "4" signifies the number of gun barrels. It is named after the Russian Shilka River. Polish soldiers nicknamed it maszyna do szycia (sewing machine) due to the sound of firing guns and because the similarity of name "Shilka" and Polish word "szyć" (to sew). It is also referred to by its nickname of "Zeus"
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| abstract | - The ZSU-23-4 Shilka is the medium anti-aircraft vehicle of the Soviet Union.
- The ZSU-23-4 (Zenitnaya Samokhodnaya Ustanovka - Anti-Aircraft Self-Propelled Gun, known to NATO pilots as Zeus-23) is a fully integrated, self-propelled anti-aircraft system with four liquid-cooled 23 mm automatic cannons mounted on the front of a large, flat, armored turret. The chassis has many components borrowed from other Soviet armored vehicles, and the suspension system resembles that of the PT-76 and ASU-85 (six road wheels and no track support rollers). The driver sits in the left front part of the hull, and the rest of the crew (commander, gunner, and radar operator) are located in the turret. The GUN DISH (also a NATO designation) fire control radar mounted on the rear of the turret can be folded down during travel.
- The ZSU-23-4 "Shilka" is a lightly armored, self-propelled, radar guided anti-aircraft weapon system (SPAAG). ZSU stands for Zenitnaya Samokhodnaya Ustanovka (Russian: Зенитная Самоходная Установка), meaning "anti-aircraft self-propelled mount". The "23" signifies the bore diameter in millimeters. The "4" signifies the number of gun barrels. It is named after the Russian Shilka River. Polish soldiers nicknamed it maszyna do szycia (sewing machine) due to the sound of firing guns and because the similarity of name "Shilka" and Polish word "szyć" (to sew). It is also referred to by its nickname of "Zeus"
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