The ZU-23-2 AA Ant-aircraft gun, also known as ZU-23, is a Soviet towed 23 mm anti-aircraft twin autocannon. ZU-23-2 was developed in the late 1950s. It was designed to engage low-flying targets at a range of 2.5 km as well as armoured vehicles...
The correct military designation of this weapon is SO-122 but it is commonly known as the 2S1 Gvozdika (Carnation). It entered service with the Soviet and Polish armies in 1971 and was first seen in public during a parade held in Poland in July 1974....
The war in Afghanistan (1979-1988) was the most tedious war, which the Soviet Union carried on after the World War II. Soviet 9th Army in Afghanistan included motorized rifle units and subdivisions.
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