M-1939 37mm
Anti-Aircraft Gun

M-1939 Anti-Aircraft Gun
Designers: L.A. Loktev and M.N. Loginov

Soviet/Russian Manufacturers:

Artillery Plant No. 8 (Kaliningrad), Artillery Plant No. 4  (Krasnoyarsk), and Artillery Plant No. 586 (Kolomna)

Role:

Light Air Defense Gun

Year Adopted:

1939
Weight:
          in firing order:
 

2,100 kg

(4630 lbs)

Operational Status:

Obsolete - Soviet Union

Exported to: Albania, Algeria, Angola, Bulgaria, China, Congo, Cuba, Egypt, Ethiopia, East Germany, Guinea, Iraq, Mali, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, North Korea, North Yemen, Pakistan, Romania, Somalia, South Yemen, Sudan, Syria, Tanzania, Vietnam, Yugoslavia, and Zaire.

Armament:

1 x 37mm Main Gun

Weapon Range:

6,700 meters (effective vertical)
3,000 meters (maximum vertical)
9,500 meters (maximum horizontal)

Sustained Rate of Fire: 80 rnds per minute

Crew:

8 men
Shell Weight:
          (APHE shell):
   
0.76 kg (1.68 pounds)
Muzzle Velocity:
          (HVAP shell):
 
960 m/sec (2150 ft/sec)
Length:
          (Traveling Order):
          (Barrel Only):
   
6.036 meters (19 feet, 10 inches)
2.729 meters (8 feet, 11 inches)
Height:
          (Traveling Order):
   
2.11 meters (6 feet, 11 inches)
Width:
          (Traveling Order):
   
1.94 meters (6 feet, 4 inches)

Total Traverse:

360 degrees

Elevation:

-5 to +85

Common Towing Vehicles: GAZ-63 truck

        

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Sources Cited

(1) Jane's Armour and Artillery 1982-83, Christopher Foss (ed), Jane's Information Group: Surry, UK, 1982. Print.