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

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)

Crew:

8 men

Shell Weight:

0.76 kg (APHE shell)

Length (Traveling Order):
Barrel Length:

6.036 meters
2.729 meters

Height (Traveling Order):

2.11 meters

Width: (Traveling Order):

1.94 meters

Total Traverse:

360 degrees

Elevation:

-5 to +85