S-60 57mm anti-aircraft gun

S-60 57mm Anti-Aircraft Gun

Designer

Uncertain at present

Manufacturer:

Soviet State Factories

Role:

Anti-Aircraft Gun

Year Adopted:

1950

Weight:
Traveling Order:
Firing Order:


4,500 kg	4.9 tons
4,660 kg	5.1 tons

Operational Status:

Russia/CIS - Still in use (production complete).

Other Nations - Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Bulgaria, Cambodia, China, Congo, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Egypt, Finland, East Germany, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Hungary, Indonesia, Iraq, Iran, North Korea, Libya, Mali, Morocco, Mongolia, Mozambique, Pakistan, Poland, Romania, Somalia, Syria, Vietnam, Yugoslavia, Yemen (North and South).

Armament:

57mm Main Gun

Fire Control Systems
Early Models:

Later Models:

PUAZO-5 fire director
SON-9 'Fire Can' radar

PUAZO-6/60 fire director
SON-9a 'Fire Can' radar

Weapon Range

Maximum Vertical:

Maximum Horizontal:

Effective Diagonal Max
(on jacks):

Effective Diagonal Max
(on carriage):


12,000 meters	39,270 feet
8,800 meters	28,871 feet
6,000 meters	19,685 feet
4,000 meters	13,123 feet

Sustained Rate of Fire:

70 rounds per minute

Gun Crew:

7 men

Length (traveling):

8.50 meters

27 feet, 11 inches

Width (traveling):

2.05 meters

6 feet, 9 inches

Height (traveling):

2.37 meters

7 feet, 9 inches

Barrel Length (overall):

4.39 meters

14 feet, 5 inches

Total Traverse:

360 degrees

Elevation:

-4 to +85 degrees

Common Towing Vehicles:

Ural-375 (6 x 6) Truck
ZIL-157 (6 x 6) Truck

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