ZSU-57-2

ZSU-57-2 (Ob'yekt 500)
TypeSelf-propelled anti-aircraft gun
Place of originSoviet Union
Service history
In service1955–early 1970s (USSR)
1957–present (other countries)
Used bySee Operators
WarsSee Service history and Combat history
Production history
DesignerDesign Bureaus of Omsk Works No. 174 and Research Institute No. 58 in Kaliningrad, Moscow Oblast
Designed1947–1954[1]
ManufacturerChelyabinsk Tractor Plant
Produced1948–1955 (prototypes)
1957–1960 (serial production)[1][2]
No. builtMore than 2,023 (USSR)[3][4]
250 (North Korea, old turrets on new hulls)[3][4]
 ? (PRC, Type 80)[3][5]
Specifications
Mass28.1 tonnes[6][7][8]
Length8.46 m with gun in forward position (6.22 m hull only)[9][6][7]
Width3.27 m[9][7]
Height2.71 m[3]
2.75 m (with a tarpaulin top)[2][3][7]
Crew6 (commander, driver, gunner, sight adjuster, and two loaders)

Armor8–15 mm
Main
armament
2 × 57 mm L/76.6 S-60 anti-aircraft autocannons (57 mm S-68A variant) (300 rounds)[8][10]
EngineV-54, 4-stroke, airless (mechanical)-injection, water-cooled 38.88 liter V12 diesel
520 hp (388 kW) at 2,000 rpm[6]
Power/weight18.5 hp/tonne (13.81 kW/tonne)
Suspensionindividual torsion bar with hydraulic shock absorbers on the first and last road wheels
Ground clearance425 mm[8]
Fuel capacity830 L (including two externally mounted fuel tanks, 95 L each)[8]
Operational
range
420 km (261 miles) (road)[9][7][8]
320 km (199 miles) (off-road)[9][8]
Maximum speed 50 km/h (31 mph) (road)[6][7][8]
30 km/h (off-road)[3]

The ZSU-57-2 Ob'yekt 500 is a Soviet self-propelled anti-aircraft gun (SPAAG), armed with two 57 mm autocannons. 'ZSU' stands for Zenitnaya Samokhodnaya Ustanovka (Russian: Зенитная Самоходная Установка), meaning "anti-aircraft self-propelled mount", '57' stands for the bore of the armament in millimetres and '2' stands for the number of gun barrels. It was the first Soviet mass-produced tracked SPAAG after World War II. In the USSR, it had the unofficial nickname Sparka (Russian: Спарка), meaning "twin mount," referring to the twin autocannon with which the vehicle is armed.[10]

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  2. ^ a b 57-мм спаренная автоматическая пушка С-68 (57 mm Twin Autocannon S-68)[dead link]
  3. ^ a b c d e f Witold Mikiciuk "Jowitek" (1 April 2001). "57 mm samobieżna armata przeciwlotnicza ZSU-57-2". MULTIMEDIA POLSKA. Archived from the original on 5 December 2008. Retrieved 29 August 2008.
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  7. ^ a b c d e f fas.org Archived 14 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine. fas.org. Retrieved on 14 September 2011.
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  9. ^ a b c d Зенитная самоходная установка ЗСУ-57-2 (Self-propelled Anti-aircraft Gun ZSU-57-2) Archived 16 April 2013 at archive.today. Tankman.fatal.ru. Retrieved on 14 September 2011.
  10. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference A Brief Guide to Russian Armored Fighting Vehicles was invoked but never defined (see the help page).