There were loads of S-60 spent shell cases in a position we occupied in Northern Iraq in 1991. According to the local peshmerga they were very effective in the direct ground role. I lugged a couple home but when I tried to polish them I found they were not brass, but steel under brass-coloured lacquer. :(

7mm armour protection for the gun crew reminds me of the tropical raincoats issued when I was an soldier! We called the raincoat physiological, the were fine if you thought you were wearing a raincoat, apart from that useless unless as used as a groundsheet on sand!😂

@Ian-mj4pt

22 күн бұрын

And teabags that are waterproof I think they had the remit mixed up 😅😅😅

As always very interesting, articulate, and knowledgable about the subject. Excellent.

Thanks Jason.

Still in service. Thank you Jason and Aus Armour.

0:15 Hungarian soldiers, picture form Nagyoroszi shooting range

It was good you explained when and where the gun was located. Thanks again Jason. I expect its still in service in Ukraine judging by the photos

@Ganiscol

21 күн бұрын

Indeed. Ukraine uses it both for the anti-drone as well as the anti-z role.

@gerardhogan3

13 күн бұрын

Thanks Ganisol, I don't know what part of the world you live in matey but I appreciate your reply. Be safe my friend

I’m going skiing in Innsbruck Austria next winter. I hope the museum is close so I can see the exhibits.

@iatsd

20 күн бұрын

Just ask any taxi driver. They all know where it is.

It was also manufactured by Hungary at Diósgyőri Gépgyár / DIMÁVAG NV from 1959 until the 1980-s.

Putting in my Permit to Acquire on Monday

@toesone

22 күн бұрын

So true😊😊

@craigphillips792

22 күн бұрын

🤣 YES!

@BlueGoose264

21 күн бұрын

Good luck with that brother. We will be lucky to have air rifles soon.

@bebo4374

20 күн бұрын

@@toesone Meet me behind the old fish pier at dawn. We’ll settle this like men.

great briefing - thanks very much.

BTW, Grabin construction bureau developed an assortment of Haubitzes too, howitzers for you English-speakers. Great video as always, thank you!

Again needs to be longer ty

Excellent Jason!

Need to come up and see this!

Will the museum ever gets a ZSU 57 ?

Am more of a WW II buff but that was snappy enough to be very interesting.

Another outstanding Walk-Around equipment review to include history and specifications. Thank you

Awesome Info .................. Thumbs Up

What a neat and interesting video my new friend I can’t wait for the next one!!! Your new friend from the east coast😊😊😊 I just subbed!!

Looking fwd to Armourfest in Aug.

Hi Jason, that was a excellent short history lesson, it wzs a pleasure to have met you when I was at the museum in late April, bedt regards from a Kiwi living in Melbourne, Les

When in radar controlled mode is the gun then controlled via the servos?

@nightjarflying

21 күн бұрын

yes it has a computer & it stays on target automatically

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Very versatile!

Is the undercarriage inspired by the Bofors 40mm?

@iatsd

20 күн бұрын

The entire thing is basically an unscaled Bofors. The "designer" didn't do a whole lot other than steal.

i've always found anti-aircraft guns fascinating and wondered just how effective they were in reality i guess the numbers must be there somewhere, but it makes me wonder, the number of planes to the number of guns and ammunition used and the number of planes lost to anti aircraft fire - obviously from WWII the RAF reports showed they must have had more of a mental presence as crews were so frightened to be shot down then actual losses i guess very much a thing of the past with todays technology, but should we remain the passive defenders or do we need to up the anti against our latest foes

@ray.shoesmith

22 күн бұрын

Google Maj. Kim Campbell...

@user-di4kv9yk3g

22 күн бұрын

@@ray.shoesmith pretty epic tale to tell the kids, a lot to be said for flying by the seat of your pants and not reliant on electronics (thankfully the A-10 had the manual flight capability) but the image is interesting, the splatter up the fuselage looks rather like machine gun fire at close range with neat round holes and not an expected pattern of shrapnel tears as seen in the wing (probably a mass of ball bearings) - maybe i'm wrong there, but i have a little limited experience with ballistics - either way, i guess exploding shells are fairly effective, still quite a bit of luck involved, a number of guns and much ammunition aimed at one plane can be effective if just one shell hits home - but are those odds cost effective in todays war

@nightjarflying

21 күн бұрын

A good ground defence against aircraft attack is multi-layered & can't be reduced to just modern missiles - there will always be a need for close in AA guns - consider hedge-hopping approaching attackers. Close range AA is very effective at defending a point target - sensible pilots never went around for a second go knowing defences are alerted. You can't measure AA success based on kills, there's also the reduced damage to installations because ground attack effectiveness was curtailed. Also WWII German POW camps had plenty of aircrews who made that heroic second pass on a target. Young gung-ho pilots take uncalculated risks & they pay dearly.

@Ganiscol

21 күн бұрын

Allied bombers feared the 88mm flak for good reason, the Germans were pretty darn good at dialing it in on them. But with hundreds of bombers per wave and multiple waves, enough will slip through eventually. Likewise the US 5" dual-purpose naval guns in the AA role with proximity fuse shells were very effective in the pacific theater. The 40mm Bofors and 20mm Oerlikons lost a lot of their effect when the Japanese employed their kamikaze tactic, as these small calibers didnt have sufficent range and stopping power for a pilot with a punched one-way ticket.

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Apparently these and the Bofors L/70 are back in use in the Ukraine War/SMO Shooting down drones inexpensively

Very cool but something way cooler is the ww2 Mercedes that Adolf Hitler had clive Palmer bought it a walk around talking about that would be great and does he own the museum

All the time when I look at the suspension system of this gun I expect to see vertical springs like in the cars.

Love the content but I do find it odd that you dont say where it was made/designed. I picture Basil Fawlty saying "Listen, don't mention the war. I mentioned it once, but I think I got away with it all right."

@lukefriesenhahn8186

22 күн бұрын

Fawlty towers 😂

@obsidianjane4413

22 күн бұрын

Because it was so obvious that it didn't need to be mentioned?

@mangoman9290

21 күн бұрын

@@obsidianjane4413 Then why was last weeks video titled 'British Churchill' and the week before 'Japanese 47mm', were they not obvious too? The only thing obvious it is the blatant omission of the country of origin.

@obsidianjane4413

21 күн бұрын

@@mangoman9290 It must be nice to have nothing else more important to be butt hurt about....

@mangoman9290

21 күн бұрын

@@obsidianjane4413 Ah, there we go, you have no reasonable argument on why it wasnt mentioned so now you move to insults, lol.

Not once in the video did you say which country this is from. I get it's Russian, but if I didn't know about the other gear mentioned, I'd have no idea. Such a basic piece of information should be at the very start of the video.

@BorisKupriianov

22 күн бұрын

There are a lot of Ukrainians in Australia, the museum is simply afraid (or really doesn’t want) to mention the USSR or the Russian Federation once again.

@ashleysmith3106

22 күн бұрын

He actually says "This exhibit was acquired by the Museum from Bulgaria " starting @ about 4:03 ! !

@gapho5198

22 күн бұрын

Yeah, the political correctness is pretty thick here in Australia unfortunately.

@michaelmcclown5593

22 күн бұрын

@@Kamina1703 And yet....

@JohnsonLobster

22 күн бұрын

@@ashleysmith3106 Yes, but that doesn't mean it's Bulgarian. And it isn't.

Still being used by both sides in Ukraine.

@obsidianjane4413

22 күн бұрын

Still in the inventories of most countries that got Soviet goodies.