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=== Mobility ===
 
=== Mobility ===
 
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The ZPRK 2S6 provides good mobility with it's 628 horsepower ChtZ V-46-2s1 engine allowing for a max speed of 65km/h in ideal conditions. Under realistic testing conditions it tops around 37 km/h in flat grassy areas. This is the same with it's reverse speed.
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The ZPRK 2S6 provides good mobility with it's 628 horsepower ChtZ V-46-2s1 engine allowing for a max speed of 65km/h in ideal conditions. Under realistic testing conditions it tops around 37 km/h in flat grassy areas. This is the same with its reverse speed.
  
 
== Armaments ==
 
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Revision as of 20:05, 14 March 2019

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2S6
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Description

In the description, the first part should be about the history of the creation and combat usage of the vehicle, as well as its key features. In the second part, tell the reader about the ground vehicle in the game. Insert a screenshot of the vehicle, so that if the novice player does not remember the vehicle by name, he will immediately understand what kind of vehicle the article is talking about.

General info

Survivability and armour

The ZPRK 2S6 armor consists of 9 mm rolled homogeneous plates for the hull and turret. Although mostly flat surfaces, it's armor can be angled to provide an average of 30mm of effective thickness which can protect against .50 cal machine guns in most places of the hull. The turret is extremely vulnerable to all types of fire at any angle.

The crew consists a commander, gunner, loader, and driver. Three out of the four crew members are situated in the turret sitting right next to each other. This makes the ZPRK 2S6 extremely prone to destroyed by "crew knocked out" if hit in the turret.

Mobility

The ZPRK 2S6 provides good mobility with it's 628 horsepower ChtZ V-46-2s1 engine allowing for a max speed of 65km/h in ideal conditions. Under realistic testing conditions it tops around 37 km/h in flat grassy areas. This is the same with its reverse speed.

Armaments

Main armament

  • 30mm 2A38 automatic cannons (2000 rpm) x 1936
    • Belts (SD = Self Destroying)
      • Default - HEF-I(SD)/AP-T/HEF-I(SD)/AP-T
      • 30mm HE - HEF-I(SD)/HEF-T(SD)/HEF-I(SD)/AP-T
      • 30mm APT - AP-T/AP-T/AP-T/ HEF-I(SD)

Additional armament

  • 9M311 "Anti-Tank Guided Missile" x 8
    • 76mm
    • 910 m/s (2985 ft/s)
    • 42kg (3kg Explosive mass/ TNT eq: 5.1kg)
    • 41mm armor penetration

Usage in battles

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Pros and cons

Pros:

  • Excellent armaments
  • Fantastic Radar coverage
  • Defensible against light tanks, possibly against heavier ones with it's missiles.
  • Fantastic reverse speed.

Cons:

  • Virtually no armor
  • High profile
  • Poor crew placement

History

Although the ZSU-23-4 Shilka had successfully proven its capabilities in the numerous conflicts it took part in, its shortcomings were ever increasingly coming to light as well. While faster and more capable aircraft and helicopters were being developed, the Shilka was quickly becoming obsolete, with its very short engagement range and radar detection limiting its AA capabilities greatly.

Thus, in 1970, Soviet engineers began developing a replacement for the venerable Shilka. The new vehicle, codenamed “Tunguska”, was designed with a pair of 30mm autocannons coupled to advanced tracking and targeting systems. In addition, the decision was made to also install surface-to-air guided missiles, as the targeting systems for both cannons and missiles turned out to be conveniently very similar, and was expected to greatly bolster the capabilities of the Tunguska.

By 1973, the Tunguska was considered ready. In the mid ‘70s, however, with the introduction of a Soviet mobile missile-only AA unit, which performed a similar role as the Tunguska, further development and production of the Tunguska was put in question. In the end, realizing the greater flexibility and potential of the Tunguska design, further development and production was approved.

A pre-production batch left the factory floor in 1976 for army trials. After a long series of tests, the Tunguska was officially commissioned into service with the Soviet Army in September 1982. The vehicle was continuously being improved upon, with subsequent newer variants being developed during the 1990s and 2000s.

The Tunguska served initially with the Soviet armed forces, although it was passed on to the militaries of the Soviet Union’s successor states after its collapse in the late 1980s. Thus, modernized versions of the Tunguska continue to serve with the Russian armed forces today as well as the armies of Belarus and Ukraine. The Tunguska also sees service with other nations around the world, such as Yemen, India, Morocco and some others.

- From Devblog

Media

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See also

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  • reference to the series of the vehicles;
  • links to approximate analogues of other nations and research trees.

External links


USSR anti-aircraft vehicles
GAZ-AAA  GAZ-AAA (4M) · GAZ-AAA (DShK)
BTR-152  BTR-152A · BTR-152D
Wheeled/Half-tracked  GAZ-MM (72-K) · ZiS-12 (94-KM) · ZiS-43
Radar SPAAG  ZSU-23-4 · ZSU-23-4M4 · ZSU-37-2
SAM  Strela-10M2 · 2S6 · Pantsir-S1
Other  ZUT-37 · ZSU-37 · BTR-ZD · ZSU-57-2
Czechoslovakia  M53/59
North Vietnam  ▂Phòng không T-34