25 mm automatic air defense gun M1940 (72-K)

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25 mm automatic air defense gun M1940 (72-K)
72-K.jpg
72-K in Saint Petersburg Artillery Museum.
Type air defense gun
Place of origin USSR
Specifications
Weight 1,210 kg
Crew 5

Shell 25 x 218 mm SR
Caliber 25 mm
Traverse 360°
Maximum range 2.4 km

25 mm automatic air defense gun M1940 (72-K) (Russian: 25-мм автоматическая зенитная пушка образца 1940 года (72-К)) was a Soviet 25 mm caliber anti-aircraft gun. The gun was created in the beginning of 1940 at 8th Kalinin Artillery Plant in Kaliningrad under the guidance of its Chief Designer Mikhail Loginov.

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