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M53/59 PRAGA V3S

Self-propelled anti-aircraft guns

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Service: Croatia, FRY, Czech Republic, Libya, Slovakia
Manufacturer: Avia Zavody Letnany (chassis), and former Czechoslovak state arsenals (armored body, armament and final assembly)

Technical information's

Armament: 2x30mm M53
Ammunition: 600-800 x 30mm
Crew: 3
Sensors/fire controls: optical
Length: 6.92 meters
Width: 2.35 meters
Height with magazines: 2.95 meters
Height without magazines: 2.585 meters
Firing height: 2.41 meters
Ground clearance: 0.4 meters
Combat weight 10,300 kg
Power-to-weight ratio: 11.57 hp/tone
Engine: Tatra T 912-2 6-cylinder in-line air-cooled diesel developing 110hp at 2,200 rpm
Suspension: three-axel independent
Maximum road speed: 60 km/h
Maximum road range: 500 km
Fuel capacity: 120 lit
Fording: 0.8 meters
Vertical obstacle: 0.46 meters
Trench: 0.69 meters
Gradient: 60%
Side slope: 30%
Armor: 10mm
Armor type: steel
NBC system: no
Night vision equipment: no

Source: Hrvatski Vojnik