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2A36 Giatsint-B
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Vitaly V. Kuzmin · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source ↗ · Modified
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At a glance
Measured figures
Length
Single source12.3 m (40 ft)[source]
driving condition
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | 2A36 Giatsint-B | Zastava M55 |
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| Place of origin | Soviet Union[source] | Yugoslavia / Serbia[source] |
| In service | 1976−present[source] | 1955–present[source] |
| Used by | See operators[source] | See Operators[source] |
| Wars | Gulf War Second Nagorno-Karabakh War Russo-Ukrainian War[source] | Yom Kippur War Angolan Civil War South African Border War Rhodesian Bush War Mozambican Civil War Lebanese Civil War Salvadoran Civil War Yugoslav Wars Second Nagorno-Karabakh war Russian invasion of Ukraine |
1.47 m (4 ft 10 in) (driving condition)[source]
driving condition
Single source4.30 m (14.1 ft) (driving condition)[source]
Maximum; Maximum firing range
Single source27,000–40,000 m (30,000–44,000 yd)[source]
Armour-piercing
Single sourceHigh-explosive incendiary
Single sourceArmour-piercing: 840 m/s (2,800 ft/s), High-explosive incendiary : 850 m/s (2,800 ft/s)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| Designer | Yuri Kalachnikov[source] | Zastava Arms[source] |
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| Designed | 1968−1975[source] | 1955–1971[source] |
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| Manufacturer | Motovilikha Plants[source] | Zastava Arms[source] |
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| Unit cost | US$ 500,000−600,000 (export price, 1995)[source] | — |
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| Produced | 1976−1980s[source] | 1971–present[source] |
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| No. built | 1,500[source] | — |
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| Shell | 152.4 mm (6.00 in)[source] | 20x110mm Hispano[source] |
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| Breech | Horizontal sliding-block[source] | — |
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| Carriage | Split trail[source] | — |
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| Elevation | 57°[source] | +83° to -5[source] |
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| Traverse | 25°[source] | 360°[source] |
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| Type | — | Towed 20 mm triple-barreled anti-aircraft gun[source] |
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| Variants | — | See Variants section[source] |
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| Barrels | — |
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| Action | — | Gas operated[source] |
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| Feed system | — | 3 x 60 round top-fed drum magazines[source] |
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