57mm AZP S-60 anti-aircraft gun at Air Mobility Command Museum | Dover Air Force Base

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This 57mm AZP S-60 anti-aircraft gun is on display at the Air Mobility Command Museum at Dover Air Force Base in Dover, Delaware. View my entire Military Artillery/Armor/Mobility Playlist on my Channel: This Chinese version of the Soviet-designed S-60 was liberated by United States Air Force Airlift Control Element (ALCE) members from Dover Air Force Base in 1991 during Operation Desert Storm. **Search "air mobility command museum" on my channel to see other AMC museum videos** View my entire Military Aircraft Playlist on my Channel: View my entire Air Shows Playlist on my Channel: After the artillery piece was captured during the reopening of the airport in Kuwait City, it was used as a flagpole for the American flag by the ALCE. When the ALCE unit returned to Dover, Lt. Col. Gary Kerstetter, the ALCE colander, presented the S-60 to the museum on behalf of the men and women of Operation Desert Storm. The AZP S-60 is a Soviet-designed towed, road-transportable, short- to medium-range, single-barrel anti-aircraft gun from the 1950s. The gun was extensively used in Warsaw Pact, Middle Eastern and South-East Asian countries. The S-60 and its Chinese copy (the Type 59) have seen combat in several wars all over the world—e.g., the Six-Day War and the Yom Kippur War in the Middle East, and the Soviet–Afghan War. During the Vietnam War, the S-60 was the keystone of North Vietnamese low-altitude air defense and was most effective between 460 meters and 1,500 meters....

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