Ukrainian airborne troops of the 1st Battalion, 95th Separate Airmobile Brigade engaging ground level targets with a ZU-23 anti-aircraft weapon. Ukrainian forces defending the northeastern region of Kharkiv have clawed back territory from Russian troops, Kyiv says.
Amazingly, the weapon has proven so sound that it is still in operation throughout the world and production continues to this day. To date, tens of thousands of weapon types have been delivered across the globe and evolved into other useful variants, and modernized when possible. The ZU-23-2 is a light, towed anti-aircraft/ air defense system developed by the Soviet Union in the 1950s. Design work began in the latter part of the decade and culminated with the system achieving operational status in 1960.
The excellent portability of the ZU-23-2 means that it can not only be towed by a mover vehicle but also mounted onto a variety of vehicle types - particularly flatbed trucks (even improvised fighting vehicles known as "Technicals") and similar wheeled instruments capable of handling the weapon weight and recoil.
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