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1:35 Soviet ZSU-57-2 SPAAG - TAKOMThe ZSU 57 2 Obyekt 500 is a Soviet self propelled anti aircraft gun (SPAAG), armed with two 57 mm autocannons. 'ZSU' stands for Zenitnaya Samokhodnaya Ustanovka, meaning "anti aircraft self propelled mount", '57' stands for the bore of the armament in millimeters and '2' stands for the number of gun barrels. It was the first Soviet mass produced tracked SPAAG. In the USSR it had the unofficial nickname "Sparka", meaning "twin mount", referring to the

Weight was projected as about 100 tons

5 ton platform load capacity

Because the Firefly had a visibly longer barrel

By November 1941

weight 54 long tons

instead it was intended to ford to a depth of 2 m (6

which was protected from grenades and fragments by metal mesh covers

" and "horn" or "ivory horn" is its abbreviation

which produced the bright light

The M36B2 used the same turret but was placed on the M4A2 hulls which had a diesel engine

The gun barrel can be elevated and lowered

When hostilities with Nazi Germany burst into life in May 1940 the R35 was right in the front line