An old photo or are these relics still in use? What type is it?

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Turkiye Turklerindir (Mustafa Kemal Ataturk)

Looks like some kinda SPAAG

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Ah shoot, these M42 Dusters are still in active use. To be replaced by the FNSS twin 35mm AA gun





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Turkiye Turklerindir (Mustafa Kemal Ataturk)

Yeap , it's Duster

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MARDER ?

We live in 2012 ant turkish army is still using a Korea war aeria aystem for low defence AA? I hope this is a joke, and then some Turka where talking about old A7, M42 is good only for a museum!

They are not used as AA.

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Who's Chuck Norris?

you would change your mind when this thing with dual 40mm high explosive, or burst frag ammo started pummeling the helicopter you sit in.

Wertgr,

They may belong in the museum but also Greece is still using them (from ex German stocks)

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Turkiye Turklerindir (Mustafa Kemal Ataturk)

Last time i was them was in 1990 in an official book of the hellenic army.

"They are not used as AA."

What exactly they are used as right now? (which kinda makes sense since Turkiye hasnt been in a conflict that requires anti air capabilities )

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Turkey does not need real AA capabilities and you can see that since the Soviet Union fell apart that Turkey has not invested seriously into airdefence. Just recently for the new modernization run there is again attention for the airdefence capabilities. From AA gun till high altitude defence all systems are to be renewed (and most of them indigenously unlike the fart Griks).

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Turkiye Turklerindir (Mustafa Kemal Ataturk)

"From AA gun till high altitude defence all systems are to be renewed (and most of them indigenously unlike the fart Griks)."

Yes I know, indigenously Stinger platforms, LoL. That reminds me like Spaghetti with minced meat, Spaghetti with cheese, Spaghetti carbonara, Spaghetti with tomato sauce and...........








April/21/2012
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Nope Cretin wanker, indigenous platforms and missiles like low altitude and medium altitude aswell as SPAAG.



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Turkiye Turklerindir (Mustafa Kemal Ataturk)

Nutuk

What exactly do you mean, if you refer to zu-23, they are not main system, Greek army has 50 missile shorads system, more than enough to counter threats.Zu's are simple guns mainly for anti landing defence now, if the m42 poc was taken from the east then there would be some logic, however truth is that "modern" turkish army still operates relics from korea aeria.

Well the relics that Greece uses are not much more modern than the Turkish ones, rather similar, like oerlikon AA guns, ZSU-23 and you too operate a small amount of M42 Duster.

The thing however is that Greece does not have replacements in planning for ZSU-23, Duster while Turkey is developping a new SPAAG. I think Greece is just waiting for a German offer of Cheetah/Gepard guns (free of charge)

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Turkiye Turklerindir (Mustafa Kemal Ataturk)

actually these things, if they could cover the turret somehow agains small arms fire, would be effective in mountainous regions to surpress guerilla tactics

same deal as zsu shilka back then in chechnya and afghanistan. fast firing autocannons may never be underestimated in their effect against unarmored targets

They're just guns with engines, just like the M60's. Nothing special, they're used for heavy fire.

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