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Anti-Aircraft Weapons and Military Equipment

Browse 5 weapon systems and military equipment entries tagged Anti-Aircraft, grouped by category with images, specifications, conflict context, and sources.

5 weapon systems

LLAD guns, Low-level air-defense gun layer, Air Defense

Air DefenseLLAD gunsLow-level air-defense gun layerSide: IndiaBuilt: Various manufacturers / Bofors / BAE Systems Bofors / Soviet state arsenals / Russian defense industry / Multiple, including Sweden and the Soviet Union/RussiaLLAD guns are India's low-level air-defense gun layer, built around modernized 40 mm L/70 batteries and 23 mm twin-barrel mounts for point defense against low-flying aircraft, drones, and loitering munitions. During the 2025 India-Pakistan Conflict, Indian official reporting placed them inside Operation Sindoor's layered air-defense network alongside MANPADS and longer-range surface-to-air missiles.

GDF-001 / GDF-002 anti-aircraft gun, Towed twin 35 mm anti-aircraft gun, Air Defense

Air DefenseGDF-001 / GDF-002 anti-aircraft gunTowed twin 35 mm anti-aircraft gunSide: Houthi-aligned forcesBuilt: Oerlikon Contraves / SwitzerlandThe GDF-001 and GDF-002 are early Oerlikon GDF twin 35 mm towed anti-aircraft guns. Weaponsystems says the family entered service in 1963, and from the GDF-002 onward it added a Ferranti GSR sight and digital data-bus linkage for Skyguard fire control. In Yemen, open-source documentation places GDF-001/GDF-002 guns in the pre-war Yemeni Army inventory and available to Yemeni battlefield parties after the Houthi takeover, but does not support a precise engagement or shootdown claim.

DShKM heavy machine gun, 12.7 mm heavy machine gun, Infantry Weapons

Infantry WeaponsDShKM heavy machine gun12.7 mm heavy machine gunSide: UnknownBuilt: Tula Ordnance Factory / Soviet state arsenals / Soviet UnionThe DShKM is the Soviet postwar 12.7 mm modernization of the DShK heavy machine gun, also known as the DShK 38/46. This relationship-only entry tracks the belt-fed 12.7x108 mm gun, its anti-aircraft and vehicle-mount role, and the BTR-40 family fit documented by Weaponsystems.net.

KPV, 14.5 mm heavy machine gun, Infantry Weapons

Infantry WeaponsKPV14.5 mm heavy machine gunSide: Boko Haram and ISWAPUkraineOpposition and anti-government forcesBuilt: V. A. Degtyarev Plant (ZiD) / Soviet Union / RussiaThe KPV is a Soviet 14.5x114 mm heavy machine gun designed by Semyon Vladimirov and produced at the V. A. Degtyarev Plant. Its high-energy cartridge made it useful against light armor, field positions, small craft, and low-flying aircraft, so the family spread from the original infantry gun into KPVT vehicle guns, ZPU anti-aircraft mounts, and modern improvised mounts seen in the Russia-Ukraine War.

20mm GIAT M693 autocannon, French 20 mm autocannon chambered for 20x139mm NATO rounds, Infantry Weapons

Infantry Weapons20mm GIAT M693 autocannonFrench 20 mm autocannon chambered for 20x139mm NATO roundsSide: UnknownBuilt: GIAT / FranceThe GIAT M693 is a French 20 mm autocannon family developed for vehicle armament and anti-aircraft use, with the navalized 20 mm modèle F2 derivative documented on French Navy minehunters such as the Éridan class. Weaponsystems.net identifies it as a M621-derived delayed-blowback gun with dual-belt feed and 20x139mm NATO ammunition, while NavWeaps traces the navalized 20F2 derivative into French Navy service in 1983 and Weaponsystems ties the GI2 production variant to South African use.