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autocannon Weapon Systems

Weapon systems and military equipment tagged autocannon.

5 weapon systems

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Air Defense

Systems that contest aircraft, missiles, helicopters, and drones.

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61-K 37 mm anti-aircraft gun, Towed 37 mm automatic anti-aircraft gun, Air DefenseAir Defense61-K 37 mm anti-aircraft gunTowed 37 mm automatic anti-aircraft gunSide: Houthi-aligned forcesBuilt: Soviet state arsenals, including Plant No. 8 development lineage / Soviet UnionThe 61-K is a Soviet 37 mm automatic anti-aircraft gun built as a mobile, clip-fed short-range air-defense weapon. In the Yemen Civil War context, open-source reporting places 37 mm 61-K guns in Yemen's inherited anti-aircraft artillery inventory and describes Houthi-aligned forces using small-caliber anti-aircraft guns for both low-altitude air defense and ground fire.
S-60, Towed 57 mm anti-aircraft gun, Air DefenseAir DefenseS-60Towed 57 mm anti-aircraft gunSide: Armenia / Artsakh / Ukraine / Syrian government and allies / Opposition and anti-government forcesBuilt: Plant No. 4 named after Voroshilov, Krasnoyarsk / Soviet UnionThe S-60 is a Soviet 57 mm towed anti-aircraft gun adopted in 1950 for low- and medium-altitude air defense. Armenian/Artsakh forces fielded MT-LB-mounted AZP S-60 guns in the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, while Ukrainian and Syrian examples show the same gun family often repurposed as mobile direct-fire or fire-support weapons.
ZU-23-2, Towed twin 23 mm anti-aircraft autocannon, Air DefenseAir DefenseZU-23-2Towed twin 23 mm anti-aircraft autocannonSide: Ukraine / Armenia / Artsakh / Tigray forces / Houthi-aligned forcesBuilt: KBP Instrument Design Bureau and multiple state/license producers / Soviet Union, Russia, Bulgaria, Poland, Egypt, ChinaThe ZU-23-2 is a Soviet twin 23 mm towed anti-aircraft autocannon built around two 2A14 guns on a light carriage. Its manual sighting, rapid emplacement, and high volume of fire make it a close-range air-defense weapon against low-flying aircraft, helicopters, and drones, while many operators also use it for direct fire against light vehicles and infantry positions. Armenian-side losses in the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh fighting included towed and vehicle-mounted ZU-23 guns, Ukrainian units have kept the system relevant in mobile and positional air-defense teams during the Russia-Ukraine War, and UN reporting documented Houthi ZU-23 gun fire during the Yemen Civil War.
ZSU-23-4 Shilka, Tracked self-propelled anti-aircraft gun, Air DefenseAir DefenseZSU-23-4 ShilkaTracked self-propelled anti-aircraft gunSide: Russia / Ukraine / Armenia / Artsakh / Houthi-aligned forcesBuilt: Mytishchi Machine-Building Plant / Ulyanovsk Mechanical Plant / Soviet UnionThe ZSU-23-4 Shilka is a Soviet tracked self-propelled anti-aircraft gun built around a radar-directed turret with four 23 mm autocannons. Designed to accompany maneuver forces against low-flying aircraft and helicopters, it remains relevant in Ukraine as a short-range air-defense and direct-fire platform, with visually documented losses on both Russian and Ukrainian sides.