This pic in Tehran shows a Soviet anti-air cannon very familiar to me. It is based on a Swedish design of the nineteen thirties, mass-produced by the Soviet Union in WWII. The PLO in Lebanon had hundreds of them, and they were taken to Israel. A whole unit was formed with this brand-new equipment and ammunition. I was drafted and trained to use these sewing-machine-like guns and used to sit on them. When the unit was disbanded, the machines were sold to foreign armies. Perhaps to the Shah's Iran? They are still in use in Iran. The one pictured seems well maintained, artistically decorated, almost new, or with few kilometers. BTW, it has the only hand-operated computer I know of (a museum piece); therefore, immune to electronic interference.
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