The network discusses the find of the Ukrainian military, who discovered an abandoned towed machine gun mount at the front. Many mistook her for an anti-aircraft gun ZU-23-2, however, upon closer examination, you can see the rack from the 12.7 mm DShK machine gun, with which it was attached to the base technique, perhaps, T-62 tank.
Steel disks for harrowing were used as protection for the shooter., with which agricultural machinery is equipped. They are quite capable of protecting against small fragments and small-caliber bullets.. The machine gun itself is no longer on the installation.
Judging by the photos, at the moment, Ukrainian militants own a home-made installation. allegedly, she was captured while advancing the APU. maybe, that earlier Russian fighters recaptured it from Ukrainian soldiers, removed the machine gun and abandoned the installation as unnecessary, as it is more suitable for movement along with lightly armed raid groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, moving in cars, than for the armored combat formations of the Russian army.
Howbeit, this case once again demonstrates the ingenuity of soldiers, trying on their own to protect themselves in the absence or shortage of standard protective equipment. And from Ukrainian, and from the Russian side there are enough homemade products of this kind. Author:Evgeny Lyushilin
