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What's this gun on a Shilka hull?
Hisham
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Posted: Friday, March 18, 2016 - 04:26 AM UTC
And is there a kit of it?



Hisham
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Posted: Friday, March 18, 2016 - 04:45 AM UTC
Looks like an S-60 57mm AA gun.
Haven't seen a kit of it, but could definitely use one!
HeavyArty
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Posted: Friday, March 18, 2016 - 05:08 AM UTC
Pretty cool. It is actually on an SA-6 hull. Note the two hatches on the front slope.

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Posted: Friday, March 18, 2016 - 05:31 AM UTC
More specifically, a GM-578 chassis, although not necessarily an SAM-6. Whatever it was in its former life it's obvious it was stripped down good before it got repurposed.

jasegreene
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Posted: Friday, March 18, 2016 - 06:22 AM UTC
I think I read a while back that the Syrian Arab Army was not using the Sa-6 hardly anymore because of the ongoing civil war.This looks like an attempt to make use of old equipment.
grunt136mike
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Posted: Friday, March 18, 2016 - 06:45 AM UTC
Hi;

If Im not mystaken, wasn't there an announcement by Trumpeter of the S-60 in 1/35 ! I mite be wrong but I think it was trumpy. IMHO it would be pretty easy to Convert the Dragon kit. Now we just have to wait for the S-60.

CHEERS; MIKE.
HeavyArty
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Posted: Friday, March 18, 2016 - 07:39 AM UTC

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IMHO it would be pretty easy to Convert the Dragon kit. Now we just have to wait for the S-60.


It would be more correct, if you are looking to build what is pictured, to use the Trumpeter SA-6 chassis.
Dimitar
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Posted: Friday, March 18, 2016 - 11:18 AM UTC
+ SP Design lower hull.
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