hey,
can anyone I.D. this russian anti-aircraft gun,it's time period ,and would it have been placed on a vehicle / truck?

thanks ,Joe

http://www.snappymgr.com/images/items/new/250044932/250044932-1.jpg

Hi.....it's simple.....it's zu-23-2

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZU-23-2

Ciro

Hi there..

I took a look and it appears to be a ZU-23-2 (Zenitnaya Ustanovka (anti air) 23 mm twin) developed in the late 1950's and used to present day.. here are some links..

wikipedia entry

Link to some good photo

another link to photos

more photos

hey,
PERFECT!! thank you so very much,my son and I ,mainly build WWII era ,in 1/35 ,so i didnt recognize it,but it pretty sharp lookin,and Iam thinking about picking it up.I've got a ZIS-151 laying around,,it'll put it to good use. happy holidays.

Joe

Regarding your question on mounting it. It has been placed on a lot of different vehicles:

I have seen photos of it on:

Humvees (Africa somewhere)
Gaz trucks
BMP (Cannot remember if it is BMP1 or BMP 2 hull)
BMD (Cannot remember what version)

There are probably many more. It seems like the Russians will stick it to anything to get mobile AAA.