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29K (artillery)

The 29-K was an anti-aircraft truck used by the Soviet Union, consisting of a 76 mm air defense gun M1931 mounted on a YaG-10 truck.

History

In 1934, the Design Bureau (KB) , named after Mikhail Kalinin, received an order to install the 76 mm air defense gun M1931 on the chassis of the three-axle YaG-10 truck. Production completed by the Yaroslavl Automobile Plant, due to their experience with creating the .

In August–September 1936, tests were carried out at the NIAP test site. The first vehicles entered service with Moscow Military District.

The 29-K took part in the parade on Red Square in Moscow. The first display of motorized anti-aircraft guns took place at a military parade in Moscow on 1 May 1934. Overall, sixty-one YaG-10 trucks were converted into 29-K models.

Modifications to the trucks included a reinforced undercarriage, four stabilizing legs with jacks were added to the underside, rotating pedestal for the gun, and side boards replaced with semi-circular armor plates that could be reclined in combat to create additional space for the crew to operate.

References

Bibliography

  • Alexander Shirokorad, Domestic semi-automatic anti-aircraft guns, "Equipment and weapons", No. 7, 1998.
  • M. Svirin, “Stalin's self-propelled guns. History of the Soviet self-propelled guns 1919 - 1945. Yauza\EKSMO, Moscow, 2008.
  • E. D. Kochnev, Cars of the Red Army 1918 - 1945., - M ..: Yauza: Eksmo, 2009. - S. 311.
  • RGVA. F. 31811. Op. 2. D. 1159. L. 21. Basic tactical and technical data of the 76-mm anti-aircraft gun of the 1931 model, installed on the YAG-10.

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