In Syria on the Mustang mounted a 57-mm anti-aircraft gun
According to the "Journal of mordovia", by syrian government forces is recorded kamaz-5350 of the mustang family, equipped with 57-mm anti-aircraft gun s-60. Machines of this type were previously found in the arab republic only as the transport truck used for the delivery of personnel, transportation of ammunition and military equipment, tow artillery systems because of its terrain. The c-60 has a range of fire up to 4 km, positively proved itself in the civil war in syria. Cases are known when a shell fired from this gun and has initial velocity of 1000 m/s, when hit in the side projection of disabling a medium tank t-55. Bmp-1 at the same time receive critical damage.
In addition, used gun high-explosive shell weighing in at 2. 8 kg is able to effectively destroy enemy manpower. To-60 mounted on the chassis of cross-country vehicles "Ural" commercial trucks "Mercedes", a combat vehicle gm-578 anti-aircraft missile complex "Kvadrat". After the installation of the guns on kamaz, perhaps their location on the zil-131, which began to arrive in the syrian army. The development of a unified army of four-wheel drive multipurpose vehicles of the mustang family — kamaz-4350 (4×4),kamaz-5350 (6×6) and kamaz-6350 (8x8) is started at the kama automobile plant according to the decree of the ussr government no. 721-161 of june 24, 1987.
In 2002, a modified model of the mustang family — kamaz-4350, kamaz-5350 and kamaz-6350 with improved technical and operational characteristics passed certification tests and the order of the minister of defence of the Russian Federation no. 340 dated 28 august 2002 was accepted on supply of armed forces of the Russian Federation.
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