Russia's S60 anti-aircraft gun, is a single-barreled anti-aircraft gun, powerful firepower, low cost, suitable for mass production and deployment, more than 50 countries and regions around the world are used this gun, in the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, this towed anti-aircraft gun actually had an accident of explosion, in the face of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict information war began, it depends on how the Western media report such an accident.
Russia's S60 anti-aircraft gun, a prototype imitation of Germany's 55 mm anti-aircraft gun, began to be mass-produced, deployed and used in the 50s of the 20th century, as a towed anti-aircraft gun, single-barrel launch, a total length of 8.5 meters, a weight of 4.6 tons, the length of the barrel is 4.4 meters, this towed gun also has technical limitations.
Because of the technical limitations of the 20th century, the semi-automatic mechanism was adopted, that is, when launching, 6 to 7 soldiers were required to be deployed to achieve towed launch. It can fire a variety of shells, such as anti-tank armor-piercing shells, fragmentation shells, etc., and can fire up to 120 shells per minute, accurately hitting targets and enemies within a range of 6 kilometers.
During the Soviet period, this anti-aircraft gun was mainly used for air defense defense deployment, and it was also an important anti-aircraft artillery weapon in the Soviet period, when this anti-aircraft gun appeared on the Russian-Ukrainian battlefield, because of continuous use and the age of the equipment, jamming, etc., are very common, but recently this anti-aircraft gun has a more serious explosion accident, which has caused widespread heated discussions, many media said that Russia is really exhausted of conventional weapons, and the weapons at the bottom of the box are taken out.
Video materials published on the Internet show that the S60 was launched by Russia soldiers, suddenly exploded, the collapsed barrel iron pipe collapsed from the burst fire, the Russian soldiers on the artillery vehicle obviously did not expect such an accident, when three soldiers were accidentally injured by the impact of the explosion and the fragments of the barrel burst, I don't know if there was a danger to life, but this accident, but it caused a lot of discussion, and also triggered an information war between Russia and Ukraine, how the Western media will report, is unknown.
But the outside world saw that Russia's old models of weapons have indeed reached a certain age, and there have been many problems, before there were rusty tanks on the front line, and old models of fighters were shot down by Ukraine and NATO, which shows that Russia's conventional weapons really need to be updated?
At least what Russia has to face is how to better and more effectively maintain and upgrade its existing old weapons, so that they can be revitalized, give full play to their combat advantages, and continue to exert their power on the battlefield.
The S60 anti-aircraft gun bombing accident, to the fighting spirit of Russia soldiers, is an invisible contusion, after all, backward weapons, will affect and interfere with the combat information of soldiers, modern and intelligent weapons, in Ukraine, continue to emerge, and the weapons used by Russia soldiers, obviously backward, failed to get more advanced weapons to support Russia, obviously in terms of weapon use and subsequent supply, showing a stretched embarrassment.
The S-60 anti-aircraft gun, as an old weapon in service for decades, has a caliber of only 57 mm for a single tube, an accurate range of about 6 kilometers, and a maximum range of 10 kilometers at the limit.
Especially on the battlefield of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, the two sides are in a long-term state of war, the inferiority of weapons and equipment will greatly hit the morale of the Russian side, although an accident can not represent all weapons are not powerful, but for Russia's soldiers who have been tired for a long time, in the face of a severe war situation, a long-term indecisive battle situation, and the strength gap in the comparison of advanced weapons, will have some subtle impact on the Russian-Ukrainian battlefield.
This explosion, the outside world is obviously also talking about the old weapons of Russia and Ukraine, used in the modern battlefield, can no longer adapt to the environment, once advanced air defense artillery, decades later, turned out to be the equipment that dragged the feet of the accident, which made Russia's combat pressure quietly multiplied.
The most direct and effective way to solve the current dilemma is to immediately replace new guns and use a large number of new weapons, but Russia is obviously in the current predicament, it is difficult to quickly realize the supply and replacement of weapons.
It is necessary to mobilize manpower to inspect and maintain the weapons supplied to the front line, and to screen out the weapons that are problematic and defective in the inspection, so as to avoid the failure rate of problems, but it is obvious that under the premise of an emergency war situation, the supply of weapons is already insufficient, and there is not enough time and manpower to inspect and maintain them in advance, let alone the energy to maintain them.
This brings a new problem, how Russia can continue to fight against Ukraine without taking advantage of weapons, which also makes the international community begin to wait and see, after all, the power of weapons is insufficient, and it is difficult to play a huge counterbalance on the battlefield. In particular, the old weapons that have been used for decades show the urgent need to replenish Russia's conventional weapons.
The problem in front of Russia is how to find a way to upgrade the equipment, otherwise it is obviously unfavorable for the long-term confrontation on the Russian-Ukrainian battlefield, no matter how the Western media reports, it is a matter of necessity, after all, the important thing is that Russia's weapons need to be real enough to get the desired results in the next battle.