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* {{YUG}} - ({{SRB}}, {{CRO}}, {{SVN}}, {{BIH}}) in [[Yugoslav Wars|Yugoslav Wars 1991-2001]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://oklop2.tripod.com/praga/m53.htm | title=Samohodni PA top Praga M-53/59 }}</ref>
* {{COD}} - ([[March 23 Movement]]) in [[M23 rebellion|M23 rebellion 2012-2013]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://esotericarmour.blogspot.com/2012/12/m23-rebel-group-democratic-republic-of.html | title=Esoteric Armour: M23 Rebel Group (Democratic Republic of Congo) M53/59 Praga | date=12 September 2012 }}</ref><ref>https://igobooks.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Great-Lakes-Conflagration.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=May 2022}}</ref>
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M53/59 Praga
M53/59 Praga, self-propelled anti-aircraft gun of Serbian Army
TypeSelf-propelled anti-aircraft gun
Place of originCzechoslovakia
Production history
Designed1957
ManufacturerEngineering and metallurgical plants, Trenčín-Kubrá plant (1959–1961)
Škoda Works
Produced1959–1978
No. builtMore than 1000+[1]
Specifications
Mass10.3 tonnes
Length6.92 m (22 ft 8 in)
Barrel length2.4 m (94 in)
Width2.35 m (7 ft 9 in)
Height2.95 m (9 ft 8 in)
Crew4 (driver, commander and two gun operators)
ShellFixed QF 30x210mmCz
Caliber30 mm (1.2 in)
Barrels2
Elevation-10° - +85°
Traverse360°
Rate of fire500 rpm per barrel cyclic
100 rpm per barrel practical
Muzzle velocity1,000 m/s (3,300 ft/s)
Effective firing range3 km (2 miles) effective range[2]
ArmorAluminum
Main
armament
30 mm twin AA autocannon (900 rounds)
EngineTatra T 912-2 6-cylinder inline air-cooled diesel
110 hp (82 kW) at 2,200 rpm
Power/weight10.7 hp/tonne (8 kW/tonne)
Suspensionleaf spring
Operational
range
500 km (310 mi)
Maximum speed 60 km/h (37 mph)
Detail of 30 mm twin AA gun, vz.53/59

The M53/59 Praga is a Czechoslovak self-propelled anti-aircraft gun developed in the late 1950s. It consists of a heavily modified Praga V3S six-wheel drive truck chassis, armed with a twin 30 mm AA autocannon mounted on the rear for which the vehicle typically carries 900 rounds of ammunition, each gun being gravity fed from distinctive 50 round magazines. The vehicle has an armoured cabin.

In Czechoslovakia it was known as Praga PLDvK vz. 53/59 - "Ještěrka" (PLDvK Model 53/59 - "Lizard").[3] PLDvK stands for Protiletadlový dvojkanón = Anti-aircraft twin-cannon.

The system is optically aimed and can only be used effectively during the day with good weather conditions. The gun can be dismounted and used independently of the vehicle.

While mostly obsolete in anti-aircraft role, it can be used effectively as a ground support weapon against unarmored or lightly armored targets, as was shown during the Yugoslav wars. It remains in service with armies of Egypt, Libya, Serbia, Slovakia etc.

When Czechoslovakia imported one Soviet-made ZSU-57-2 for testing it considered it to be comparable to M53/59 which was the reason Czechoslovakia refused the Soviet SPAAG.[4]

Combat history

Operators

Former Operators

See also

References

  • "M53/59 at ELDON s.r.o". 2003. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007.
  1. ^ a b c SIPRI Arms Transfers Database
  2. ^ Foss, Christopher (1977). Jane's pocket book of towed artillery. New York: Collier. p. 225. ISBN 0020806000. OCLC 911907988.
  3. ^ Translation of "Ještěrka"
  4. ^ "Militaria Jowitka". Archived from the original on 5 December 2008. Retrieved 28 July 2008.
  5. ^ "M53/59".
  6. ^ "المدفع المضاد للطائرات M53/59 براجا".
  7. ^ "ZSU%20M53%2F59%20Egypt - Google Search".
  8. ^ "Identifying the Iraqi Threat and how They Fight". 1990.
  9. ^ "AK-Interactive -286 Arab Revolutions & Border Wars Vol.III".
  10. ^ "Samohodni PA top Praga M-53/59".
  11. ^ "Esoteric Armour: M23 Rebel Group (Democratic Republic of Congo) M53/59 Praga". 12 September 2012.
  12. ^ https://igobooks.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Great-Lakes-Conflagration.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  13. ^ "The Lizard is back". 13 October 2013.
  14. ^ Ještěrka šířila hrůzu a uprchlíci s ní proráželi železnou oponu (article in Czech)
  15. ^ Air Defence weapons of Croatian Army
  16. ^ Air Defence weapons of Slovenian Army
  17. ^ "Samohodni PA top Praga M-53/59".
  18. ^ Air Defence weapons of Yugoslav People's Army
  19. ^ a b "Ještěrka PLDVK: Protiletadlový komplex z Brna bojoval na Balkáně, v Libyi i v Kongu". 11 July 2017.
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