World War 2 photo: Soviet sailor from the “Kharkov” leader of the destroyers of the Red Navy charges an automatic 37-mm antiaircraft gun 70-K to repel the attack of German Luftwaffe bombers. The Eastern Front.
Location: Soviet Russia
Date of the photo: 1942
Author: Evgeni Khaldei
70-K the 37-mm automatic anti-aircraft artillery gun:
The 37-mm automatic anti-aircraft artillery gun 70-K is a Soviet automatic gun of 37 mm caliber, which has been in service with the Soviet Navy since 1940. This artillery gun was a naval version of the Red Army’s 37 mm 61-K artillery gun.