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Russia's ZSU-23-4 Shilka fleet largely stripped of radar-tracking capability by decades of attrition

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Analysis from both Ukrainian and Russian defence commentators converges on the same conclusion: serial Shilka production ended in 1982, and sustained combat use through Afghanistan, the 1990s and 2000s, and the current war has exhausted the original spare-parts stock, with the radar tracking subsystems particularly degraded. By the early 2010s a significant share of surviving vehicles had lost the ability to engage aerial targets using radar guidance, retaining only limited optical-channel fire against ground targets. The assessment explains why Russia cannot rapidly field Shilkas as an anti-drone layer despite their nominal suitability — the serviceable inventory is essentially depleted.

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