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2014-11-27T08:15:15-05:00 2014-11-27T08:15:15-05:00 SSG Private RallyPoint Member 344258

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>WOW!!! This is a piece of equipment I didn't know about. Looks to be a pretty decent weapon to use but it's understandable the cost was too much.

2014-11-27T08:32:59-05:00 2014-11-27T08:32:59-05:00 SFC Mark Merino 344749

<div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-14820"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image"> <a href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fdoes-anyone-remember-the-m247-sgt-york-anti-aircraft-gun-platform%3Futm_source%3DFacebook%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_campaign%3DShare%20to%20facebook' target="_blank" class='social-share-button facebook-share-button'><i class="fa fa-facebook-f"></i></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Does+anyone+remember+the+M247+SGT+York+Anti-Aircraft+gun+platform%3F&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fdoes-anyone-remember-the-m247-sgt-york-anti-aircraft-gun-platform&amp;via=RallyPoint" target="_blank" class="social-share-button twitter-custom-share-button"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a> <a href="mailto:?subject=Check this out on RallyPoint!&body=Hi, I thought you would find this interesting:%0D%0ADoes anyone remember the M247 SGT York Anti-Aircraft gun platform?%0D%0A %0D%0AHere is the link: https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/does-anyone-remember-the-m247-sgt-york-anti-aircraft-gun-platform" target="_blank" class="social-share-button email-share-button"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a> </div> <a class="fancybox" rel="e84a4cfb3ae4bfea42ba9118e9d6e19e" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/014/820/for_gallery_v2/zsu_57_2.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/014/820/large_v3/zsu_57_2.jpg" alt="Zsu 57 2" /></a></div></div>I think we ripped off the commies. It was too similiar to the mass produced ZSU 57-2. <br />(Z=Self Propelled) SU= (Anti-aircraft) 57=(diameter in mm's) -2= (# of barrels).

2014-11-27T15:55:15-05:00 2014-11-27T15:55:15-05:00 MAJ Robert (Bob) Petrarca 347028

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Don't recall it but thanks for the history lesson.

2014-11-29T14:13:05-05:00 2014-11-29T14:13:05-05:00 CPT Jacob Swartout 2330939

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I saw this in a museum, think it was at Ft Knox at the time. Been so long ago.

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