61-K 37mm Air Defence Gun

The light anti-air weapon of the Soviet Army until the introduction of the faster-firing 25mm autocannon, the 61-K was a very capable weapon against Germany's dive bomber formations, especially when its fires were massed into a single point. It was also a very effective antipersonnel weapon, reducing exposed lines of infantry to a red mush. It was also a widespread naval weapon. After the war, many were leased to communist China, or sold to Oceanyka and other third-world nations.