Israeli Defense Force: Fight for Independence is a Total Conversion modification for the PC game Battlefield 2 (A.K.A. BF2). What we aim to achieve with this mod is to immerse the player into the historic wars involving Israel, Syria, Egypt, and Jordan, which are the 6-Day War, the War of Attrition, and the Yom Kippur War. The player will be able to play as a common soldier, crewmember, or pilot in these wars. The mod will feature historically accurate equipment such as the famous Russian AK-47, the fearsome SO-4050 bomber, the menacing IS3 and M48 tanks, and much, much more. Also, the maps will recreate actual battles that happened in these wars, to complete a historically-accurate and immersive modification. IDF:FFI is also a member of the acclaimed cooperative gaming studio Black Sand Studios.
The ZSU-57-2 is a Soviet self-propelled anti-aircraft gun (SPAAG), armed with two 57 mm autocannons. 'ZSU' stands for Zenitnaya Samokhodnaya Ustanovka, meaning "anti-aircraft self-propelled mount". It was the first Soviet mass-produced tracked SPAAG. In the USSR it had the unofficial nickname "Sparka", meaning "twin mount", referring to the twin autocannon with which the vehicle is armed.
During World War II, ground-attack aircraft emerged as a significant threat to mechanized units on the move. This experience made it clear that an anti-aircraft tracked vehicle was needed. For several years after World War II there were no new SPAAG models in the USSR except for the BTR-152A and the BTR-40A wheeled SPAAGs. The need for a new tracked AA vehicle was apparent. The prototype of the ZSU-57-2 was finished in 1950 and officially entered service in the Soviet Army in 1955. The final design used a modified T-54 chassis, with four twin road wheels per side instead of five, and much thinner armour. The vehicle was armed with twin 57 mm S-68 autocannon in a new, large, rotating, open-topped turret.
ZSU-57-2s were exported like other Soviet equipment to the Warsaw Pact Armies as well as Soviet allies in Asia, Africa and the Middle East. Egypt, Syria and Iraq all ordered ZSU-57-2s in 1960's and 70's from Soviet Union. 1973. ZSU-57-2s were used during several conflicts in the Middle East including the Six-Day War in 1967 and the Yom Kippur War in 1973, in both cases by Egypt and Syria and by Iraq in 1973. ZSU-57-2s were not generally successful in there intended role but could bring tremendous fire power to the battlefield. The ZSU-57-2's were gradually replaced by more modern SPAAG's like the ZSU-23-4.
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