M1939 Automatic Air Defense G (61-K)
Soviet Union
Type 74SD Chinese Version
| | 1939-1945 | |
Type: 37mm Anti-Aircraft Gun
Manufacturer: China North Industries Corporation
Weight: 4,600 lbs (2.3 tons)
Rate of Fire: 60 rounds per minute
Range: 16,404 ft (3.1 miles)
Ammunition: 37x252SP shells, High Explosive, Fragmentation, High Velocity Armor Piercing
Crew: 8
Number Built: 20,000
Originally designed as a single barrel system on a 4-wheeled carriage, crews manning these weapons brought down over 14,000 Axis Planes during World War II. This version is a Type 74SD Chinese produced copy that operated with a laser course director system. This gun was left at Belle Chasse Naval Air Station by US Marines after being used by Iraqi Forces during the Gulf War, 1991.
SN: W30008; Object ID# 2013.047.002
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Military • War, 1st Iraq & Desert Storm • War, World II.
Location. 29° 57.536′ N, 90° 0.413′ W. Marker is in New Orleans, Louisiana, in Orleans Parish. It is in the Lower Ninth Ward. It can be reached from Chenault Boulevard 0.2 miles south of North Claiborne Avenue (State Highway 39), on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 4209 Chenault Boulevard, New Orleans LA 70117, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Louisiana’s River Parishes. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Deep South, on the Gulf Coast, and in the Great River Road Region. Globally, it is in North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain, the Viceroyalty of New France, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, the Louisiana Purchase, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
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More about this marker. Located on the grounds of the Louisiana National Guard, Jackson Barracks base. The Ansel M. Stroud Jr. Military History & Weapons Museum is located on site. Museum is opened M-Sat 10-4. Highly recommend checking before a visit to make sure base/museum is opened and accessible to civilians, as it is an active military base.
Also see . . . Geaux Guard Museum website. (Submitted on December 20, 2020, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana.)
Credits. This page was last revised on February 12, 2023. It was originally submitted on December 19, 2020, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana. This page has been viewed 374 times since then and 84 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on December 19, 2020, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana.
