​IDF : Fight For Independence

The BTR-40 (Bronetransporter, literally "armoured transporter") is a Soviet non-amphibious, wheeled armoured personnel carrier and reconnaissance vehicle. The APC variant has no permanent armament but the BTR-40A is heavily armed, with twin ZPTU-2 14.5 mm twin anti-aircraft gun in a specail turret, later also used in the BTR-152A, manually operated by a single soldier. The turret is placed inside the troop compartment. It can make a full turn and its guns can elevate between -5 and +80 degrees.

The ZSU-23-4 "Shilka" is a lightly armored Soviet self-propelled, radar guided anti-aircraft weapon system. ZSU-23-4 units saw active service in the Yom Kippur War and other Arab-Israeli conflicts, During the 1973 Yom Kippur War, Egyptian and Syrian Shilkas proved very effective against the Israeli Air Force. Israeli pilots attempting to fly low in order to avoid SA-6 missiles were often shot down by ZSU-23-4s.