- Hans Weber
- July 26, 2024
Anti-aircraft “Viktor”: Czechs raise money for 15 “Shahed-136 killers”
Czech citizens organized a fundraising effort with a plan to spend the collected money on mobile anti-aircraft machine guns for the Ukraine Armed Forces.
This is stated on the page of the campaign “Viktor – mobile air defense of Ukraine.”
Viktor is a Czech twin 14.5 mm anti-aircraft machine gun mounted on the chassis of a Toyota Land Cruiser pickup truck.
The ammunition for the module is 300 loaded and 300 additional rounds.
The anti-aircraft gun has a day and night vision. An effective air targets’ firing range is possible at a distance of up to 2 km.
The main task of Viktor is to combat air threats such as Iranian Shahed-136 kamikaze drones.
The campaign’s organizers plan to raise $3.85 mln for the production of 15 combat units. They had managed to raise $80,000 as of November 13.
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