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== Description ==
''Write an introduction to the article in 2-3 small paragraphs. Briefly tell about the history of the devekopment and combat using of the weaponry and also about it's features. Make a air or ground vehicles list on which this weapon is installed in our game.''

=== Vehicles equipped with this weapon ===

== General info ==
''Tell us about the tactical and technical characteristics of the cannon or machine gun.''

=== Available shells ===
''Describe the shells that are available for the cannon and their features and purpose. If it iconcerns autocanons or machine guns, so write about different ammo belts and what is inside (which types of shells).''

=== Comparison with analogues ===
''Give a comparative description of cannons/machine guns, that have firepower equal to these type of weapons.''

== Usage in the battles ==
''Describe the cannon/machine gun in the game - its distinctive features, tactics of usage against the main opponents. Please don't write a "guide" - do not impose a single point of view, but give the reader food for thought.''

=== Pros and cons ===
''Summarize and briefly evaluate the weaponry in terms of its characteristics and combat effectiveness. Mark pros and cons as a list.''

'''Pros:'''
*

'''Cons:'''
*

== Historical part ==
''Examine the history of the creation and combat usage of this weapon. If the historical reference turns out to be big one, take it into a separate article and add a link to it by using the "main" template. In the end be sure to include references to sources.''

== Media ==
''An excellent addition to the article would be a video guide, as well as screenshots from the game and photos.''

== Read also ==
''Links to the articles on the War Thunder Wiki that you think will be useful for the reader, for example,''
* ''reference to the article about the variant of the cannon/machine gun;''
* ''references to approximate analogues by other nations and research trees.''
''ETC.''

== Sources ==
''Paste links to sources and external resources, such as:''
* ''topic on the official game forum''
* ''page on the Wikipedia''
* ''page on aircraft or gorund forces encyclopedia''
* ''other literature''

{{USSR anti-aircraft guns}}

[[Category:Anti-aircraft guns]]

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 == History ==
-The 61-K's story begins with the Soviet Navy in 1935 purchasing Bofors 25mm Model 1933 for testing. After successful trials, the Soviets attempted to make a variant of the Swedish design scaled up to 47mm, but the Red Army thought it would be too large and ordered Artillery Factor Number 8 in Sverdlovsk (now the Kalinin Machine Building Plant in Yekaterinburg) to produce a version of the Bofors that was scaled up to 37mm. The end result was the 61-K which was designed by Mikhail Loginov and his assistant Lev Loktev. After passing firing trials in October of 1938, the gun was adopted as the 37mm automatic air defense gun M1939. The 61-K was successfully during World War II on the Eastern Front against dive bombers and other aircraft flying at low or medium altitudes. Fed from five round clips, the gun was mounted on the ZSU-7 carriage, but a prototype was made later in the war based on the design of the [[SU-76M]] called the [[ZSU-37]]. Due to the Luftwaffe being almost non-existent, the ZSU-37 saw no service and it was later retired due to a low rate of fire and weak 37mm gun. The 61-K ended Soviet production in 1945 and was later replaced by the 57mm [[S-68 (57 mm)|S-60]], but it was also produced in Poland, China and North Korea and remains in service to this day in multiple nations primarily in Africa or the Middle East.
+<!-- ''Examine the history of the creation and combat usage of the weapon in more detail than in the introduction. If the historical reference turns out to be too long, take it to a separate article, taking a link to the article about the weapon and adding a block "/History" (example: <nowiki>https://wiki.warthunder.com/(Weapon-name)/History</nowiki>) and add a link to it here using the <code>main</code> template. Be sure to reference text and sources by using <code><nowiki><ref></ref></nowiki></code>, as well as adding them at the end of the article with <code><nowiki><references /></nowiki></code>.'' -->
 == Media ==

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 '''Pros:'''
+*
 '''Cons:'''
+*
 == History ==
-''Examine the history of the creation and combat usage of the weapon in more detail than in the introduction. If the historical reference turns out to be too long, take it to a separate article, taking a link to the article about the weapon and adding a block "/History" (example: <nowiki>https://wiki.warthunder.com/(Weapon-name)/History</nowiki>) and add a link to it here using the <code>main</code> template. Be sure to reference text and sources by using <code><nowiki><ref></ref></nowiki></code>, as well as adding them at the end of the article with <code><nowiki><references /></nowiki></code>.''
+The 61-K's story begins with the Soviet Navy in 1935 purchasing Bofors 25mm Model 1933 for testing. After successful trials, the Soviets attempted to make a variant of the Swedish design scaled up to 47mm, but the Red Army thought it would be too large and ordered Artillery Factor Number 8 in Sverdlovsk (now the Kalinin Machine Building Plant in Yekaterinburg) to produce a version of the Bofors that was scaled up to 37mm. The end result was the 61-K which was designed by Mikhail Loginov and his assistant Lev Loktev. After passing firing trials in October of 1938, the gun was adopted as the 37mm automatic air defense gun M1939. The 61-K was successfully during World War II on the Eastern Front against dive bombers and other aircraft flying at low or medium altitudes. Fed from five round clips, the gun was mounted on the ZSU-7 carriage, but a prototype was made later in the war based on the design of the [[SU-76M]] called the [[ZSU-37]]. Due to the Luftwaffe being almost non-existent, the ZSU-37 saw no service and it was later retired due to a low rate of fire and weak 37mm gun. The 61-K ended Soviet production in 1945 and was later replaced by the 57mm [[S-68 (57 mm)|S-60]], but it was also produced in Poland, China and North Korea and remains in service to this day in multiple nations primarily in Africa or the Middle East.
 == Media ==
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 == See also ==
 ''Links to the articles on the War Thunder Wiki that you think will be useful for the reader, for example:''
 * ''reference to the article about the variant of the cannon/machine gun;''
 * ''references to approximate analogues by other nations and research trees.''

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 == Description ==
-''Write an introduction to the article in 2-3 small paragraphs. Briefly tell us about the history of the development and combat using the weaponry and also about its features. Make an air or ground vehicles list on which this weapon is installed in our game.''
+''Write an introduction to the article in 2-3 small paragraphs. Briefly tell us about the history of the development and combat using the weaponry and also about its features. Compile a list of air, ground, or naval vehicles that feature this weapon system in the game.''
 === Vehicles equipped with this weapon ===
 <!-- ''List out vehicles that are equipped with the weapon.'' -->
 * {{Specs-Link|ussr_zis_43}}
 * {{Specs-Link|ussr_zsu_37}}
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 ''Tell us about the tactical and technical characteristics of the cannon or machine gun.''
-=== Available shells ===
+=== Available ammunition ===
-''Describe the shells that are available for the cannon and their features and purpose. If it concerns autocannons or machine guns, write about different ammo belts and what is inside (which types of shells).''
+''Describe the shells that are available for the weapon and their features and purpose. If it concerns autocannons or machine guns, write about different ammo belts and what is inside (which types of shells).''
 === Comparison with analogues ===
-''Give a comparative description of cannons/machine guns, that have firepower equal to these type of weapons.''
+''Give a comparative description of cannons/machine guns that have firepower equal to this weapon.''
 == Usage in battles ==
-''Describe the cannon/machine gun in the game - its distinctive features, tactics of usage against the main opponents. Please don't write a "guide" - do not impose a single point of view, but give the reader food for thought.''
+''Describe the cannon/machine gun in the game - its distinctive features, tactics of usage against notable opponents. Please don't write a "guide" - do not impose a single point of view, but give the reader food for thought.''
 === Pros and cons ===
-''Summarize and briefly evaluate the weaponry in terms of its characteristics and combat effectiveness. Mark pros and cons as a list.''
+''Summarise and briefly evaluate the weaponry in terms of its characteristics and combat effectiveness. Mark pros and cons as a list.''
 '''Pros:'''
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 == History ==
-''Examine the history of the creation and combat usage of this weapon. If the historical reference turns out to be too big, take it to a separate article, taking a link to an article about the vehicle and adding a block "/ History" (example: <nowiki>https://wiki.warthunder.com/(weapon-name)/History</nowiki>) and add a link to it here using the <code>main</code> template. Be sure to reference text and sources by using <code><nowiki><ref></nowiki></code>, as well as adding them at the end of the article.''
+''Examine the history of the creation and combat usage of the weapon in more detail than in the introduction. If the historical reference turns out to be too long, take it to a separate article, taking a link to the article about the weapon and adding a block "/History" (example: <nowiki>https://wiki.warthunder.com/(Weapon-name)/History</nowiki>) and add a link to it here using the <code>main</code> template. Be sure to reference text and sources by using <code><nowiki><ref></ref></nowiki></code>, as well as adding them at the end of the article with <code><nowiki><references /></nowiki></code>.''
 == Media ==
-''An excellent addition to the article would be a video guide, as well as screenshots from the game and photos.''
+''Excellent additions to the article would be video guides, screenshots from the game, and photos.''
 == See also ==
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 * ''topic on the official game forum;''
 * ''other literature.'' -->

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 == External links ==
-''Paste links to sources and external resources, such as:''
+<!-- ''Paste links to sources and external resources, such as:''
 * ''topic on the official game forum;''
 * ''encyclopedia page on weapon;''
-* ''other literature.''
+* ''other literature.'' -->
 {{USSR anti-aircraft guns}}
 [[Category:Anti-aircraft guns]]