Even now, there's still a large number of these High-altitude Guns in the Iraqi Army, and they shot down several Alliance Army combat aircraft in the past month.
The protective design of the "Zhi-10A" was specifically aimed at the Shilkha's 23 millimeter machine gun.
Don't forget, the key parts of the "Zhi-10A" can withstand direct attacks from 23 millimeter high-explosive bombs, and the secondary parts can still function normally for more than half an hour after being hit.
More importantly, the Shilkha is indeed outdated.
Mainly due to the lack of advanced fire control systems, it is not very efficient in dealing with ultra-low altitude targets because of slow response.
In addition, the effective range of the 23 millimeter machine gun doesn't even reach 3000 meters.
Not to mention that the "Zhi-10A" is equipped with the "Lian Nuo" KD-28 Heavy Anti-Tank Missile with a range of up to 8 kilometers, even cheap 80 millimeter rockets have a range of 3000 meters.
