Old Video Of Russian Anti-Aircraft Gun Detonating Falsely Shared As Indian Soldiers’ ‘Stupidity’

Claim

Indian soldiers accidentally blow themselves up while using anti-aircraft guns.

                                                                                                                                   The archived version of the post can be seen here, which has clocked 89.1K views so far.

Fact

Newschecker ran a reverse image search of keyframes, which led us to this X post, dated July 4, 2025, stating it shows detonation of ammunition on a Russian MT-LB with an installed S-60 anti-aircraft gun.

A further search led us to this Defence Express report carrying the viral video, dated July 5, 2024, stating an Russian AZP S-60 anti-aircraft gun was destroyed by the explosion of its own shell.

“This was reported by Operativno ZSU Telegram channel. Russian S-60 crew sintered as a result of a shell exploding in the gun barrel…,” read the report, adding that AZP S-60 is a Soviet towed, single-barrel anti-aircraft gun from the 1950s, extensively used in Warsaw Pact, Middle Eastern and South-East Asian countries. We also came across this Kyiv Post report, dated July 5, 2024, sharing the video, further confirming it is not from India.

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Sources
Defence Express report, July 5, 2024
Kyiv Post report, July 5, 2024