Shilka

The vehicle was a ZSU-23-4, a deadly mobile flak battery called a Shilka by the Russians, but popularly known as the "Zoo" among American fliers.

Countdown Douglass, Keith 1994

And he knew his vehicles, deadly looking antiaircraft vehicles which Sun knew by their Russian name: Shilka.

Carrie Douglass, Keith 1991

The Shilka drew to a shuddering halt just outside the main gate as Captain Sun studied the camp through narrowed eyes.

Carrie Douglass, Keith 1991

The Shilka rocked wildly, as though recoiling before a blow from a gigantic sledgehammer.

Carrie Douglass, Keith 1991

The Shilka had ceased fire, but the engine was thundering now as they rumbled forward.

Carrie Douglass, Keith 1991

The Argúb and Shilka being united, take the name of Amúr, or He-lung-kiang, the great river which runs into the Okhotsk Sea.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913

Dalaï Gal, which, united to the Khailar River, form the Argún River, and this in turn joins the Shilka.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913

I wrote you this as I approached Gorbitsa, one of the Cossack settlements on the banks of the Shilka, a tributary of the Amur.

Letters of Anton Chekhov Anton Pavlovich Chekhov 1882

I am sailing down the Shilka, which runs into the Amur at the Pokrovskaya

Letters of Anton Chekhov Anton Pavlovich Chekhov 1882

The banks of the Shilka are picturesque like stage scenes but, alas! there is something oppressive in this complete absence of human beings.

Letters of Anton Chekhov Anton Pavlovich Chekhov 1882