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The 2B9 Vasilek (2Б9 "Василёк" - Cornflower) also known as Vasilyek, [2] AM 289 Vasilyek [3] or AM 2B9 Vasilyek, [3] is an automatic 82 mm gun-mortar developed in the Soviet Union in 1967 and fielded with the Soviet Army in 1970.
The mortar carrier has its genesis in the general mechanisation and motorisation of infantry in the years leading up to World War II.To move an infantry mortar and its crew various methods were developed, for example mounting the mortar on a wheeled carriage for towing behind a light vehicle, attaching the mortar and its permanently fixed baseplate to the rear of a vehicle — the entire ...
2S12 is in fact the designator for the combination of the 2B11 "Sani" heavy mortar with its transport vehicle 2F510, a GAZ-66-15 4×4 truck. The 2B11 weighs nearly 200 kg (500 lb) when fully assembled, and thus must be mounted to the 2×1 wheeled chassis 2L81 and towed to the emplacement site by the truck. The GAZ-66 prime mover also transports ...
BMD-1 converted into a mortar carrier. BMD-1 with turret mounted 2B9 Vasilek mortar. BMD-1 converted into a self-propelled multiple rocket launcher. The armament was removed and replaced by a vision device. Fitted on top of the turret is a small box-type launcher for 12×80 mm rockets.
2B9 Vasilek: 82mm gun-mortar: Unknown Soviet Union [45] As of 16 July 2024 at least 18 have been lost in the Russian Invasion of Ukraine. [46] 2B16 Nona-K: 120mm gun-mortar 75 [43] Soviet Union: As of 16 July 2024, at least 13 have been lost in the Russian Invasion of Ukraine. [46] 2S9 Nona and 2S23 Nona-SVK: 120mm Self-propelled gun-mortar: 42 ...
Once landed, the 2S9’s 2B51 gun/mortar provided both direct-fire support (formerly provided by retired ASU-85 self-propelled guns) and the indirect fire capability of towed 120-millimeter mortars.
The 2S9 chassis is designated the S-120 and based on the aluminium hull of the BTR-D airborne multi-purpose tracked armoured personnel carrier. More generally, the 120 mm mortar is referred to as the Nona, with the 2S9 also known as the Nona-S. Although no figures have been released, it is estimated that over 1,000 2S9 were built. [3]
Replacement of the Soviet mortars by this new system, mortar carriers split among the tracked Borsuk and the wheeled KTO Rosomak. M120K Rak: KTO Rosomak: 120 mm Poland: 146 93 2017 Polish Land Forces (93 / 122) Ukrainian Army (0 / 24) [68] Developed by Poland for its army, and purchased later on among a large KTO Rosomak for Ukraine [69] M1287 ...