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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 first self-propelled mortar was the 2B1 Oka, based on the Iosif Stalin tank chassis capable of firing a 420 mm shell at a distance of 45 km (28 mi). A few examples were built and paraded in the early 1960s, but ultimately the Oka wasn't adopted due Nikita Khrushchev 's preference for missiles over heavy guns.
M106 – a 120 mm mortar equipped variant of the M113 armored personnel carrier; Bronco ATTC Mortar tracked carrier – 120 mm mortar equipped variant of the Bronco ATTC; Field artillery. FH-88 – 155 mm/39-cal field howitzer; FH-2000 – 155 mm/52-cal field howitzer; Self-propelled artillery. SSPH-1 Primus – 155 mm/39-cal self-propelled ...
This list catalogues mortars which are issued to infantry units to provide close range, rapid response, indirect fire capability of an infantry unit in tactical combat. [1] In this sense the mortar has been called "infantryman's artillery", and represents a flexible logistic solution [clarification needed] to the problem of satisfying unexpected need for delivery of firepower, particularly for ...
120-mm infantry mortar: N/A Soviet Union: 2S12 Sani [47] 120mm heavy mortar: N/A Soviet Union: At least two reported captured from separatist forces by Ukrainian Forces. [47] 2B14 Podnos [7] 82mm infantry mortar: N/A Soviet Union: Captured from Ukrainian forces. 2B9 Vasilek [7] 82mm automatic mortar: N/A Soviet Union: 4-mortar shell cassette.
The 2S9 utilizes a 120 mm 2A51 mortar with a 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in) barrel. The weapon is actually a hybrid of a mortar and howitzer, being an unconventional design that lacks a direct NATO counterpart. It is a rifled, breech-loaded weapon capable of firing HE (high explosive), white phosphorus and smoke rounds, as well as laser-guided munitions ...
240 mm mortar M240; M. M-160 mortar This page was last ... Mobile view; Search. Search. Category: Mortars of the Soviet Union.
2S41 "Drok" (Russian: 2С41 «Дрок»; "Broom") is a Russian self-propelled 82 mm mortar system created on the basis of the 4x4 Typhoon armored car, being developed by Burevestnik Research Institute for the Russian Airborne Forces. Drok was designed as part of "Nabrosok" program.