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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.
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 ...
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 ...
240 mm mortar M240; M. M-160 mortar This page was last ... Mobile view; Search. Search. Category: Mortars of the Soviet Union.
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 ...
The 2S31's turret is equipped with digital automated fire control system, navigation system, and optical/electronic reconnaissance and target acquisition system. Its 2A80 gun-mortar is capable of launching a high-explosive mortar projectile with a maximum range of 18,000 m (20,000 yd). [1]
Pages in category "World War II infantry mortars of the Soviet Union" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .