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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.
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 2B14 Podnos (2Б14 "Поднос"- Platter) is a Soviet 82 mm mortar.The 2B14 was designed in early 1980s as a light indirect fire weapon for the use of airborne and other light infantry forces. [1]
During and after World War II, the Soviets designed and made use of towed heavy mortars, such as the 160 mm Mortar M1943, which was one of the heaviest mortars in general use during the war (second only to the German Karl-Gerät self-propelled heavy mortars), and the post-war 240 mm mortar M240.
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 ...
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 ...
The main new feature of the vehicle is a semi-automatic rifled gun, which allows firing of all types of mortar mines and shells (unification with the 2A80 automatic gun-howitzer-mortar [clarification needed], which is also installed on the 2S31 and 2S34): the gun can fire like a howitzer and mortar, and also be used for direct fire. [3]
The 2S31 consists of a 120mm 2A80 rifled gun-mortar mounted on the chassis of the BMP-3 infantry combat vehicle. [1] It was developed by Joint Stock Venture "Plants of Motovilikha" (Russian: ОАО "Мотовилихинские заводы"). The 2S31's turret is equipped with digital automated fire control system, navigation system, and ...