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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.
Other types of 240mm mortar rounds developed include chemical, concrete-piercing, and tactical nuclear. Russian sources state that the chemical and nuclear rounds have been phased out from service. [2] According to Lyamin and Jenzen-Jones, the Soviets also developed a cluster munition (designated as the 3O8 Nerpa), and the Sayda incendiary ...
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]
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 ...
Mortars. Lance Grenades de 50 mm modèle 37; 240 mm trench mortar; 9.45-inch heavy mortar; Brandt Mle 27/31 used in World War II; LLR 81mm designed in 1961, current French infantry mortar; Brandt Mle CM60A1, breech-loading for use in armoured vehicles; Brandt 60 mm LR gun-mortar, breech-loading for use in armoured vehicles; RT F1 120 mm towed ...
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]
M240 towed mortar Soviet Union: Cold War: 240: 2S4 Tyulpan self propelled mortar Soviet Union: Cold War: 260: Mortaio da 260/9 Modello 16 Italy: World War I /World War II 270: Mortier de 270 mm modèle 1885 France: World War I 270: Mortier de 270 mm modèle 1889 France: World War I / World War II 280: 280 mm mortar M1939 (Br-5) Soviet Union ...