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It has a multi-mode airburst, point detonation, and delay fuse. Unguided 120 mm mortars have an accuracy of 136 m (446 ft) at maximum range, which can be reduced to 76 m (249 ft) with precision position and pointing systems. The PGMM can hit within 10 meters of a target, and often hits within four, making it seven times more accurate.
120 mm mortar XM395 Precision Guided Mortar Munition – (United States) Strix mortar round – (Sweden) KM-8 Gran – (Russia) guided 120 mm artillery shell with Malakhit fire control system. [7] [8] GP120 (GP4) is a Chinese terminal corrected 120 mm mortar shell. [9] GP140 (GP9) is a Chinese semi-active laser (SAL) guidance 120 mm mortar shell.
The AMOS (Advanced Mortar System) is an example of an even more advanced gun mortar system. It uses a 120 mm automatic twin-barrelled, breech-loaded mortar turret, which can be mounted on a variety of armoured vehicles and attack boats. A modern example of a gun-mortar is the 2B9 Vasilek.
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 cannon is a larger and more modern version of the 35 mm Bushmaster III chain gun, which itself is a larger version of the 25 mm M242 Bushmaster cannon. Although its shells, 50 x 228 mm, are twice the diameter of the 25×137mm cartridge of the M242, the 50mm cannon is not much longer than the smaller weapon. [ 2 ]
The Brandt Mle CM60A1, also known as the Brandt HB 60LP, MCB-60 HB, or simply as the Brandt 60mm LP gun-mortar, [5] is a 60 mm (2.36 in.) gun-mortar. [4] Unlike conventional infantry mortars, it was not designed to be mounted on a bipod and a baseplate, but rather in the turrets of armoured fighting vehicles. [6]
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 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.