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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 mortar carrier has its genesis in the general mechanisation and motorisation of infantry in the years leading up to World War II.To move an infantry mortar and its crew various methods were developed, for example mounting the mortar on a wheeled carriage for towing behind a light vehicle, attaching the mortar and its permanently fixed baseplate to the rear of a vehicle — the entire ...
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.
Mortar carriers are vehicles which carry a mortar as a primary weapon. Numerous vehicles have been used to mount mortars, from improvised civilian trucks used by insurgents , to modified infantry fighting vehicles , such as variants of the M3 half-track and M113 armored personnel carrier , to vehicles specifically intended to carry a mortar.
BMD-1 converted into a mortar carrier. BMD-1 with turret mounted 2B9 Vasilek mortar. BMD-1 converted into a self-propelled multiple rocket launcher. The armament was removed and replaced by a vision device. Fitted on top of the turret is a small box-type launcher for 12×80 mm rockets.
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 ...
2B9 Vasilek: 82mm gun-mortar: Unknown Soviet Union [45] As of 16 July 2024 at least 18 have been lost in the Russian Invasion of Ukraine. [46] 2B16 Nona-K: 120mm gun-mortar 75 [43] Soviet Union: As of 16 July 2024, at least 13 have been lost in the Russian Invasion of Ukraine. [46] 2S9 Nona and 2S23 Nona-SVK: 120mm Self-propelled gun-mortar: 42 ...
The 2B11 is a 120 mm mortar developed by the Soviet Union in 1981 and subsequently fielded in the Soviet Army. The basic design for the 2B11 was taken from the classic Model 1943 120 mm mortar, and incorporated changes to make the mortar less heavy. [2] It is a part of the 2S12 Sani. It is being supplemented in Russia by the new 2B24 82 mm mortar.