Английская Википедия:2B9 Vasilek
Шаблон:Infobox weapon The 2B9 Vasilek (2Б9 "Василёк" - Cornflower) is an automatic 82 mm gun-mortar developed in the Soviet Union in 1967 and fielded with the Soviet Army in 1970. It was based on the F-82 automatic mortar. Unlike conventional mortars, the 2B9 can fire in single and automatic mode using four-round clips. Rounds can be loaded from either the muzzle or the breech. Because of its wheeled carriage, the 2B9 resembles a light artillery piece more than a conventional mortar.
The 2B9 was used in Afghanistan[1] by Soviet units and is still found in Russian airmobile infantry units. In the fighting in Afghanistan, Soviet units found the 2B9 to be a versatile and useful weapon.[2] The 2B9 can fire high-explosive, armor-piercing and smoke shells, as well as flares. The armor-piercing projectile, which weighs 3.1 kg, has a 75 g warhead that can penetrate 100mm of armor.[3] Upon blast, the high-explosive shell produces 400 to 600 fragments.
The 2B9 can be towed but is usually carried on a modified GAZ-66.[4] By 1988, the 2B9 was also deployed as a self-propelled weapon by mounting the gun-mortar in the rear of an MT-LB armored personnel carrier.[5]
During the Syrian Civil War, the 2B9M Vasilek was used by the Syrian Armed Forces, Kurdish People's Protection Units, and the Islamist group Ansar al-Sham. The latter used a 2B9M automatic mortar near Mount Chalma, Kesab district.[6]
Variants
- 2B9 Vasilek – Basic model
- 2B9M Vasilek – Modernised version introduced in 1982, and adopted in 1983.[6]
- DE-82 - upgraded Hungarian version developed in 1987.[4]
- Type W99 – 2B9 Vasilek produced in the People's Republic of China by Norinco.[7]
Operators
Current operators
- Шаблон:ARM[8]
- Шаблон:HUN[4]
- Шаблон:IRQ – As for Saddam's era, often used mounted on MT-LB.Шаблон:Citation needed
- Шаблон:RUS[4]
- Шаблон:SYR – Used by both government and rebel forces in the Syrian Civil War.[6]
- Шаблон:UKR – Used by both government and Donetsk People's Republic, Luhansk People's Republic forces in the war in Donbas[9][10]
Former operators
- Шаблон:USSR – Passed down to successor states.
References
External links
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- ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
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- ↑ Leland Ness (ed.), Jane's Infantry Weapons 2007–2008, pp. 556–557, Surrey: Jane's Information Group, 2007
- ↑ 4,0 4,1 4,2 4,3 Шаблон:Cite web
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- ↑ 6,0 6,1 6,2 Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ How the "Cornflower" fires 13/11/14. Novorossia TV. 13 November 2014. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
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