Home
Latest images
Register
Log in
Hole
Nona-SVK at work in the SMO zone.
+57
caveat emptor
ALAMO
The-thing-next-door
Begome
galicije83
MMBR
Shaun901901
Broski
Mir
TMA1
Russian_Patriot_
Atmosphere
The_Observer
AlfaT8
AJ-47
dino00
Hole
0nillie0
Isos
T-47
coolieno99
eridan
Werewolf
KiloGolf
kopyo-21
franco
Benya
PapaDragon
hoom
d_taddei2
Project Canada
Book.
KoTeMoRe
magnumcromagnon
Cucumber Khan
Regular
George1
VladimirSahin
Strizh
Asf
Morpheus Eberhardt
xeno
flamming_python
Zivo
TheArmenian
Vympel
TR1
KomissarBojanchev
IronsightSniper
Pervius
Austin
medo
GarryB
Viktor
sepheronx
Sukhoi37_Terminator
Admin
61 posters
BTR-80/82A and variants: News
Hole- Posts : 10751
Points : 10729
Join date : 2018-03-24
Age : 47
Location : Scholzistan
Nona-SVK at work in the SMO zone.
GarryB and George1 like this post
GarryB- Posts : 39021
Points : 39517
Join date : 2010-03-30
Location : New Zealand
The 2S9 NONA was a very popular vehicle because the 120mm mortar is a very powerful weapon and the tracked BMD chassis gave it good mobility.
I would guess this 2S23 version based on the BTR chassis would also have excellent mobility and excellent fire power near the front line as long as there were decent road networks...
It is always a compromise between shell weight and rate of fire... an 82mm version with the four round clip of the Vasilek mortar replaced by a continuous belt feed would be rather interesting trading bomb weight for rate of fire, while a shift up in calibre to the 160mm mortars they used in the mountains with its 40kg rounds was quite devastating but not as big and awkward as the 240mm mortars with their 130kg bombs.
The 82mm bombs were 4-6kg and the 120mm rounds were about 16kgs.. and with modern electronics and more precise aiming mechanisms would give the accuracy to make the bombs even more effective than they have previously been.
I would guess this 2S23 version based on the BTR chassis would also have excellent mobility and excellent fire power near the front line as long as there were decent road networks...
It is always a compromise between shell weight and rate of fire... an 82mm version with the four round clip of the Vasilek mortar replaced by a continuous belt feed would be rather interesting trading bomb weight for rate of fire, while a shift up in calibre to the 160mm mortars they used in the mountains with its 40kg rounds was quite devastating but not as big and awkward as the 240mm mortars with their 130kg bombs.
The 82mm bombs were 4-6kg and the 120mm rounds were about 16kgs.. and with modern electronics and more precise aiming mechanisms would give the accuracy to make the bombs even more effective than they have previously been.
|
|
|