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2S42 air-droppable self-propelled 120 mm mortar system (c) vestnik-rm.ru
Posted on 01/07/2019 1:01:44 PM PST by C19fan
An image out of an arms manufacturer’s corporate calendar, posted earlier this week, offers a first glimpse at the finalized design of the Russian Air Force's new 2S42 “Lotos” self-propelled artillery gun.
The depiction comes from the official “Central Scientific - Research Institute for Precision Machine Engineering” (TsNIITochMash) Instagram profile, accompanied by a descriptive quote from its head artillery engineer Dmitry Melikhov. Lotos is shown on the August page, likely in recognition of August 2 as being national “Airborne Forces Day” and August 12 as national “Air Force Day” in Russia. The design closely resembles a previous scale model displayed at Russia’s “Army 2017” exhibition.
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Pretty obviously an redesigned version of their Nona 120mm SP mortar system. It fires a copy of the French 120mm rifled round and its max range is achieved using rocket-assisted projectiles.
No clue in that article about whether the system uses advanced fire control, or what aiming system it uses, or crew size or how many rounds it carries.
We need better spies.
Believe the unit is air droppable as well as its designed for the airborne...
And it only took ten more posts.
Good job.
Those things proved to be a huge burden and clusterfuck. Took rail lines and dissassembly/reassembly to move and position. Hundreds of crew and support troops. Insane logictical trains to support. And they were non-moving targets. Artillery survives by being MOBILE.
That is an awfully thin walled tube for a gun. Looks more like a mortar to me.
LOL!
https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/russia/images/2s42-image04.jpg
https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/russia/2s42.htm
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2S42 air-droppable self-propelled 120 mm mortar system (c) vestnik-rm.ru
That is Lodos War, which is fictional, jeez.
I read the link before I posted so I knew it was fictional. Sorry if you did not get the humor.
Goodness.
And you'd be right. It is the 2S4 Tulip self-propelled mortar. Here it is in firing position:
I’m equally glad you are here to be as funny as Saturday Night Live.
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