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152mm MSTA-B
Msta-B has an elevation of 70 degrees, with traverse equalling 28 degrees to the left and 27 degrees to the right. Laying is performed via a two-speed laying mechanism. The howitzer features separate loading which at any elevation is performed by the spring-operated projectile and propellant charge rammers cocked by the weapon’s recoiling parts in the course of firing. There is a loading tray to prevent round’s components from falling down. The tray is set into position automatically whenever the wedge-type breech mechanism is open. When in travelling configuration, Msta-B howitzer is towed by Ural-4320 or KamAZ-43118 truck.
152mm 2A65 Msta-B towed howitzer is designed to engage hostile exposed and sheltered manpower, weapons, tactical nuclear weapons, command and control posts, artillery and mortar batteries, tanks and infantry in strongholds, at deployment lines and on march, AD and EW assets, etc., as well as to demolish field fortifications.
Features
Depending on the mission at hand, howitzer fires regular or HE-fragmentation rocket-assisted ammunition including cluster munitions filled with fragmentation, HEAT-fragmentation, or self-targeting submunitions, illuminating and smoke rounds, active tactical communications jamming rounds and Krasnopol laser Basic specifications beam-riding precision-guided projectiles. Full weight in travelling configuration, kg Unlike other artillery systems, Barrel length, cal 2A65 howitzer can fire ammunition Max firing range, m: organic to ‘legacy’ pieces, e.g. HE-fragmentation round 152mm D-20 gun-howitzer. rocket-assisted projectile The weapon is mounted on a twocannon-launched guided projectile trail carriage provided with a firing Weight, kg: platform. When trails are being split, HE-fragmentation projectile the wheels’ springing automatically RAP cuts off, which in combination with Cyclic rate of fire, rds/min the three-baffle muzzle brake makes Max permissible rate of fire, rds/h the howitzer very stable at firing.
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