2B14 Podnos
| 2B14 Podnos | |
|---|---|
| general information | |
| Developer / Manufacturer: | Design office of the engineering factory "Gorky" |
| Weapon Category: | mortar |
| Technical specifications | |
| Caliber : | 82 mm |
| Visor : | Optical "MPM 44M" |
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2B14 Podnos is an 82mm Soviet-made mortar that fires the same ammunition as the 2B9 mortar. The mortar was developed primarily for fighting soldiers, weapons technology and to provide support for motorized units on the battlefield.
history
The mortar was developed by the design office of the Gorky engineering factory . The 2B14 was tested in the Afghan war .
In 1984 the mortar officially entered service in the Soviet Army. For its transport and the associated ammunition, the vehicle with the designation 2I27 on the basis of a UAZ-469 was used.
Later a self-propelled gun based on the MT-LB with the designation 2K21-2 was developed. The successor version, which is still in use today in the Russian army, is called 2K32 , while the mortar is called 2B24. The mortar with the ammunition was housed in the cabin.
description
The scheme of the mortar is similar to that of a supposed triangle and the barrel of the mortar is smooth.
The base plate has a round shape and is made of stamped and welded steel. It can be disassembled into three parts for transport.
Technical specifications
- Ballistic properties
- Caliber: 82 mm
- Mine weight: 3.14 kg
- Rate of fire per minute
- With target correction: 15
- Without target correction: 22
- Increase: + 45 °… + 85 °
- Horizontal aiming in degrees
- without displacement of the bipod: ± 4 °,
- with displacement of the bipod: 360 °
- Maximum range of gunfire:
- with long-range ammunition: 3,922 m
- Minimum range of gunfire: 85 m
- Weight
- Combat weight: 42 kg
- Weight by parts
- Barrel: 16.2 kg
- Base plate: 17 kg
- Bipod: 13.9 kg
Versions
- 82-mm mortar 2B14 - entered service in the Soviet Army in 1983.
- 82 mm mortar 2B24 - version in the use of the self-propelled gun 2K32 .
- 82-mm mortar KBA48M - Ukrainian modification, developed in 1997. The Ukrainian "Design Bureau of Artillery Armament " minimized the weight of the mortar to 35 kg by using titanium plates.
- 82-mm mortar KBA48M1 - the modification of the mortar was mounted on the Dnepr motorcycle . A demonstration copy was presented on April 4, 2015 at the test site of the Ukrainian National Guard in the village of Novi Petrivtsi in Kiev Oblast.
User states
Current users
Airborne Forces - As of January 2018, 150 2B14 are in service.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Валентин Бадрак. Cannons and modules for the BTR ( Memento of May 17, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) - weekly "2000", № 16 (69) from April 20 to 26, 2001
- ↑ Minimized weight of the 83 mm mortar - official homepage of the "Artillery Armament"
- ↑ " Серед зразків озброєння та техніки, які оглянув Президент та Міністр оборони України, були ... міномет КБА48М1 калібру 82 мм " Президент: Точність та надійність - те, що сьогодні характеризує українську зброю - official website of the Ukrainian Defense on April 4, 2015
- ↑ Ukraineoboromprom developed a new mortar for the Ukrainian army - "Arguments and facts - Ukraine" from April 4, 2015
- ^ A b The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS): The Military Balance 2018 . 1st edition. Routledge, London 2018, ISBN 978-1-85743-955-7 (English, January 2018).