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2S9 Nona-S
Self-propelled gun 2S9 Nona-S

Self-propelled gun 2S9 Nona-S
General properties
crew 4 (commander, driver, gunner, loader)
length 6.02 m (length with gun in 12 o'clock position)
width 2.63 m
height 2.30 m
Dimensions 8.7 tons
Armor and armament
Armor 15 mm aluminum
Main armament 1 × 120 mm mortar - 2A60 cannon howitzer (25 projectiles)
agility
drive Diesel engine 5D20
176 kW (240 PS )
suspension Torsion bar
Top speed 60 km / h (road), 10 km / h (in water)
Power / weight 20 kW / ton
Range 500 km

The 2S9 Nona-S ( Russian 2С9 Нона-С ) is a self-propelled gun developed in the Soviet Union in the 1980s .

history

The 2S9 Nona-S self-propelled gun was first spotted in public in 1985. It can be transported by air, is amphibious and can be used in difficult terrain as well as high speeds on paved roads. The airborne troops of the Soviet Army requested an air-transportable anti-tank mortar vehicle. It was introduced in 1984.

technology

Weapon system

The vehicle is based on the chassis of the BTR-D, a further development of the BMD-1 (Object 916) and is armed with the 120 mm 2A60 mortar (L24), which is used both as a mortar and as a cannon howitzer for direct and indirect aiming can be. The side straightening range of the tower is between +/− 35 °, the height straightening range is from -4 ° to 80 °. The maximum fire range is 7,100 m with mortar shells, 8,850 m with normal grenades and 12,800 m with rocket-propelled shells. The minimum firing distance is 400 m in mortar mode and 1,700 m in howitzer mode. An automatic loading mechanism enables a rate of fire of up to ten projectiles per minute.

ammunition

In addition to artillery shells specially developed for this system, the 2S9 can fire all Soviet / Russian 120 mm mortar shells.

Cannon howitzer


1. Armor-piercing shaped charge grenade (HEAT). The penetration rate is 600–650 mm armor steel per 1,000 m. Weight 13.2 kg.
2. High explosive grenade (HE-Frag). Effective against lightly armored ground targets, infantry and positions. Weight 19.8 kg, effect supposedly corresponds to that of 152 mm or 155 mm grenades.
3. Rocket-assisted high-explosive grenade (HE-Frag-RAP)
4. Rocket-assisted, laser-guided precision high-explosive grenade (HE-Frag laser-guided). This ammunition is also known as Kitolow -2. Maximum range 9,000 m, hit probability 80–90%.
5. Cargo ammunition

mortar


1. High explosive grenade (HE-Frag).
2. Rocket-assisted high-explosive grenade (HE-Frag-RAP)
3. Flare grenade
4. Smoke grenade
5. Incendiary grenade
6. Phosphor grenade

User states

Current users

  • AzerbaijanAzerbaijan Azerbaijan - As of January 2018, there are 18 2S9 in service.
  • KazakhstanKazakhstan Kazakhstan - As of January 2018, there are 25 2S9 in service.
  • KyrgyzstanKyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan - As of January 2018, there are 12 2S9 in service.
  • Moldova RepublicRepublic of Moldova Moldova - As of January 2018, 9 2S9 are in service.
  • RussiaRussia Russia
    Marines - As of January 2018, there are 30 2S9 / -1 / M in service.
    Airborne Forces - As of January 2018, there are 250 2S9 / -1 / M in service.
  • SyriaSyria Syria - As of January 2018, there are some 2S9 in service.
  • TurkmenistanTurkmenistan Turkmenistan - As of January 2018, there are 17 2S9 in service.
  • UkraineUkraine Ukraine - As of January 2018, there are 40 2S9 in service.
  • UzbekistanUzbekistan Uzbekistan - As of January 2018, there are 54 2S9 in service.

Former users

  • AfghanistanAfghanistan Afghanistan - Around 40 2S9s were left behind in Afghanistan when the Soviet Army withdrew in 1988 . Decommissioned by January 2018.
  • Soviet UnionSoviet Union Soviet Union : were handed over to successor states

See also

Web links

Commons : 2S9 Nona  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ 2S9 Nona-S Self-Propelled Mortar System. In: military-today.com. Accessed December 23, 2015 .
  2. ↑ articles.janes.com
  3. ↑ armscontrol.ru ( Memento of November 18, 1999 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ↑ warfare.ru
  5. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k 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).
  6. ↑ Stockholm International Peace Research Institute - Arms Transfers Database