2S1

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2S1 "Gvozdika"
2S1 Gvozdika
Country of origin USSR/Russia
Designation Self-Propelled Howitzer
Configuration Track
Manufacturer Huta Stalowa Wola
Crew 4
Length 7.26 m
Width 2.85 m
Height 2.73 m
Weight 16 t
Ground clearance 0.4 m
Obstacle 0.7 m
Trench 2.75 m
Fording Amphibious
Speed 60 km/h (road)
30 km/h (off-road)
Swim 4.5 km/h
Range 500 km
Primary armament 2A18 122-mm gun, based on the D30 gun-howitzer
Secondary armament: none
Armour 20mm
Power plant YaMZ-238N 300hp (220 kW) Diesel
NBC Yes
Night Infa-red

The 2S1 is a Soviet 122-mm self-propelled howitzer that resembles the PT-76 but is essentially a version of the MT-LB APC. The correct Russian designation is SAU-122 but in the Russian Army it is commonly known as Gvozdika ("Carnation"). The 2S1 is fully amphibious with very little preparation, and once afloat is propelled by its tracks.

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[edit] Production history

Entered service with the Soviet Army in the early 1970s and was first seen in public at a Polish Army parade in 1974. Designated the M1974 the US Army. Manufactured in Bulgarian, Polish and Russian state factories.

[edit] Variants

  • IV12 / MT-LBus - Artillery Command and Reconnaissance vehicle
  • IV13 / M1974-1 - deputy battery commander's vehicle
  • IV14 / M1974-2A - battery commander's vehicle
  • IV15 / M1974-2B - battalion commander's vehicle
  • IV16 / M1974-3 - deputy battalion commander's vehicle
  • IV21/22/23/24/25 - air defence management vehicles
  • MT-LBus - Electronic Jamming vehicle
  • PPRU - "Dog Ear" radar vehicle
  •  ? / M1979 - mine clearing vehicle
  • RKhM - chemical reconnaissance vehicle
  • Da1 - Nuclear/Biological/Chemical (NBC) Reconnaissance vehicle
  • Zoopark-1 - artillery locating radar system

[edit] Operators

Algeria, Angola, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Ethiopia, Finland (known as 122 Psh 74), Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Libya, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Syria, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Yemen

[edit] Combat history

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Russian: T-90 · Black Eagle · T-95 Ukrainian: T-72MP · T-80UD · T-84
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