2S1

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2S1 Gvozdika
Country of origin	USSR/Russia
Designation	Self-Propelled Howitzer
Configuration	Track
Manufacturer	Huta Stalowa Wola (license)
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 Gvozdika (Russian: 2С1 «Гвоздика»; English: carnation) is a Soviet 122-mm self-propelled howitzer that resembles the PT-76 but is essentially a version of the MT-LB APC. "2S1" is its GRAU designation. Alternative 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.

Contents 1 Production history 1.1 Variants 1.2 Operators 2 Combat history 3 See also 4 External links

[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 by 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 - 10 in service of the Armenian Army.
•  Azerbaijan
•  Belgium
•  Bulgaria
•  Cuba
•  Czech Republic - now retired
•  Ethiopia
•  Finland (known as 122 Psh 74)
•  Hungary
•  Iran
•  Iraq
•  Kazakhstan
•  Libya
•  Poland
•  Romania
•  Russia
•  Serbia
•  Slovakia
•  Syria
•  Ukraine
•  Uzbekistan
•  Yemen
•  Zimbabwe

[edit] Combat history

• Chechnya (Russia) - Second Chechen War (1999 to 2000)
• Iraq - First Gulf War, Second Gulf War
• Yugoslavia - Yugoslav Wars
• Kosovo (Yugoslavia) - Kosovo War

[edit] See also

• List of artillery
• List of AFVs

[edit] External links

• FAS.org
• Armscontrol.ru
• Huta Stalowa Wola - Polish manufacturer

Soviet and post-Soviet armoured fighting vehicles after World War II
Tanks IS-3 · IS-4 · T-10 · T-54 · T-55 · PT-76 · T-62 · T-64 · T-72 · T-80 Russian: T-90 · Black Eagle · T-95 Ukrainian: T-72MP · T-80UD · T-84 Armoured personnel carriers Tracked BTR-50 · MT-LB · BMP-1 · BMD-1 · BMP-2 · BMP-3 · BTR-T · BMP-T Wheeled BTR-152 · BTR-40 · BRDM-1 · BRDM-2 · BTR-60 · BTR-70 · BTR-80 Russian: BTR-90 Ukrainian: BTR-4 · BTR-94 Self-propelled artillery 2S1 Gvozdika · 2S3 Akatsiya · 2S4 Tyulpan · 2S5 Giatsint-S · 2S7 Pion · 2S9 Nona · 2S19 Msta · 2S23 Nona-SVK · ASU-57 · ASU-85 Multiple rocket launchers BM-14 · BM-21 Grad · BM-24 · BM-25 · BM-27 Uragan . TOS-1 Russian: BM-30 Smerch Surface-to-surface missiles FROG-7 · 9K79 Tochka (SS-21 Scarab) · R-400 Oka (SS-23 Spider Russian: Iskander(SS-26 Stone) Air defense vehicles Gun ZSU-57-2 · ZSU-23-4 · Tunguska-M1 Missile 2K11 Krug (SA-4 Ganef) · 9K33 Osa (SA-8 Gecko) · 9K31 Strela-1 (SA-9 Gaskin) · 9K37 Buk (SA-11 Gadfly) · 9K35 Strela-10 (SA-13 Gopher) · 2K12 Kub (SA-6 Gainful) · 9K330 Tor (SA-15 Gauntlet) · S-300 (SA-10 Grumble) Russian: Pantsyr-S1 · 9K38 Buk-M1-2 (SA-17 Grizzly)
List of armoured fighting vehicles by country