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FV433, 105mm, Field Artillery, Self-Propelled "Abbot" is the self-propelled artillery, or more specifically self-propelled gun (SPG), variant of the British Army FV430 series of armoured fighting vehicles (AFVs), using much of the chassis of the FV430 but with a fully rotating turret at the rear housing the 105 mm gun and given the vehicle designation of FV433.
There are also numerous AFVs and even main battle tanks that can be equipped with a mortar, either outside or inside the cabin. The Israeli Merkava main battle tank carried a 60 mm mortar in the small troop compartment in the rear, which fired through an opening in the roof, allowing the crew to remain protected. This was useful for fighting ...
SU-122, a SPG based on T-34 chassis armed with a 122mm M-30S howitzer. SU-122P, an SU-100 with a 122mm D-2-5S gun. SU-122-44, a Cold War-era tank destroyer over the T-44 chassis. SU-122-54, a Cold War-era tank destroyer over the T-54 chassis. SU-152, a self-propelled heavy howitzer used during World War II over the KV-1S heavy tank chassis.
The DANA was designed in the late 1970s by Konštrukta Trenčín to provide the Czechoslovak People's Army with an indigenous self-propelled indirect fire support weapon without having to resort to purchasing the Soviet 2S3 Akatsiya SPG. Design work was completed in 1976 and the DANA project was handed off to production at ZTS Dubnica nad ...
The SPG-9 is widely available to terrorists and maritime pirates such as in the Horn of Africa region, and in other regions to a lesser degree. It is not as popular as the RPG-7 because it must be mounted on a vehicle or boat and cannot be easily carried and shoulder fired. The SPG-9 requires much more skill to fire accurately than the RPG-7.
Tens of thousands [citation needed] 7.62×39mm: Type 88 North Korea: Assault rifle? 5.45×39mm: PM md. 63/65: Socialist Republic of Romania: Assault rifle: Tens of thousands [citation needed] 7.62×39mm: MPi-KM East Germany: Assault rifle: Tens of thousands [citation needed] 7.62×39mm: AK-63 Hungarian People's Republic: Assault rifle: Tens of ...
4th Guards Kantemirovka tank division from Naro-Fominsk which is a part of the Moscow Military District (95 Akatsiya in 3 tank regiments and 1 motor rifle regiment) 10th Guards Ural-Lvov tank division from Boguchar (Voronezh Oblast) which is a part of the Moscow Military District (75 Akatsiya in 2 tank regiments and 1 motor rifle regiment)
When the IDF crossed the Suez Canal in Operation Gazelle, M107 SP guns were among the first to cross together with tanks and APCs. M107s also had sufficient range to hit the Syrian capital of Damascus [citation needed]. 108 more were received between 1973 and 1982 and they were also fielded during the Operation Peace for Galilee. [10]