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Encyclopedia > 2S1 122 mm

USSR
Designation:	Self-Propelled Howitzer
Configuration:	Track
Manufacturer:
Crew:	4
Length:	7.26 m
Width:	2.85 m
Height:	2.73 m
Weight:	16 t
Ground Clearance:	400mm
Obstacle:	700mm
Trench:	2,75m
Fording:	Amphibious
Speed:	60 km/h (road) 30 km/h (off-road)
Swim:	4,5km/h
Range:	500 km
Primary armament:	122mm 2A31 cannon based on the D30
Secondary armament:
Armour:	20mm
Power plant:	YaMZ-238N 300hp (220 kW) Diesel
NBC:	Yes
Night:	Infa-red

The 122mm self-propelled Howitzer 2S1 is an Russian 122 mm that resembles the PT-76 but it is essentially a version of the MT-LB IFV. The correct Russian designation is SAU-122 but in the Russian Army it is commonly known as Gvozdika translated as Carnation. The 2S1 is fully amphibious with very little preparation ance afloat is propelled by its tracks.

Contents

1 Production History

1.1 Variants
1.2 Operators

2 Combat History

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. Manufactuered in Bulgarian, Polish and Russian state factories.

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
??? - "Dog Ear" radar vehicle
??? / M1979 - mine clearing vehicle
RKhM - chemical reconnaissance vehicle
Da1 - Nuclear/Bilogical/Chemical (NBC) Reconnaissance vehicle
Zoopark-1 - artillery locating radar system

Operators

Algeria, Angola, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Cuba, Czech Republic, Ethiopia, Finland known as 122 Psh 74, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Poland, Romania, Russia,Slovakia,Syria, Ukraine, Yemen, Yugoslavia

Combat History

Chechnya 1999-2000

Iraq

See also: List of artillery and List of AFVs

Categories: Self-propelled artillery

Results from FactBites:

2S1 M-1974 122-mm Self-Propelled Howitzer (868 words)
	While the chassis of the 2S1 somewhat resembles that of the PT-76, it is essentially a new design, derived from the MT-LB chassis.
	The 2S1 is found in the howitzer battalion of BMP-equipped motorized rifle regiments and some tank regiments.
	Its introduction coincided with the expansion of the Soviet motorized rifle regiment's artillery battery to a battalion and with the introduction of the ACRV M1974, which is associated with self-propelled artillery units.

Wikipedia search result (313 words)
	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 2S1 is fully amphibious with very little preparation, and once afloat is propelled by its tracks.
	Entered service with the Soviet Army in the early 1970s and was first seen in public at a Polish Army parade in 1974.

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