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Encyclopedia > 2S1 122mm
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




  Results from FactBites:
 
WEBVERT (272 words)
The 2S1 was seen in public for the first time in 1974, and was known under the provisional designation M1974.
The 2A31 122mm gun has a maximum range of 15,300 meters and is in a direct fire role against armoured vehicles or to breach minefields and other obstacles.
The tightly sealed hull with its filtration system enables the 2S1 to operate in irradiated or contaminated zones as well as under heavy dust conditions.
Military Vehicle Technology Foundation: Current Projects (201 words)
The 2S1 belonged to the Iraqi Army when the U.S. Marine Corps captured it during Operation Desert Storm in 1991.
After its capture, the vehicle passed through two museums which did not have the interest or resources to restore it.
The turret-mounted 122mm howitzer had been fired at rates much higher than the design rate; the barrel showed signs of severe overheating.
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