Nuclear artillery - 2S4 Tulip Self Propelled Mortar
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Uploaded by 01e9 on Nov 14, 2007
The 2S4 Tyulpan (Russian: 2С4 «Тюльпан»; English: tulip tree) is a Soviet self-propelled
mortar. "2S4" is its GRAU designation.
It was identified for the first time in 1975 in the Soviet army and so was called M-1975 by
NATO (the 2S7 Pion also received the M-1975 designation), whereas its official designation is
SM-240(2S4). Its design is based on the GMZ tracked minelaying vehicle carrying an externally
mounted M-240 240 mm breech-loading mortar on the hull rear.
The crew consists of four men, but an extra five are required to operate the mortar. This has a
range of 9,650 m but an extended range munition exists with a possible range of 20,000 m. Due
to the large size of the weapon and the weight of the ammunition (130 kg for a standard
projectile) it has a slow rate of fire: one round per minute. In addition to the high explosive
bombs, it can fire armour-piercing, chemical and nuclear rounds. It can also fire the
"Smel'chak" (daredevil), a laser-guided round.
Tyulpan is currently the heaviest mortar in deployment among any country.
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/watch?v=q21YF3ttn1c - Video about "Tulip" mortar with English subtitles
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the main defining difference between mortars and howizters are as follows:
1. Mortars are typically made for shorter ranges than similar sized artillery
2. Mortars are never rifled, they are fin stabalized.
3. Mortars are never made to be fired at less than 45 degrees
4. Howitzers are never muzzle loaded, though mortars can be breech or muzzle loaded .
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god bless russia fuck chichniya
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lol jeez yeah looks like a 88 mm except how about u do 88x2 and thats the size of its berrel :P i wonder if russians will make that a peice of anti tank to if they do then jeez all tanks will be shit compared to that :( even abrams
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its a mortar, not an howitzer. mortars differs from howitzer even in the means by which the projectile is loaded and fired
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It's still firing at too high a trajectory to be called a howitzer. You can see the way the back of the barrel plants into the ground. howitzers dont do that
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lol then i mean howitzer
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Mortars ARE artillery. the only real difference between name designations of guns, howitzers, and mortars are the angles of trajectory at which they are fired.
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how the fuck could russians and evreyone call that thing a mortar that thing looks like a big ass peice of artillery
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its pretty good
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pawlikus 3 years ago 7
it is an efective tactical weapon, I am impresed!
IuliTr85 3 years ago 6