During the fighting in the Sinai, the Egyptian army activated SP122 self-propelled guns, which are, in fact, symbiosis of Russian and American technologies, According to the Russian newspaper.
"Adopted by the Soviet Army back in 1963 122 mm howitzer is still one of the most popular artillery pieces in the world.. It is in service with more than 60 armies of the world, including Russian. China, Yugoslavia, Iraq and Egypt manufactured D-30 at their defense enterprises ”, - says the material.
In Egypt, this tool was used in the early 70's, during the conversion of the T-34-85 into a self-propelled gun. HEALTHY, as well as the howitzer itself, actively fought in 1973 year.
After the cessation of military cooperation with the USSR, the Egyptian side was forced to turn to the United States for help in re-equipping and modernizing the armed forces. One of such programs in the 80s was the creation of self-propelled guns SP122.
A specially designed armored turret with D-30 was installed on the chassis of the M109 self-propelled guns. “Unlike most modern self-propelled guns, the joint offspring of the Egyptian-American military-industrial complex does not have a circular rotation, gun barrel in the horizontal plane can only move within 30 degrees ", - newspaper.
Self-propelled gun weight - about 25 tonnes, shooting range - up 15 300 m, ammunition - 80 shells. The tower has an American anti-aircraft machine gun M2NV with ammunition 500 shots. engine power 405 HP. allows you to accelerate the car to 56 kmh. Power reserve - 300 km.
Currently, the Egyptian army has more than 120 such self-propelled guns.
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