Belarusian armored vehicles will be converted into mobile mortar installations. In Ukraine, they saw the similarity of the 120-mm self-propelled mortar developed in Belarus with the Ukrainian "Bars-8MMK".
Writes about this Ukrainian portal Defense Express.
For the first time, a mobile mortar manufactured in Belarus on the chassis of the MZKT-490100 armored vehicle was presented by Belspetsvneshtechnika at the MILEX arms exhibition held in Minsk 2021. Ukrainian edition claims, that the concept of the presented weapon, as well as the appearance of the unloading and loading mechanism, strongly resemble the project of the mortar installation "Bars-8MMK", presented a few years ago by the State Enterprise "Ukroboronservis" and created in cooperation with the Spanish manufacturer.
The armament of the Belarusian development is a portable mortar caliber 120 mm. It is located at the rear of the car in the unfolded state.. It takes one minute to unload and transfer it to a combat position.. The maximum firing range will be just over seven kilometers..
Defense Express claims, that according to some characteristics, the Ukrainian mortar is better than the Belarusian one. In particular, its deployment speed is 35 seconds. Shooting range is about the same. true, The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine is not yet in a hurry to adopt a new domestic development.
used photos:https://vk.com/iammilitary
