Engineering:UR-77

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UR-77
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Place of originSoviet Union
Service history
Used byRussia
Syria
WarsSecond Chechen War
Syrian Civil War[1]
Production history
Designed1977[2]
Specifications
Mass1,550 kg (3,420 lb)
Crew2[2]

Effective firing range90 m (300 ft)[2][1]

Main
armament
Mine-clearing line charge

The UR-77 (Russian: УР-77 Метеорит, lit. 'Meteorite') is a Soviet mine clearing vehicle, based on a variant of the 2S1 Gvozdika chassis.[1]

Description

The vehicle is armed with a launcher and two Mine-clearing line charges. When launched, a charge causes a shock wave that destroys or disables all the shells or mines along the area of the line charge. (with a width of 6 metres and length up to 90 metres).[2]

The vehicle has also been used offensively, where its line charge has been used to destroy entire streets in urban combat.[1]

Current operators

  •  Azerbaijan
  •  Russia
  •  Syria
  •  Ukraine

References