| UR-77 | |
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| Place of origin | Soviet Union |
| Service history | |
| Used by |
Russia Syria |
| Wars |
First Chechen War[1] Second Chechen War War in Donbas[1] Syrian Civil War[3] |
| Production history | |
| Designed | 1977[4] |
| Specifications | |
| Mass | 15,500 kg (34,200 lb) |
| Crew | 2[4] |
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| Effective firing range | 90 m (300 ft)[4][3] |
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Main armament | Mine-clearing line charge |
The UR-77 Meteorit (Russian: УР-77 Метеорит, lit. 'Meteorite') is a Soviet mine clearing vehicle, based on a variant of the 2S1 Gvozdika chassis.[3]
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).[4]
The vehicle has also been used offensively, where its line charge has been used to destroy entire streets in urban combat.[3]
Current operators[]
Azerbaijan
Russia
Syria- Ukraine
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Боевики ударили "Горынычем" по Марьинке: видео мощнейшего взрыва" (in ru). 9 July 2019. https://news.liga.net/incidents/video/boeviki-udarili-gorynychem-po-marinke-video-moschneyshego-vzryva. Retrieved 2019-07-09.
- ↑ Tutov, Kuzma; Kuznetsov, Michael (17 December 2016). "Dangerous objects: the base of an army engineering unit of Russian invaders in Donetsk". https://informnapalm.org/en/dangerous-objects-base-army-engineering-unit-russian-invaders-donetsk/.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Beckhusen, Robert (12 October 2014). "Spotted — Al Assad’s Brutal Mine-Clearing Tank in Syria". https://medium.com/war-is-boring/assads-new-brutal-mine-clearing-tank-spotted-on-the-front-line-893967d17710. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Nekrasov, Mikhail (29 March 2017). "UR-77: Clearing one landmine at a time". Russia Beyond. https://www.rbth.com/multimedia/video/2017/03/29/ur-77-clearing-one-landmine-at-a-time_729866. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
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