120-PM-43 mortar vs 2S31 Vena: Specs Compared

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AMortars

120-PM-43 mortar

Mortar

Credit

Cooper6 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

2S31 Vena — licensed reference photograph

BMortars

2S31 Vena

Fire Support Combat Vehicle ( self-propelled mortar )

Credit

Vitaly V. Kuzmin · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

120-PM-43 mortarlarger figure on 1 of 2

Crew+50%

2S31 Venalarger figure on 1 of 2

Mass+6845%

Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.

Measured figures

Head to head

10 of 67 rows sourced on both sides

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Length

All recorded figures & sources

7 m

Length

Single source

7 m (23 ft)^[source]

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Width

All recorded figures & sources

Configuration

Details

120-PM-43 mortar and 2S31 Vena configuration
Specification	120-PM-43 mortar	2S31 Vena
Type	Mortar^[source]	Fire Support Combat Vehicle ( self-propelled mortar )^[source]
Place of origin	Soviet Union^[source]	Russia^[source]
In service	1943-present^[source]	2014–present^[source]
Used by	Soviet Union^[source]	—
Wars	Eastern Front (World War II) Korean War Vietnam War Cambodian Civil War Rhodesian Bush War Portuguese Colonial War Lebanese Civil War Soviet–Afghan War Gulf War South Sudanese Civil War

Manufacturer	Uralmash^[source]	Motovilikha Plants^[source]

Breech	muzzle loaded^[source]	—

Elevation	+45° to +80°^[source]	-4° to +80°^[source]

Designer	—	Motovilikha Plants^[source]

Designed	—	1980–2007^[source]

Produced	—	1996^[source]

Traverse	—	360°^[source]

Main armament	—	2A80 120 mm mortar^[source]

Secondary armament	—	7.62 mm PKTM machine gun^[source]

Power/weight	—	19.4 kW (26.0 hp) per ton^[source]

Suspension	—	Individual torsion bar^[source]

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