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2S4 Tyulpanlarger figure on 2 of 3
M2 mortarlarger figure on 1 of 3
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Measured figures
Configuration
| Specification | 2S4 Tyulpan | M2 mortar |
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| Type | Self-propelled heavy mortar[source] | Infantry mortar[source] |
| Place of origin | Soviet Union[source] | United States[source] |
| In service | 1975−present[source] | — |
| Used by | See Operators[source] | United States France Israel South Korea Republic of China China Turkey North Vietnam South Vietnam Vietnam[source] |
| Wars |
Maximum; Maximum speed
Single source60 km/h (37 mph)[source]
V-59, V12 Diesel engine
Single sourceV-59, V12 Diesel engine 520 hp (390 kW)[source]
Barrel length
Single source2 ft 5 in (726 mm)[source]
Muzzle velocity
Single source520 ft/s (158 m/s)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
Lebanese Civil War Soviet-Afghan War First Chechen War Second Chechen War Russo-Ukrainian War[source] |
World War II Chinese Civil War First Indochina War Korean War Algerian War Portuguese Colonial War Rhodesian Bush War Vietnam War Soviet–Afghan War Iran–Iraq War Lebanese Civil War Nicaraguan Revolution Guatemalan Civil War[source] |
| Designer | Yuri V. Tomashov Yuri N. Kalachnikov[source] | Edgar Brandt[source] |
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| Manufacturer | Uraltransmash[source] | Read Machinery Company[source]M2 mortar · original production contract, January 1940 Kennedy-Van Saun Engineering Company[source]M2 mortar · wartime production contractor Firestone Tire and Rubber Company[source]M2 mortar · wartime production contractor, 1945 Pakistan Machine Tool Factory Limited[source]M2-derived Type 63-1 · licensed variant production in Pakistan Helwan Machine Tools Company[source]M2-derived Type 63-1 · licensed variant production in Egypt |
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| No. built | 450[source] | — |
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| Elevation | 50°−80°[source] | +40° to +85°[source] |
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| Traverse | 10°[source] | 7°[source] |
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| Armor | Steel[source] | — |
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| Main armament | 240 mm 2B8 mortar (40 rounds)[source] | — |
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| Secondary armament | PKT machine gun (1,500 rounds)[source] | — |
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| Power/weight | 18.9 hp/t (14.1 kW/t)[source] | — |
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| Suspension | Torsion bar[source] | — |
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| Ground clearance | 0.4 m (1 ft 4 in)[source] | — |
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| Fuel capacity | 850 L (190 imp gal; 220 US gal)[source] | — |
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| Variants | — | Type 31[source] |
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| Shell | — | 3 lb (1.4 kg)[source] |
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