ATAGS (howitzer) vs SPG-9: Specs Compared

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ATAGS (howitzer) — licensed reference photograph

AArtillery

ATAGS (howitzer)

Towed Howitzer

Credit

DRDO, Government of India · GODL-India · Resized · GODL-India · Source ↗ · Modified

BArtillery

SPG-9

Recoilless gun Anti-tank gun

Credit

Polanksy kolbe · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

ATAGS (howitzer)larger figure on 1 of 1

Mass+25163%

SPG-9larger figure on 0 of 1

None

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

Measured figures

Head to head

14 of 60 rows sourced on both sides

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2.11m

Length

All recorded figures & sources

2.11 m

Length

Single source

2.11 m (6 ft 11 in)^[source]

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990mmallowing full traverse

Width

Configuration

Details

ATAGS (howitzer) and SPG-9 configuration
Specification	ATAGS (howitzer)	SPG-9
Type	Towed Howitzer^[source]	Recoilless gun Anti-tank gun^[source]
Place of origin	India^[source]	Soviet Union^[source]
Used by	Armenian Ground Forces Indian Army^[source]	—
Designer	Armament Research and Development Establishment (Project Director: RP Pandey) Tata Power SED Bharat Forge^[source]	—
Designed	2013-2017^[source]

Manufacturer	Kalyani Strategic Systems Tata Advanced Systems^[source]	—

Produced	2019^[source]	—

No. built	40^[source]	—

Action	Auto gun alignment and positioning^[source]	—

Breech	Screw type^[source]	Interrupted screw^[source]

Recoil	Electro-rheological/Magneto-rheological^[source]	None^[source]

Elevation	Servo based, -3/+75°^[source]	+7°/−3°^[source]

Traverse	Servo based, ±25°, 25 m diameter^[source]	30° total^[source]

Feed system	Automatic ammunition handling including crane^[source]	Manually breech-loaded^[source]

Sights	Thermal sight Gunners display^[source]	PGO-9 optical 4× sight or PGN-9 IR and passive night sight^[source]

In service	—	1962–present^[source]

Wars	—	Vietnam War Iran–Iraq War Salvadoran Civil War Lord's Resistance Army insurgency Gulf War Lebanese Civil War Iraq War Second Sudanese Civil War Third Sudanese Civil War Libyan Civil Wars Northern Mali conflict Syrian Civil War War in Iraq (2013-2017) War in Donbas Yemeni Civil War (2014–present) Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen 2022 Kyrgyzstan–Tajikistan clashes Russo-Ukraine War Gaza war^[source]

Carriage	—	Tripod^[source]

Role	—	tripod-mounted man-portable, 73mm caliber recoilless gun^[source]

Source measurement	—	The SPG-9 Kop'yo ( Russian : СПГ-9 Копьё , transliterated: Stankovyi Protivotankovyi Granatomet "Kop'yo" - Easel Anti-tank Grenade Launcher "Spear") is a tripod-mounted man-portable, 73mm caliber recoilless gun developed by the Soviet Union . It fires fin-stabilized, rocket-assisted high explosive (HE) and high-explosive anti-tank (HEAT) shaped charge projectiles similar to those fired by the 73mm 2A28 Grom low pressure gun of the BMP-1 armored vehicle. It was accepted into service in 1962, replacing the B-10 recoilless rifle .^[source]SPG-9 · Lead; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage The projectile is launched from the gun by a small charge, which gives it an initial velocity of between 250–400 metres per second (820–1,310 ft/s). The launch charge also imparts spin to the projectile by a series of offset holes. Once the projectile has traveled approximately 20 metres (66 ft) from the launcher, a rocket motor in its base ignites. For the PG-9 projectile, this takes it to a velocity of 700 metres per second (2,300 ft/s) before the motor burns out.^[source]SPG-9 · Description; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage The SPG-9 is heavy, ~60 kilograms (130 lb), and normally transported by vehicle, and carried into position by its two person crew. It can be deployed in about a minute. The weapon is in service with a large number of armed forces, and a variety of ammunition is produced; however, they are mostly copies of the original Soviet PG-9 HEAT and OG-9 fragmentation high explosive (Frag-HE) rounds.^[source]SPG-9 · Description; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage

Source measurement

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The SPG-9 Kop'yo ( Russian : СПГ-9 Копьё , transliterated: Stankovyi Protivotankovyi Granatomet "Kop'yo" - Easel Anti-tank Grenade Launcher "Spear") is a tripod-mounted man-portable, 73mm caliber recoilless gun developed by the Soviet Union . It fires fin-stabilized, rocket-assisted high explosive (HE) and high-explosive anti-tank (HEAT) shaped charge projectiles similar to those fired by the 73mm 2A28 Grom low pressure gun of the BMP-1 armored vehicle. It was accepted into service in 1962, replacing the B-10 recoilless rifle .^[source]SPG-9 · Lead; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage

The projectile is launched from the gun by a small charge, which gives it an initial velocity of between 250–400 metres per second (820–1,310 ft/s). The launch charge also imparts spin to the projectile by a series of offset holes. Once the projectile has traveled approximately 20 metres (66 ft) from the launcher, a rocket motor in its base ignites. For the PG-9 projectile, this takes it to a velocity of 700 metres per second (2,300 ft/s) before the motor burns out.^[source]SPG-9 · Description; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage

The SPG-9 is heavy, ~60 kilograms (130 lb), and normally transported by vehicle, and carried into position by its two person crew. It can be deployed in about a minute. The weapon is in service with a large number of armed forces, and a variety of ammunition is produced; however, they are mostly copies of the original Soviet PG-9 HEAT and OG-9 fragmentation high explosive (Frag-HE) rounds.^[source]SPG-9 · Description; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage

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