"Once upon a time we also had a caliber of 130 mm": in Romania about the serial production of the A-192M cannon in Russia
The new Russian 130mm A-192M shipborne artillery system was declared mature and ready for serial production after several years of testing. This success of the defense industry of the Russian Federation caused nostalgia among the Romanian observer, who recalled the "glorious times" of his army in the past era.
- writes Marius Zgureanu on the pages of Romania Military.
We are talking about the Romanian artillery model - the A412 cannon of 130 mm / 58 caliber of the 1982 model, which is a lighter version of the Soviet 130-mm M-46 cannon of the 1954 model (by 2,5 tons, having a weight of 6,3 tons). The A412 was manufactured at the Arsenal Resita site from 1982 to 1989, as a licensed copy of the Chinese Norinco Type 59-1 cannon. A412 were divided into divisions of artillery regiments of all four armies, subsequently 75 units were withdrawn to the reserve and in 2013 put up for sale.
- explains the author.
Another representative of the 130-mm caliber was the KS-30 cannon, originally developed for launching anti-aircraft missiles, but used as coastal artillery until the 1990s. According to the author, it is possible that it is still in reserve.
- concludes browser.
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