In Ukraine, a 100-mm Rapira anti-tank gun was installed on an MT-LB tractor
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The lack of military equipment and weapons, constantly knocked out by the Russian army, forces the Ukrainian military to resort to tricks and literally make various handicraft artillery installations on their knees. According to the Ukrainian press, craftsmen in the Donbass installed an MT-12 Rapira anti-tank gun on an MT-LB tractor.
Four servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were reportedly working on a new self-propelled artillery installation for a month. During this time, the MTLB tractor acquired a 100-mm anti-tank gun MT-12 "Rapira" mounted on armor and two frames designed to ensure the stability of the makeshift installation during a shot.
Mounting the gun on a tractor is said to "significantly reduce the deployment time" of the gun on the front line compared to a towed version. At the same time, it is emphasized that the tractor can also tow an additional tool. The "developers" of the design reported that the main task was to achieve a reliable fastening of the gun so that it would not be torn off when fired.
It will be more effective while working at a firing position, it will take much less time
- said one of the "designers".
The MT-100 12 mm anti-tank gun (ind. GRAU - 2A29, in some sources referred to as "Rapier") is a towed anti-tank gun developed in the late 1960s in the USSR. Serial production began in the 1970s.
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