In the NVO zone, the appearance of a large number of MT-LBs with an installed ship-based anti-aircraft gun 2M-3M
A photo of an MT-LB with a 2M-3M shipborne anti-aircraft gun installed a few days ago has already been widely circulated on the Web. As it turned out, this is not a single craft of army craftsmen who decided to invent a new anti-aircraft gun, but quite a serial version. At least, the echelon with similar installations, moving towards the front, has already been filmed.
A couple of days ago, a photo of a "motorcycle league" with a 2M-3M ship mounted memory appeared on the Web. In the basic configuration, such towers are armed with two M-110 automatic guns of 25 mm caliber. But in this case, when installed on the MT-LB, the guns were replaced with two 14,5 mm KPVT machine guns, several sources report this, although it is possible that some of the installations come with "native" barrels. The tower is inhabited, the calculation is 2 people, but what is inside is unknown, there are no pictures.
As it turned out, this is not a single handicraft, but rather mass-produced vehicles, the supply of which to the NWO zone is quite active. On Russian Internet resources, footage of an echelon with similar installations appeared, as well as MT-LB with the same towers in a parking lot somewhere in the area of the NVO zone.
The choice of "motorbike" as the base machine is the most acceptable option because of its cross-country ability. In general, this is not the first time that MT-LB has been used as a base chassis for various installations, both artillery and other purposes. The choice of a naval gun mount as a turret is ambiguous. However, the military in the NVO zone say that the car is suitable, but the idea is sound.
The 2M-3M artillery mount was developed in the early 1950s as a means of self-defense for small ships. The rate of fire of two 25-mm M-110 assault rifles is 270-300 rounds per minute per barrel. The range of destruction of ground targets is up to 3 km, in height - 2,8 km.
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