UR-77 Meterorit

The UR-77 Meteorit (Russian: УР-77 Метеорит, lit. 'Meteorite') is a Soviet mine clearing vehicle, based on a variant of the 2S1 Gvozdika chassis.[3]

UR-77
Place of originSoviet Union
Service history
Used byRussia
Syria
WarsFirst Chechen War[1]
Second Chechen War
War in Donbass[1] Syrian Civil War[3]
Production history
Designed1977[4]
Specifications
Mass15,500 kg (34,200 lb)
Crew2[4]

Effective firing range90 m (300 ft)[4][3]

Main
armament
Mine-clearing line charge

Description

The vehicle is armed with a launcher and two mine-clearing line charges. When launched, a charge causes a shock wave that destroys or disables all the shells or mines along the area of the line charge. (with a width of 6 metres and length up to 90 metres).[4]

The vehicle has also been used offensively, where its line charge has been used to destroy entire streets in urban combat.[3]

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References

  1. "Боевики ударили "Горынычем" по Марьинке: видео мощнейшего взрыва". Liga.net (in Russian). 9 July 2019. Retrieved 2019-07-09.
  2. Tutov, Kuzma; Kuznetsov, Michael (17 December 2016). "Dangerous objects: the base of an army engineering unit of Russian invaders in Donetsk". Inform Napalm. Translated by Kalashnik, Evgeniy. Retrieved 2018-11-24.
  3. Beckhusen, Robert (12 October 2014). "Spotted — Al Assad's Brutal Mine-Clearing Tank in Syria". Medium. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  4. Nekrasov, Mikhail (29 March 2017). "UR-77: Clearing one landmine at a time". Russia Beyond. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
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