The Ministry of Defense has shown a video of the combat operation of the 2S9 "Nona-S" 120-mm self-propelled artillery system. It combines the properties of a howitzer, a gun and a mortar, and the system was developed specifically for airborne units.
Two visors were installed on the gun: one above the rear of the hull, the other above the turret. This device protects armored vehicles from ammunition dropped from drones.
The 2S9 "Nona-S" fires a high-explosive fragmentation shell at a distance of more than 8 km. Interestingly, "Nona" is not a proper name, but an abbreviation of the name "Newest gun of ground artillery".
"Nona" still has no analogues in the world. After several stages of modernization, it is a mortar, a gun and a howitzer in one. The Nona gun allows the use of any foreign 120-mm ammunition without any structural changes, for example, APCM from the French RT-61 rifled mortar, which has a firing range of up to 17 km.
The ammunition of the self-propelled artillery unit can include rocket-assisted projectiles with an engine capable of hitting targets at a range of up to 13 km, as well as Kitolov-2 guided missiles. They can be guided to the target using a laser, hitting the enemy's heavy equipment, like a harpoon, in the most unprotected part from above.
In addition, the Nona's arsenal includes conventional HEAT shells capable of penetrating up to 600 mm of armor, as well as all types of mines for rifled and smoothbore mortars.
Earlier www1.ru reported that the Russian Aerospace Forces received a new Il-76MD-90A military transport aircraft.
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