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2S4 M-1975 Tyulpan [Tulip Tree]
240-mm self-propelled mortar

2S4 Tyulpan
Type Self-propelled mortar
Origin Soviet Union
Service1972–present
UserRussian Federation
Wars
  • Soviet–Afghan War
  • Iran-Iraq War
  • First Chechen War
  • Second Chechen War
  • Syrian Civil War
  • Russo-Ukrainian War
  • ManufacturerUraltransmash
    Produced1969–1988
    No. built588
    Dimensions
    Length 8.5 m (27 ft 11 in)
    Width 3.2 m (10 ft 6 in)
    Height 3.2 m (10 ft 6 in)
    Weight 30.0 t
    Crew 5-9
    Mobility
    EngineV-59U V-12 liquid-cooled diesel
    Power520 hp (387.76 kW)
    Specific power, l. s./t19
    Power/weight17 hp/tonne
    Suspensionindividual Torsion bar
    Fuel tank capacity, l500-830 lit
    Specific ground pressure0.605 kg/cm²
    Highway speed62 km/h (39 mph)
    Cross-country speed, km/h25-30
    Highway cruising range , km500
    Operational range420 km (260 mi) on road
    Climbability, deg.30°
    Passable wall, m0.7
    Crossable ditch, m2.55
    Crossable ford , m 1.0
    Survivability
    Armour 20 mm Steel
    NBC-prot. Yes
    Lethality
    Armament, Primary 1 x 240mm M-240 (9.4 in) mortar
    Ammo, Primary 12 x 240mm
    Ammo, Primary
  • 53-F-864 high-explosive shells with a maximum firing range of 9.65 km
  • 3F2 active-reactive shells with a maximum firing range of 19.69 km
  • 1K113 "Smelchak" laser guided projectile was adopted by the 2S4 in 1982
  • Saida incendiary shells with napalm and forming stable sources of fire on an area of 7850 m² around the center of the projectile burst,
  • Nerpa cluster shells with high-explosive fragmentation submunitions
  • 3OF16 nuclear projectile with a yield of 2 kilotons in the usual and active-reactive version
  • "Resin" neutron shell
  • "Veil" neutron shell
  • Armament, Secondary 1 x 12.7mm DsHK, or
    7.62 mm PKT machine gun
    Ammo, Secondary 100 x 12.7mm



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