The UR-77 Meteorit (russian: УР-77 «Метеорит», lit=Meteorite) is a Soviet

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vehicle, based on a variant of the

2S1 Gvozdika The 2S1 ''Gvozdika'' (russian: link=no, 2С1 «Гвоздика», " Carnation") is a Soviet self-propelled howitzer based on the MT-LBu multi-purpose chassis, mounting a 122 mm 2A18 howitzer. "2S1" is its GRAU designation. An alternative ...

chassis.

Description

The vehicle is armed with a launcher and two

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s. 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). The vehicle has also been used offensively, where its line charge has been used to destroy entire streets in

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in Syria and

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Current operators

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n pro-Russian separatists)

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References

{{reflist Military engineering vehicles of the Soviet Union Military vehicles introduced in the 1970s Mine warfare countermeasures Tracked armoured fighting vehicles