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The first batch of the latest Drok mortars will be delivered for trial operation in 2022

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Prototypes of a self-propelled mortar are at the final stage of preliminary tests

KUBINKA /Moscow region/, August 26. /TASS/. The first batch of the latest 82-mm self-propelled mortars 2S41 "Drok" will be delivered for trial operation in 2022. This was reported to TASS by the press service of the Uralvagonzavod concern (UVZ, part of the Rostec state Corporation) during the military-technical forum "Army-2021".

"The state tests [of the Drok] are planned to be completed in 2022, in the same year it is planned to deliver a batch of vehicles for experimental military operation," the UVZ informed.

According to the concern, at present, prototypes of the Drok self-propelled mortar are at the final stage of preliminary tests.

The Drok complex was created on the basis of the Typhoon-AIRBORNE armored vehicle and is designed to support amphibious assault units. The mortar can fire conventional ammunition, as well as new mines with increased power and range. Shooting is possible from the combat compartment of the car and from the ground. The mass of the "Drok" is 14 tons, the crew is four people. The range of the mortar is from 100 meters to 6 km, the rate of fire is about 12 rounds per minute, the ammunition supply is 40 minutes.

The international forum "Army-2021" is held in the Patriot exhibition Center near Moscow from August 22 to 28.

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