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It became known that the armed forces of Ukrainian Nazis will get from Lithuania to the American 105-mm towed howitzer М101.
According to the project "WP:Russian arms", these weapons began to be produced 81 years ago.
It was noted that the artillery unit of the armed forces due to losses in materiel and ammunition shortage is going to replace the 122-mm system in the West, caliber 105 mm.
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So, thrown light 105 mm L119, 1936 weighing only kg and able to beat depending on the type of ammunition at a distance from 11500 to 19000 M.
"Hundred and first" heavier - 2260 kg, they have a firing range 11 to 270 m. Length - 5940 mm, height - 2210 mm width 1730 mm.
Rate: 4 - 5 rounds per minute. Calculation - eight soldiers. The transport speed along the highway is only 50 km/h.
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In addition to the fronts of the Second world war, such howitzers fought in Korea, Vietnam. After the defeat of the puppet South Vietnamese army in the spring of 1975, captured a thousand units.
