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The militants of the Ukrainian armed forces were taken from the Museum of 240-mm towed mortar M-240. Currently this weapon is given in an efficient state and it is already possible to fire.It is reported the project "WP:Russian weapons".
It so happened that in the former Ukrainian Soviet Union was not the military units of the armed self-propelled units special power 2S4 "Tulip", and "two hundred and fortieth" was decommissioned and disposed of. At the same time, after 2014, there were reports stored in a warehouse a stock destined for them min.
As reported by telegram-channel of the Russian blog bmpd, a single instance of the M-240 was in the former Kiev Museum of the great Patriotic war. For sure, it is from there and withdrew the sample.
The mass of the mortar reaches 4230 kg in the stowed position and 3610 kg - fighting. Length - 1 6510 mm.
The maximum firing range of up to 9650 m Weight of the munition - 130.7 kg and 32 kg are explosive.
Loading is carried out with the breech. The rate of one shot per minute. The calculation consists of eleven members. The transport speed is on a good road should not exceed 40 km/h.
This is not the first time that militants APU historical exhibits. For example, recently there were reports of airborne self-propelled artillery ASU-85, seen at a checkpoint in the Poltava region. This rare rare instance has long been a cultural monument.
