160mm mørtel M-160 - Bilder og Video

The Soviet 160 mm Mortar M1943 was a smoothbore breech loading heavy mortar which fired a 160 mm bomb. The M1943 (also called the MT-13) was one of the heaviest mortar used by Soviet troops in World War II. Around 535 of these weapons were fielded with Soviet forces during the war. It was replaced in Soviet service after World War II by the M-160 mortar of the same caliber.

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Den 160mm mortar M-160 er et kraftig våpen som kan skyte tunge granater på lange avstander. Den ble utviklet av Sovjetunionen på 1950-tallet som en forbedring i forhold til den forrige 160mm mørtel M1943, som ble brukt i andre verdenskrig og andre konflikter. M-160 har en glattboret setelasttønne som kan hengsles fremover for å laste skallene, som veier omtrent 41,5 kilo hver.
Den mørtel has a wheeled carriage that allows it to be towed by a truck or other vehicle. The mortar has a crew of seven and can fire up to three rounds per minute. The maximum range of the M-160 is about 8 kilometers, and it can hit targets with high accuracy and destructive power. The M-160 is still in service with some countries, such as Russia, Syria, and Myanmar, and has been used in various wars and battles, such as the Arab-Israeli conflict, the Vietnam War, and the Syrian Civil War.