Vietnamese army SPG-9T2 modernized version of Soviet made 73mm recoilless gun SPG-9 11907154

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Vietnamese SPG-9T2 modernized version of Soviet made 73mm recoilless gun SPG-9.
General Department of the Vietnamese Defense Industry has developed a new modernized version of the Russian-made SPG-9, 73mm recoilless gun under the name of SPG-9T2, which offer many new improvement to increase the efficiency of the weapon in mountainous environment, hot conditions and to be more easy to use mounted on armoured vehicle.
     
General Department of the Vietnamese Defense Industry has developed a new modernized version of the Russian-made SPG-9, 73mm recoilless gun under the name of SPG-9T2, which offer many new improvement to increase the efficiency of the weapon in mountainous environment, hot conditions and to be more easy to use mounted on armoured vehicle The new Vietnamese SPG-9T2 modernized version of Soviet-made SPG-9 73mm recoilless gun.
     

The SPG-9 Kopye is a Russian-made tripod-mounted man-portable, 73 millimeter caliber recoilless. It fires fin-stabilized, rocket-assisted HE and HEAT projectiles similar to those fired by the 73 mm 2A28 low pressure gun of the BMP-1 armored vehicle. It enters in services with the Russian armed forces in 1962.

During the first trial test of the new Vietnamese recoilless gun SPG-9T2, the weapon was mounted on tracked armored personnel carrier M113.

Compared to other types of recoilless gun and especially the old Soviet-made SPG-9 which has an effective range of 800 m, the new SPG-9T2 has increased its firing range.
     
General Department of the Vietnamese Defense Industry has developed a new modernized version of the Russian-made SPG-9, 73mm recoilless gun under the name of SPG-9T2, which offer many new improvement to increase the efficiency of the weapon in mountainous environment, hot conditions and to be more easy to use mounted on armoured vehicle The new Vietnamese SPG-9T2 during firing test mounted on M113 armoured personnel carrier