With the remarkable progress of the defense industry, Vietnam has successfully manufactured many types of weapons, including the SPG-9 anti-tank gun.
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| The SPG-9 Kopye anti-tank gun is considered one of the most effective anti-tank weapons, developed in the early 1960s and is still in production today. Along with the RPG-7, the AK47 is an extremely famous weapon. Currently, this dangerous gun is still fighting in the Syrian conflict. Photo source: QPVN |
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| Because the guns use HEAT ammunition that can penetrate armor, they are extremely dangerous to tanks. Without an active defense system, with explosive reactive armor, tanks will easily be destroyed by bullets fired from the SPG-9 anti-tank gun. Photo source: Mark Richards |
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| It is worth mentioning that with the current development of military science and technology, Vietnam has succeeded in creating blanks and boring barrels to successfully manufacture the SPG-9 recoilless anti-tank gun. For guns, barrel manufacturing is considered the most important step that determines the quality of the product. Photo source: You tube |
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| In Vietnam, the SPG-9 anti-tank gun is manufactured at the Z125 factory under the General Department of Defense Industry under the name SPG-9T with a number of improvements suitable for combat conditions in mountainous areas, hot and humid environments, infantry combat, etc. Photo source: QPVN |
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| Certainly, with careful research on suitable combat conditions in Vietnam combined with its inherent features, the SPG-9T anti-tank gun will have impressive power, still capable of destroying tanks with limited armor and active defense systems. Photo source: warmmilitary |
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| The SPG-9T anti-tank gun weighs 47.5 kg, and when mounted on a tripod, it weighs 59.5 kg. The gun is 2.11 m long, 99 cm wide, and 88 cm high. The SPG-9 recoilless gun uses two types of ammunition: the OG-96 standard explosive ammunition weighing 5.5 kg, and the PG-9B shaped-charge anti-tank ammunition weighing 4.4 kg. Photo source: QPVN |
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| The successful manufacture of a large gun barrel is considered a breakthrough in weapon manufacturing. Photo source: QPVN |
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| The barrel of the SPG-9 is a smoothbore gun without a twist groove, equipped with a handle to pull the gun when maneuvering, a mechanical sight, a sight frame and slide mount, and a barrel cover to prevent the gunner from getting burned when shooting. Photo source: QPVN |
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| The mechanical part to remove the tail of the launcher after firing, the parts of the electric device that detonates the propellant. The gun barrel is connected to the breech in the form of a loudspeaker and a breech-locking arm, allowing the breech to be opened, loaded, and closed. In the picture is an SPG-9 anti-tank gun mounted on an M113 armored vehicle modified by Vietnam. Photo source: QPVN |
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| Anti-tank projectile with jet propulsion engine is launched from the gun barrel by the propellant with an initial velocity of 435 m/s, at the beginning of the trajectory of the SPG projectile starts the jet engine and accelerates up to 700 m/s. When fired, the rear of the gun creates a dangerous area due to the jet fire of the propellant with a radius of 30m and an opening angle of 90°. Photo source: You tube |
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| Currently, the SPG-9T anti-tank gun is equipped on improved armored vehicles as well as equipped for infantry units. Each battery is equipped with SPG-9T two people, including 1 gunner, and 1 loader. The longest firing range of the gun is up to 6.5km. Photo source: You tube |
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