152-mm self-propelled howitzer gun vz.77 “Dana” ( Czech Samohybná kanónová houfnice vz. 77 Dana (ShKH vz. 77) ) - Czechoslovakian self-propelled artillery mount .
| 152-mm self-propelled gun-howitzer vz.77 "Dana" | |||||
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 ShKH vz. 77 at the military museum in Leshan . | |||||
| Samohybná kanónová houfnice vz. 77 Dana (ShKH vz. 77) | |||||
| Classification | self-propelled artillery | ||||
| Combat weight, t | 29.25 | ||||
| Crew | 5-6 | ||||
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| Developer | |||||
| Manufacturer |  Czechoslovakia | ||||
| Years of development | 1976 | ||||
| Years of production | 1980-1989 | ||||
| The number of issued, pcs. | |||||
| Dimensions | |||||
| Body length mm | 11156 | ||||
| Width mm | 3000 | ||||
| Height mm | 2850 | ||||
| Armament | |||||
| Caliber and brand of guns | 152 mm | ||||
| Machine guns | 12.7 mm anti-aircraft machine gun DShKMT | ||||
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| Cruising on the highway , km | 650 | ||||
History
It was created at the national enterprise Zavody tazkeho strojarstva-Dubnica (ZTS-Dubnica) in the city of Dubnica nad Wagom , in 1977 it was adopted by the Czechoslovak People’s Army. The name is an abbreviation of the words D ělo A utomobilní N abíjené A utomaticky ( Russian. "Automobile gun with automatic charging" ).
As the basis for the chassis, a four-wheel drive four-axle off-road vehicle Tatra T815 with a wheel formula of 8 × 8 was used.
Ammunition is 60 shells.
TTX
- Depth of ford 1.4 m
- Maximum declination / elevation angle −4 / + 70 °
- Horizontal guidance angle 225 °
Options and Modifications
- The 152 mm ShKH Ondava is a modification of the 1980s developed in Czechoslovakia, with a barrel length increased to 47 calibers, a new two-chamber muzzle brake and other changes.
- 152 mm ShKH DANA-M1 CZ - modification with a new fire control system and a new T3-930 engine.
- 155 mm ShKH M2000 Zuzana - a modification of the production of Slovakia, developed in accordance with NATO standards. Entered field trials in early 1994 [1] , standardized in 1997. Ammunition - 40 rounds.
- 155 mm ShKH Zuzana 2 ( Zuzana XA-1 ) - modification [2] with the Tatra T3B-928.70 engine .
Operators
- Azerbaijan - an unknown amount [2]
- Georgia - 32 units as of 2016 [3]
- Slovakia - 3 units as of 2016 [4]
- Poland - 111 units as of 2016 [5]
- Libya - according to IISS, in 2009 and 2010 there were 80 in the country. [6] , however, after the outbreak of the war in Libya in 2011, no information was available on the fate of technology.
- Czechoslovakia - transferred after the collapse of Czechoslovakia to the Czech Republic and Slovakia
- Czech Republic - 86 units (of which more than 38 are in storage) for 2016 [5]
Operation and combat use
Dana in the USSR
In 1979, two copies of the “Dana” were tested at the Rzhevsky training ground near Leningrad to study the possibility of adopting it. As a result of the tests, it was concluded that Dana had no advantages over the Soviet counterpart - the tracked self-propelled guns 2SZ Akatsiya .
In 1983, despite the objection of the State Security Administration of the USSR Ministry of Defense, about 10 vehicles for trial operation were purchased. A year later they were returned to Czechoslovakia.
Notes
- ↑ Slovakia // Foreign Military Review, No. 3, 1994. p. 61
- ↑ 1 2 Raket və artilleriya birləşmələri döyüş atışlı taktiki təlimlər keçirib - VİDEO (Azerb.) . mod.gov.az. Date of appeal September 13, 2018.
- ↑ The Military Balance 2016, p. 184
- ↑ The Military Balance 2016, p. 137
- ↑ 1 2 The Military Balance 2016, p. 87
- ↑ The International Institute For Strategic Studies IISS The Military Balance 2010. - Nuffield Press, 2010 .-- S. 262. - ISBN 978-1-85743-557-3 .