Vietnam Installed Anti Aircraft Gun fot its PTS-M

27 Juli 2018

PTS-M of the Vietnamese Navy (photos : BaoDatViet)

Integration of Zu-23-2 anti-aircraft artillery on amphibious vehicles Crawler PTS-M of the Vietnamese Navy made its has the ability to defend itself against enemy aircraft while landing.

PTS-M is a medium-sized special-use caterpillar built by the Soviet Union and aided by the Vietnam People's Army. It is designed to carry people, motorcycles, guns, ammunition and cargo. less than 10 tons over water obstacles such as rivers, streams and large lakes.

Under certain conditions, the PTS-M has the ability to swim relatively well, so it is also available for a number of naval engineering units or island defense units.

PTS-M's transport capacity is up to 70 soldiers equipped with individualized firearms, or up to 12 ambulances (mounted on the vehicle while in military service, rescue, rescue). PTS-M consists of two men: commander and driver.

PTS-M can carry a maximum load of 5 tons when engaged in military operations or 10 tons when operating on water surface at a distance of less than 3 km. The floating capacity of the PTS-M is very large, up to 60% when carrying 10 tons, the maximum speed on the asphalt is 40 km / h or 11 km / h when swimming.

Equipped with a powerful 350 horsepower diesel engine, PTS-M's transcendental capabilities are good, maneuverable on a variety of terrain, bridge, the traction of the car on the two propellers reached 1.950 kg.

The crawler works when the water speed is 2.5 m / s, exceeds the sea level to 4, with winds up to 18 m / s, crossing the 2.5 m wide, across straight obstacles. Stand height of 0.65 m, the corner up and down the largest berth when carrying a maximum load of 10 degrees.

Standard equipment on the PTS-M includes infrared lights for night vision in low light conditions, marine compasses for swimming, communications equipment, radio gauges, breakers. In addition, the pump is installed for use in case of water.

It can be seen with such equipment, the PTS-M proved very weak if the enemy attacked by helicopter or low-flying aircraft, then the vehicle becomes a "shot gun".

To tackle this situation, Vietnam has taken a creative step that is mounted on a PTS-M crawler frame, 23 mm anti-aircraft gun Zu-23-2, which makes it easy to hit. Return the enemy plane while moving from sea to shore.

Compared to many other armies, only integrated PTS-M 7.62 mm PKM or 12.7 mm NSV machine guns to defend themselves against enemy infantry, it is easy to see that the Vietnamese way of doing things is unique, bring outstanding strength to the means of carrying this crawler.

(BaoDatViet)