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  • #61873
    Avatar photoIain Fuller
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    I know this may sound like a daft question but it has been bugging me.

    How was this weapon moved? I know it could be trundled along by two men from it’s team but how was it brought onto the battlefield. I can’t see it being carried inside a BTR or BMP so was it towed behind them or porteed on a truck/APC (I’ve seen pics of this)?

    Like I said just been bugging me….

    #61890
    Avatar photoGeoffQRF
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    It’s quite small and folds down, so could be towed by a car like the Gaz or UAZ, or towed or slung in the back of a truck like the Gaz-66:

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    It could be fitted in the back of a jeep/truck

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    Or just pulled by hand over shorter distances

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    #61892
    Avatar photoRussell Phillips
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    I believe it was normally towed behind a BTR, with the gun crew inside. It had a two-wheel carriage for towing.

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    #61896
    Avatar photoGeoffQRF
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    I think the bigger ones, like the 82mm B-10 and 107mm B-11 were towed by the BTR (or a truck)

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    #61897
    Avatar photoJemima Fawr
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    The Anti-Tank Platoon of a Motor Rifle Battalion (BTR) had two of them, with each being allocated a BTR-60PB for transport.  Believe it or not, they were stuffed inside the BTRs.  That might seem a squeeze, but that was par for the course in the Soviet orbat – the other two squads of the AT Platoon each had to squeeze two AT-4 ‘Spigots’ inside their BTRs.  The SPG-9 was relatively lightweight – a little over 100lbs, so manageable between two or three soldiers.

    The two-wheeled trolley was designed for ease of manhandling – it was too small and flimsy for towing behind a vehicle.  There were no trailers authorised in the Anti-Tank Platoon TO&E, so that wasn’t an option either.  I’m also not sure that the BTR-60 was (officially) fitted with a tow-hook.

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    #61898
    Avatar photoRussell Phillips
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    The Anti-Tank Platoon of a Motor Rifle Battalion (BTR) had two of them, with each being allocated a BTR-60PB for transport.

    I think I knew that, and knowing they had a wheeled carriage, assumed they were towed rather than carried inside. Thanks, it’s always good to get better information.

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    #61899
    Avatar photoIain Fuller
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    Cheers JF, thanks for clearing that up. I thought it might be that but couldn’t quite get my head round it as it seems so impracticable hence wondering about it being towed/ported.

    Must be fun trying to get one out when under fire!

    #61907
    Avatar photoJemima Fawr
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    They certainly liked to pack them in… 🙂

    I once tried getting seven teenagers with webbing and weapons (rubber AKs) in the back of a BMP at Shrivenham… I can only assume that the Soviets had a good supply of malnourished recruits…

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    #61908
    Avatar photoJemima Fawr
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    I imagine it was a lot easier with BTR-80 – at least that has doors on the side.

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    #61909
    Avatar photoMike
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    I lived in Shrivenham for a while.

    EDIT: Sorry, not relevant..

    #61921
    Avatar photoJemima Fawr
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    Great place!  The only ‘museum’ I know that positively encourages you to climb on and in stuff. 🙂

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