Military Vehicles

The M-77 Dana is the principal self-propelled gun of the Czech Republic and Slovakia, and also serves in the Libyan and polish armed forces.

It utilizes and modified chassis of a Tatra 815 truck, but with an armoured cab.

The engine is relocated to the truck and the military vehicles has a central tyre-pressure regulation system.The gun is a 152mm (5.98in) howitzer with include HE, APHE and smoke.

Using base-bleed rounds more than doubles the range to nearly 40km (25 miles). Gun loading is an automatic process and three rounds per minute is the maximum rate of fire.

Country of origin : Czech Republic/Slovakia
Crew                    : 4
Weight                 : 29,250kg (64,500lb)
Dimension           : Length-10.4m(34.12ft); width:2.97m(9.74ft);height:3.52m(11.55ft)
Range                  : 740km (460 miles)
Armour                : 12.7mm (0.5in)
Armament           : 1 X 152mm (5.98in) howitzer
Powerplant          : 1  X Tatra 2-939-34 12 cylinder diesel, developing 341hp(254KW)
Performance        : Maximum road speed: 80km/h (50mph); fording:1.4m(4.6ft) gradient:60 percent

The Type 54-1 one types of military vehicles consists of a 122mm(4.8in) howitzer mounted on the chassis of the YW 531 armoured personnel carrier, thought the Type 54-1 differs in that it has fifth road wheel on each side.

Armoured protection is provided by the shield from the howitzer’s towed version.

The gun itself is actually a copy of the Soviet M-30 122mm(4.8in) howitzer, an ageing weapon now obsolete amongst modern field artillery.

With a maximum gun range of 11.8km(7.33 miles), the Type 54-1 is outclassed by most NATO and Russian artillery. Nonetheless, the simplicity of the Type 54-1 military vehicles makes it a dependable weapon, thought one now being replaced by the Type 85 self-propelled gun

Country of origin:    China
Crew                   :    7(max)
Weight                :    15,400kg (34,000lb)
Dimension          :    Length-6.65m(18.54ft); width:3.06m(10.04ft);height:2.68m(8.79ft)
Range                 :    500km (310 miles)
Armour               :    Not available
Armament          :     1 X 122mm (4.8in) howitzer
Powerpalnt         :    1  Deutz 6150L 6-cylinder diesel, 257hp (192KW)
Performance       :    Maximum road speed: 56km/h (35mph)