ShM vz.85 PRÁM-S

Military parade in Prague, Czech Republic as the 90th anniversary of independence of the Czechoslovakia. 120 mm samohybný minomet PRAM. Author: Chmee2

Military parade in Prague, Czech Republic as the 90th anniversary of independence of the Czechoslovakia. 120 mm samohybný minomet PRAM. Author: Chmee2.

Overview

The SHM vz.85 PRAM-S is mobile\armoured mortar vehicle based on an extended BMP-1 chassis.

It was then Czechoslovakia's main indigenous armored vehicle in the 1980s up to the nations abolition in the early 1990s.

Stats

• Nationality: Czechoslovakian.
• Made in: 1980.
• The crew: 3. The driver, commander, gunner and loader.
• Manufacture: Konštrukta Trenčín and ZTS Dubnica nad Vahom.
• Caliber: 120 mm.
• Main Gun: PRAM vz. 85 mortar.
• Barrel length: 1,917 mm.
• Track Gauge: 2,550 mm.
• Max. speed: 63 km / h.
• Max. Speed ​​Field: 28-33 km / h.
• Max. swimming speed: 7 km / h.
• Total weight: 15,970 kg.
• Driving distance: 550 km.
• Elevation range: 40-80 °.
• Azimuth range: ± 15 °.
• Maximum range: 8,036 m.
• Minimum range: 504 m.
• The number of rounds per minute 1: 18-20.
• The number of rounds in 5 minutes: 40.
• The number of rounds per 60 minutes: 70.
• Power/weight ratio: N\A, but probably akin to those of comparable role, configuration and era.
• Muzzle velocity: N\A, but probably akin to those of comparable role, configuration and era.
• Armor: Protection from fire from light infantry weapons and shrapnel from artillery shells.
• Retiered: No.

Diesinge

The armored vehicle's hull provides crew protection from both hostile fire from light infantry weapons and the shrapnel from artillery shells.

The ShM vz.85 PRÁM-S self-propelled mortar has both a high field mobility and a high rate of fire.

It is primarily intended to eliminate the enemy manpower, light armored vehicles and lightly built field camps.

The auxiliary weaponry consists or a 300 round 12.7 mm caliber NSV (anti-mortar) machine gun or a 9M113 KONKURS anti-tank launcher. The crew of the vehicle can be further equipped with anti-tank RPG-75, several F1 hand grenades and the crew's Samopal Vzor 58 assault rifles for thire self-defense.

Also see

• Mortar carriers
• Tanks and APCs

Sources

1. https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/ShM_vz.85_PR%C3%81M-S
2. https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/ShM_vz.85_PR%C3%81M-S
3. https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/ShM-120_(PRAM)
4. http://shushpanzer-ru.livejournal.com/546393.html
5. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:ShM_vz.85_PR%C3%81M-S
6. https://www.valka.cz/1129-ShM-vz-85-PRAM-S
7. https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/ShM_vz.85_PR%C3%81M-S
8. http://wargame-series.wikia.com/wiki/ShM-120_PRAM-S
9. https://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images;_ylt=A0LEVxO1HupYuJIASK9XNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTEyampwdTE1BGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDQjM2OThfMQRzZWMDc2M-?p=ShM+vz.85+PR%C3%81M-S&fr=yset_chr_cnewtab