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On August 16, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) shelled several positions of Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) in the towns of al-Lataminah, Khuwayn and Saraqib in southern Idlib and northern Hama, according to the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA).
The Syrian state-run news agency said that two militants named “Muhanad Rudwan al-Saleh” and “Abd al-Latif Khalid al-Qadur” were killed as a result of the shelling. Several HTS vehicles armed with machineguns were also destroyed.
The SAA has been shelling the positions of HTS, the Turkistan Islamic Party (TIP) and Jaysh al-Izza in the northern Hama countryside and the southern Idlib countryside for more than a week now.
Syrian pro-government activists believe that this shelling is aimed at undermining the defense of militants in northern Hama and southern Idlib ahead of a large-scale military operation. The operation, which will be led by the SAA, will be launched within few weeks, according to Syrian activists.
M240s.. ammunition (130 kg (290 lb) for a standard HE rounds and 228 kg (503 lb) rocket-assisted HE rounds)
range of 9,650 meters using standard high-explosive rounds, but a range of 20,000 meters using extended range munition. In addition to the high explosive rounds, it can also fire armor-piercing, laser-guided and cluster munitions
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2S4_Tyulpan
https://nationalinterest.org/feature/the-russian-armys-super-gun-city-destroyer-17416
9 – 20 Km ??, foooooking hell.
Interesting, would be good in N Latakia mountainous area. Found pix of it in reload position. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/42f272de90c7d3e00094694bb3174d8dc20e92c98af4a4e09b7c80bde0c0f932.jpg
I think your right.. about 4 tire widths for the tube. The Syrians do have the M240 although.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/160mm_Mortar_M1943
SAA, the next major super power.