The National Guard of Ukraine showed spectacular footage of work with MT-12 Rapira guns

By: Maksim Panasovskiy | 20.07.2022, 20:01

Artillerymen of the National Guard of Ukraine have armed themselves with MT-12 Rapira guns.

What is known

This was officially announced by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine in Facebook, attaching several spectacular pictures of MT-12 "Rapira" working. The cannons had previously entered service with the Marines.

The MT-12 Rapira is a 100 mm anti-tank towed cannon. It weighs 3.1 tons. Its overall dimensions are 9.65 x 2.32 x 1.6-2.6 m. The gun can engage targets at ranges of up to 8.2 km with a high-explosive fragmentation projectile, up to 6 km with a shaped charge projectile and up to 3 km with an armor-piercing sub-caliber projectile.

Source: Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine

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