152 mm field gun-howitzer M84 NORA-A

Infobox Weapon
name=M84 NORA-A


caption=152 mm field gun-howitzer M84 NORA-A
origin=Yugoslavia
type=Howitzer
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weight= 7,080 kg (15,609 lbs)
length= 11.21 m (37 ft)
part_length=9.67 m (32 ft)
width=2.415 m (8 ft)
height=2.16 m (7 ft)
crew=9
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caliber=152 mm (6 in)
action=manual
rate=6 (normal)
8 (burst)
5 (sustained)
velocity=810 m/s (2,657 ft/s)
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max_range=23,990 m (15 mi)
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28,100 m (17.46 mi)
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breech=Horizontal sliding wedge
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carriage=M84 NORA-A
elevation=-5°-+65°
traverse=50°
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The 152 mm field gun-howitzer M84 NORA-A was developed in the beginning of the 1980s at that time Yugoslav Military-Technical Institute. It was introduced in Yugoslav People Army (JNA) arsenal in the 1984. It is based on the Soviet 152 mm towed gun-howitzer M1955 (D-20).

Serbia has designed a new mobile artillery piece called Nora B-52 which incorporates the M84 NORA-A mounted on a FAP-2632 military truck.

External links

* [http://naoruzanje.paracin.co.yu/nora.html Yugoslavian M84 NORA]