The MT-LB Vasilek (Russian: Василек, meaning "Cornflower") is a Soviet Mortar Carrier that introduced in Wargame: AirLand Battle.
History[]
The "MT-LB Vasilek", as the name indicates, is a 2B9M Vasilek mortar mounted on a MT-LB gun carriage. This combination seems to have no official designated name.
The 2B9M is a muzzle or breech-loading, long recoil-operated automatic smoothbore medium mortar. It is a modernised, air-cooled version of the 2B9 water-cooled mortar, itself derived from the earlier F-82 automatic mortar.
Development of the 2B9 began in the late 1960s, with the Soviet army adopting the weapon in 1970. The modernised 2B29M was introduced after Hungarian modifications in 1982, and adopted in 1983. It is typically mounted on a lightweight wheeled carriage like GAZ-66, similar to those seen with field guns. The muzzle can be traversed from -1 ° to +89 °, allowing the weapon to be fired in either a direct- or indirect-fire configuration.
When in indirect-fire mode, with the barrel at a high elevation, the weapon may be operated much as a conventional mortar, with an operator loading single projectiles manually from the muzzle. The 2B9M may also be used for automatic direct fire in the manner of a light anti-tank gun, using the breech-loading feature. Direct-fire sights are provided for this purpose. The maximum effective range for direct fire is approximately 1000 m, with effective ranges for indirect fire between 100 and 4,270 m.
The 2B9M can fire standard 82 mm Eastern Bloc mortar projectiles loaded into four-round clips which are fed from right to left. Single projectiles (such as illumination or smoke rounds, and/or those using variable charges) may also be loaded individually into the muzzle of the weapon. The weapon has a cyclic rate of approximately 170 rounds per minute, though the practical sustained fire rate was approximately 100 to 120 rds/min in testing. One four round clip can be fired in around two seconds.
Overview[]
Unlike Podnos and most mortars, Vasilek fires in four-round bursts, which allows Vasilek to create a large amount of smoke screens or suppression in a short period of time. However, due to the nature of its 82mm ammunition, the resulting smoke screen is likely to be discontinuous.
Due to its high firing rate, Vasilek is 15 points more expensive than Pondos, reaching the level of a 120mm mortar, although their stats are similar in other aspects. Therefore, Vasilek's cost-effectiveness is somewhat questionable, and players should also pay attention to their tactics with decks.
Weapons[]
The "Accuracy" for Mortar weapon stands for "Dispersion".
Red Dragon[]
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| Type | MMG | Mortar | No Weapon |
| Name | PKT | 2B9 Vasilek | |
| Caliber | 7.62mm | 82mm [AoE] [CORR] [STAT] [SMK] |
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| Ammo | x 2000 | x 100 | |
| Range | Ground = 875 m Helicopters = 525 m  Airplanes = N/A m
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Ground = 4900 m Helicopters = N/A m Airplanes = N/A m
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| Accuracy | 15% | 2730 m | |
| Stabilizer | 5% | N/A | |
| AP Power | N/A | N/A | |
| HE Power | .5 | 3 | |
| Suppression | 55 | 189 | |
| Rate of fire | 652 r/min | 20 r/min |
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