{"id":1245672,"date":"2025-06-14T21:54:59","date_gmt":"2025-06-14T18:54:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/the-armed-forces-of-ukraine-received-the-m-160-mortar-what-are-its-characteristics\/"},"modified":"2025-06-14T21:54:59","modified_gmt":"2025-06-14T18:54:59","slug":"the-armed-forces-of-ukraine-received-the-m-160-mortar-what-are-its-characteristics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/the-armed-forces-of-ukraine-received-the-m-160-mortar-what-are-its-characteristics\/","title":{"rendered":"The Armed Forces of Ukraine received the M-160 mortar: what are its characteristics?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Armed Forces of Ukraine have received the M-160 divisional mortar of the 1949 model.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/militarnyi.com\/uk\/news\/syly-oborony-ukrayiny-ozbroyilys-160-mm-minometom-m-160\/#google_vignette\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was reported by<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Military&#8221; with reference to a video published by the military.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is noted that the corresponding weapon is designed to destroy fortifications, personnel and armored vehicles of the enemy in tactical depth. The M-160 mortar is characterized by a maximum range of over 8 kilometers and a weight of 1,170 kilograms.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">160-mm mines weigh about 41 kilograms and are equipped with 7.7\u20139 kilograms of explosives. According to \u201cMilitary\u201d, in the event of a direct hit, it is capable of destroying most field shelters.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The mortar is loaded not through the barrel, but through the breech, so mortar rounds are equipped with small cartridges.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> As a reminder, <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/zsu-otrymaly-na-ozbroiennia-ukrainskyy-mobilnyy-vohnemetnyy-kompleks-krampus-osnovni-kharakterystyky\/\">the Ministry of Defense has codified and approved for operation in the Armed Forces of Ukraine the Ukrainian-made KRAMPUS mobile flamethrower strike complex<\/a> . It will be used to perform assault and defensive missions.<\/p>\n<p> Also follow <strong>\u201cPryamim\u201d<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Facebook<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/prm_ua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Twitter<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/+rtV4dxYu2_cyNjVi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Telegram<\/a> , and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Instagram<\/a> .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Armed Forces of Ukraine have received the M-160 divisional mortar of the 1949 model. This was reported by &#8220;Military&#8221; with reference to a video published by the military. It is noted that the corresponding weapon is designed to destroy fortifications, personnel and armored vehicles of the enemy in tactical depth. The M-160 mortar is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":1245665,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76871,76872,76873,76875],"class_list":["post-1245672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2","category-news-feed","category-events","category-other-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1245672","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1245672"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1245672\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1245665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1245672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1245672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}