World's heaviest Mortar "Tulpan"

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240mm Mortar 2S4 "Tulpan"("Tulip")
shoots with cluster bomb,actively-reactive, high-precision shells and nuclear shells - up to 18 km range ability.
Automatic recharging system.
Based on chassis of mine minelayer, which may also protects the crew from radiation.
Weapon are indispensable in assaulting utterly fortified targest and city combats - when a very exact shot is needed.
Shells which're shown there:
130kg high-explosive shell, charge weights -32kilos;
cluster bomb have 24 high-explosive shells-covering by 1 shot 4 football fields area;
correcting shell 1K113 "Smelchak"("audacious") - the flying shell use target illumination within 3 sec (such time doesn't allow the emeny to use jammers) to correct its course, may hit circle 2-3 meter diameter at maximum range with 90% probability.
Military use examples:
Afghanistan - hit the caves at 1 shot in 90%,
Chechnya - fortified avenue of approach at petroleum refinery.
The largest NATO Mortar caliber - 120mm (2times less)
NTV,Voennoe delo,2005

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3 фев 2007

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@karbengo 14 лет назад

i love how it rings like a bell each time it fire...

@kpadmirer 4 года назад

"The Bell from Hell".

@bombarderoazul 16 лет назад

Tulpan is effective when used as a siege weapon. It's a great weapon against fortified targets like caves and bunkers. The fact that it can fire a nuclear warhead makes it valuable as well.

@volkbyte 13 лет назад

even though it has a slow rate of fire, an explosion from one of its mortars covers 4 football fields

@DESIBOY-fe7nm 4 года назад

Tulpan:- im worlds heaviest mortar. Karl Gerat:- this is where you are wrong kiddo.

@bombarderoazul 16 лет назад

I love the bell sound when it fires. Clang!!!!

@alicaljungberg3742 10 лет назад

Funny how the Chechen rebels started crying about Russia using tactical nukes when they got hit by these lol.

@1Life2Little 5 лет назад

I would cry too.

@Vainakh1000 5 лет назад

@@TheWersum v alternativnom realnosti govoryat solnce iz zapada vosxodet.

@aguagou 4 года назад

1Life2Little jajajajaja, yo también si éso me fuese a caer encima 😅

@hoy455 11 лет назад

Actually the use of the mortar would be against prepared positions like bunkers, infantry-made cover and buildings. It is very accurate and with it being 240mm it can easily defeat most surface and near subsurface fortifications. It also can be used in the defensive posture, attacking a set area like a valley in coordination with other SPGs and artillery pieces to saturate an area. Infantry don't win wars, artillery does.

@slovakmath 13 лет назад

0:17 omg i feel so sorry for those guys... the shock wave just from launching the mortar was incredible

@fjord407 10 лет назад

Caliber isn't the only thing that determines a round's power. For example, the Il-2's 23mm round was almost twice the weight of a German 20mm.

@Csp499 17 лет назад

This is SERIOUSLY pwnsome (I think I might use it in Odyssey). I like MMLs more, though.

@Karel5656 14 лет назад

@carlostrick That was the biggest gun in the world, meant for Japanese fortresses. Nothing can survive a direct hit from mortars "Tulpan" and up.

@subarunatsuki4145 6 лет назад

Really heavy indirect salute.

@Gyronamics 15 лет назад

Why get artillery when you DO have a huge ass mortar ^^

@miko886 3 года назад

I know this coment is really old but most of russian artillery if for longer ranges for like 50km and usualy faster firing rate, like todays kolitsya it hase 10-15 rounds per minute this mortar only have 1 round per minute, but this mortar is good for taking down buildings anf fortficitation, all of those equpment have something they are good at..

@elcormoran1 7 лет назад

imagine NATO , trying crossing the russian border and the first thing they face is a barrage of this thing from 11 miles away and is mobile

@mustanglx2 7 лет назад

they would counter fire or bomb it then continue on to fuck russia in the arse! MAGA!!!

@mustanglx2 7 лет назад

Tom Krueger if we are talking a nuclear exchange we both die dumbass thats obvious

@JeanLucCaptain 5 лет назад

You do realize that this thing would be useless in modern mechanized combat right? Its range isn't good enough, it's huge big and slow. It would immidatly get destroyed by counter battery fire or airstrikes. Russia has much better systems now.

@lordemarsh6804 5 лет назад

@@JeanLucCaptain so by your opinion mortars are not effective anymore and a thing of the past.Why the hell is every army still using them though..even germany has a very mobile effective mortar vehicle with an autoloader. These things will fire on you and move,no time for counter fire

@lordemarsh6804 5 лет назад

@@p.b.7717 these things are not stationary...quiet and mobile.they will hit you and vanish before you know where the shots came from

@snipermakedonski 11 лет назад

i love how it sounds like a choo choo train. haha

@Draxis32 15 лет назад

The fact that this is a Mortar gun, it looks like an self propelled howitzer, but it's just a huge mortar gun it's not a cannon.

@Plovec69 9 лет назад

таким чюдовищем накрыли Луганский аэропорт, а еще говорят что не регулярные силы РФ принимают участие в военных действиях на Востоке Украины....

@user-sh5wq5jf5l 9 лет назад

Ваши доказательства??

@Plovec69 9 лет назад

ВИДЕО - аэропорт Луганска после ухода ВСУ.... на 11.45 мин. такие одиночные воронки в плитовом покрытии оставляет не град.....

@user-sh5wq5jf5l 9 лет назад

А ты не думал что украинские хлопцы стрелять могли? Такое тоже возможно...

@Plovec69 9 лет назад

такую дуру так просто на передовую украинцы завезти не могут, по этическим отношениям к западу и мировому сообществу.....хотели давно уже бахнули 2С7 «Пион» .... ответственность - это удел разумных!

@user-sh5wq5jf5l 9 лет назад

Вилами по воде... Не разобрался кто точно стрелял так и не обвиняй тогда!

@IonoTheFanatics 12 лет назад

@Nickael7 So the HCP cap in the end stored how much of the energy actually intended to be used for the railgun? From your description, that 7%, be it the fastest reloading process or not are still stored in the HCP to be discharged into the railgun correct? If we assume 15% velocity boost thanks to the railgun for example, that would take what? 30% of the energy of the original shell? So if we take a 15MJ shell that's already over 4MJ of energy and that fits to the HCP within tank volume?

@5HREDD3R 12 лет назад

I like that steam whistle sound when it fires.

@sfrgth457 14 лет назад

must be super useful in all types of combat situations

@AceVendetta 15 лет назад

A mortar is a type of artillery. The reason for not having it be a typical howitzer is because of range. Mortars can drop explosives on close to mid-range troops with deadly accuracy, while howitzers are for mid to long range support.

@IonoTheFanatics 12 лет назад

@Nickael7 If most of the power is still coming from the diesel engine charging the capacitor through the alternator then it's still limited by the exact same problem that made standard railgun unfeasible for tank chassis size to begin with since basic railgun is powered in the exact same manner. So what exactly have we achieved with the system then?

@oxymoron22 16 лет назад

That's why we have something called "airplanes" today equipped with "smart bombs".

@James1toknow 15 лет назад

Your right, I was the center gun in all our fire missions, and during the year over seas I was the fastest to set our gun and complete a direct lay fire mission, I split a 6 bi/ 4 duce what ever they call them now, in half and with a willy peter and they made me center gun from then on, 81mm mortars. Then trained with m60 and dragons, anti tank wire guided. "Semper Fi".

@megatwingo 13 лет назад

Interesting mortar. Thumbs up!

@wtfronsson 13 лет назад

@BitnikGr i was just wondering what is the use of mortar that big. howitzers can be guided just the same as mortars if i understood right. but i suppose special payloads need the more gentle acceleration. a howitzer would destroy more fragile contents.

@IonoTheFanatics 12 лет назад

@Nickael7 But here's the thing, since the projectile is not in contact with the rail when the explosion occur and thus the energy can't be converted directly to lorentz force to propel the projectile, WHERE DO YOU STORE this energy while waiting for the projectile to reach the rail section?

@IonoTheFanatics 12 лет назад

@Nickael7 Which then brings to question, why convert part of the explosive energy into electricity when that very same energy can be converted directly into propulsion for the projectile? That may make sense if the conversion from it into electricity (which is not specified how) and then into propulsion in form of lorentz force is more efficient than the explosion itself as a propulsion but the railgun typically have efficiency about 20-30% which is not any better than gunpowder to KE, so why?

@shaharinyusof2538 2 года назад

It's the most "fearsome mortar" I've ever seen !!

@purpleravenstar 15 лет назад

Whoa. Not so fast. It's not YET out of service, it has a special purpose. The 2S4 Tulpan saw service in the wars in Afghanistan in the 80's and the siege of Grozny. Pretty effective in taking out large buildings there by actually striking the ground floors! It's actually more effective than an ordinary howitzer because of the almost-vertical attack angle mortars can provide.

@Dragonx0562 13 лет назад

@mikeyballz2oo5 one of the main arty rounds this was meant to fire was a Tac-nuke.

@IonoTheFanatics 12 лет назад

@Nickael7 Indeed it is something good if it works, the only question is where do you fit this diesel engine to power it? 15% of the 15-20MJ that tank gun projectile can already project out currently for western APFSDS shell is still at least 2MJ or more. Where do we find a compact diesel engine that can produce that kind of output of energy within reasonable time and still fit into a tank?

@IonoTheFanatics 12 лет назад

@Nickael7 If the initial explosive could provide the energy to do multiple energy conversion (where energy loss is expected during conversion) then why the hell is it not providing the propulsion force directly which would save the energy lost during the multiple conversion.

@IonoTheFanatics 12 лет назад

@Nickael7 Sure, but where does the alternator obtain the energy to convert to electricity to start with? If it draws that power from the explosive event, then that consumes the same energy that directly propel the projectile out via expansion which leads to no net gain in propulsion, so it has to be from somewhere else. where does this energy come from? and heat conversion to electricity in direct mean traditionally are done with thermocouples, except those are EXTREMELY inefficient.

@IonoTheFanatics 12 лет назад

@Nickael7 And if we assume standard energy generation or storage density that we can currently achieve and the tank's volume, then the majority of the propulsion power can't possibly be coming from the electromagnetic propulsion so why exactly would they call it a railgun if most of the work to get the projectile velocity is actually done via conventional explosive expansion in the gun chamber?

@sonicart77 15 лет назад

Yea imagine having wood trim in the interior, that must be cool!

@slavuBOG 15 лет назад

really big and amazing but, how many shoot does it makes in 1 minute ?? main object for mortars are coverning fire nad instant bombarding, i wandering if tulipan fullfill this role...

@hubbabubba5454 17 лет назад

now thats one big mortar round

@conradmilligan 11 лет назад

what advantages does a large mortar have over a self propelled gun or a howitzer? i always thought mortars had a shorter range than guns.

@bombarderoazul 13 лет назад

a lot of people here saying that this thing is slow and can be easily taken out and destroyed. But the russians aren't stupid, there are other support vehicles like BMP's and tanks around to protect them, they travel in regiments, and a lot of these mortars firing several rounds with cluster shells can devastate a large area in a matter of minutes. This weapon has a good record in combat.

@Wilmot1846 16 лет назад

Looks like another freak of the soviet era. No computing or technology to make it accurate. Slow-slow-slow reload time. That loading tray looks ready to break any minute. Accuracy, mobility, and rate of fire are king.

@bonham1981 15 лет назад

That was a rail road cannon, the biggest mortar is the Karl Thor, 600 mm. And they were hugely unpractical. Nothing beats modern, self-propelled howitzers.

@IonoTheFanatics 12 лет назад

@Nickael7 Incidentally 4MJ assumes full efficiency railgun which is of course not the case, if we are being ABSOLUTELY generous and say it has 50% efficiency (which is unheard of) that's 8MJ at least that have to be stored and discharged. So this all fit into the HCP cap with sufficient density that you can cram it into a tank space?

@falstoffe 14 лет назад

These 240mm's are only used in an Artillery Division at the Front level or higher. It travels in: An artillery division, consisting of six regiments and an anti-tank battalion. Three of the regiments have 162 130mm M46 guns (total) and two of the remainder have 108 152mm D20 howitzers (total). The other regiment has 54 240mm mortars. At the lower levels, they have formations of 120 mm mortars and smaller howitzers. These just supplement them.

@IonoTheFanatics 12 лет назад

@Nickael7 So essentially the railgun is powered by the base vehicle engine? since 93% of the power comes from it? And this coming from a solution that supposed to alleviate the problem of gathering enough power for the railgun in the first place since most tanks generator or APU doesn't produce much power at all? And that still doesn't explain how this reverse induction coil supposed to work to generate the electricity, so you have copper coils that picks the massive heat spike, and then?

@krashly71 14 лет назад

agreed, lots of fun options

@IonoTheFanatics 12 лет назад

@Nickael7 Incidentally of course you raised attention to an interesting point, if the railgun boosted the gun's final projectile velocity by 15% ie: 85% of it is still the chemical process really, then why exactly do you call it a railgun when it's actually propelled by chemical reaction for the most part? and only assisted via EM propulsion? It's a curious point since gun adapters that boost projectile velocity via various method normally doesn't change the gun classification to the adapter.

@colddrake80 14 лет назад

@nedeljko031 The thing I don't understand is why use a mortar over a howitzer for this size of gun? I would think a comparable sized cannon would do a better job. Is the mortar tube lighter and/ore easier to manufacture? This is an interesting weapon I'm just wondering what it can do that a howitzer can't.

@twinoceans 16 лет назад

Is this the same as a cannon? The why creating it? Since it is so slow, only 1 round a minute, taking up to 5 people to operate.

@Elthenar 14 лет назад

The Schwerer Gustav (and Dora) were considered artillery, but yes they were the heaviest projectile weapons of any kind ever built. The heaviest mortar was the French Monster Mortar with a bore of 36 inches (975mm).

@sapzapgr 13 лет назад

@Vexman2200 True that means tho that each of them has DEcreasing range ? I mean mortar is the shortest in range of those 3 right ?

@SteelScream88 14 лет назад

That ''CLANK'' sound is a pretty good note : HERE WE AREEE!!!!!!

@Strihnin 15 лет назад

High angle of fire, pretty good stuff for destroying enemy fortifications and dug-outs, probably a more economic alternative to any special shell that may be fired from a howitzer for the same effect.

@kpadmirer 4 года назад

Back in the 50s the Soviets built two self-propelled mortars, one of 406mm and another of 420mm. The recoil put too much stress on the T-10 tank chassis that carried them and they were abandoned.

@bombarderoazul 15 лет назад

All the people here saying that this mortar is useless since it can be targeted very easily don't realize that this weapon will have aerial support as well as anti-aircraft missiles. Also it would be protected by armored divisions equipped with tanks, BMP's and other armored vehicles. It's not like they travel bythemselves. (sorry about the spelling)

@DryanShade 16 лет назад

but witch one is easier blown to pieces? an air plane or a mortar round. and witch one is more expensive? a plane with smart bombs or a giant mortar with giant mortar rounds?

@edwardchristian4481 12 лет назад

the correct title should be 'The World's Heaviest SELF PROPELLED Mortar'

@IonoTheFanatics 12 лет назад

@Nickael7 250K volt? in a 6x6x12 dimension? and that's with capacitance of what? Or is that classified as well? Say we assume a 15MJ projectile, we want to boost that by 15% in velocity, that'd be 30% or more energy at least so around 4-5 MJ, assuming best case scenario of hypothetical 50% railgun efficiency that's 8-10MJ. and this will fit into just 2 of these HCP cap units you say? I mean you see now why i am very skeptical of this whole thing?

@IonoTheFanatics 12 лет назад

@Nickael7 So let's get this straight, we converted chemical potential energy from the explosives, into mechanical energy and we store it in both the altenator and the rest into capacitors, and then we convert it back again to lorentz force by discharging it on the rail when the projectile reached it? And the explosive's chemical energy is supposed to be converted to electric how exactly? Because the basic question one would ask then:

@link10909 17 лет назад

Whats the point? what advantages does it have over motorized artillery?

@bombarderoazul 12 лет назад

it's still a mortar. Mortar is a form of artillery. There are two types of artillery, Mortars and howitzers. Mortars are designed to bombard from a high angle, while howitzers fire more linear angles.

@colddrake80 14 лет назад

@nedeljko031 Interesting. Hadn't thought about limitations of bore on modern artillery. Now are you saying field guns have a 500 meter minimum range? I don't really know a lot about the fine details of artillery. Though I do like mortars.

@pinz2022 14 лет назад

@peepeevagi Are you referring to the AMOS system? That's a Swedish design, and though it seems like da' bomb, I don't know of anyone but them using it so far.

@IonoTheFanatics 12 лет назад

@Nickael7 Actually they used thermocouples array in radioisotope generator, but back to the question, so you have an external diesel engine to power the railgun through the high efficiency alternator. Ok, great, and then where do we fit this thing into the tank? A tank already has it's generator and APU in the most compact form possible given you have to cram a myriad of things into chassis designed to be as small as possible, so where does this diesel engine fit?

@yuri4491 16 лет назад

so if i have someone 18 km away can i ht him acuratly with a handheld mortar and actually do damage? i dont think so, this is a much more high caliber weapon beiong used for a much bigger target. would u use a prtable man carried mortar against lets say 10 tanks in an area as big as 2 football fields? nope kuz thats what this is for.

@dragonbutt 14 лет назад

Dora is an 80cm railway gun, not a mortar. If you want just the biggest projectile launcher, it's known as the Little David mortar. 900+mm caliber. Takes three days to set up and it's original purpose was as a heavy defensive weapon, with AP shells designed to sink battleships in a single shot. Ultimately used for test launching bombs.

@Treblaine 15 лет назад

Counter battery fire would be a big problem with this, especially considering the troops are expected to work in the open and it's so immobile. It doesn't help that the parabolic (rather than elliptical) trajectory of a mortar round (compared to howitzer) is easy to deduce the origin. This would be very dangerous to field if there is any enemy artillery in the area but shouldn't be a problem against militia and rebels who lack radar or sound monitoring equipment.

@TheSpritz0 13 лет назад

@Travmapunk and WHAT military experience do you have????

@immune85 15 лет назад

Now THAT's a Mortar!

@AppleCheese12345678 16 лет назад

what is the difference between a mortar and artilery piece

@op3l 14 лет назад

rofl 0:12 the guy's all smoking a cigarette all chill *drops in a mortar* mmhmm.

@zipacna1980 13 лет назад

@wtfronsson What about sattelites and ground control to keep GPS functional? It won't survive first strike. As for GPS touch screen Russians are selling a version of BM-21 MRLS with that similar function. In fact you have to use trackball to aim on a map there but I think for a few extra bucks they'll put HD touchscreen too.

@Vernonrz 16 лет назад

I have to agree with Myndenway. Air superiority might not replace everything but it is the most powerful tool in any battle. This is why in every major invasion from WWII on, the first thing the invading army tried to do was wipe out the other's air power. Germany tried to wipe out Britains air bases. Japan tried to wipe out America's Carriers. In Iraq, airports were the first targets of the US campaign...face it. Teh tactics of every General shows. He's right.

@Nickael7 12 лет назад

@IonoTheFanatics Say, instead of 125mm gun we use 90mm lower explosive canisters to achieve similar performance, we power it up with a railgun assisted tube that gives 15% of extra muzzle velocity. Yes part of large work is done by the explosive canisters, but 15% extra velocity is already something good. If sabot achieve normally 1750m/s with railgun assistance you get 2012.5m/s. In larger bore gun it achieves higher damage not only by velocity, but as well for heavier rods and larger area.

@oiops 4 года назад

In Soviet Russia: 240p was the height of greatness comrade.

@kosiak10851 3 года назад

it was uploaded 14 years ago, and youtube compress old videos

@felix4d2 15 лет назад

wots the difference between this and self propelled artillery

@TheSpritz0 13 лет назад

@logic8368 well I'm glad to see you got back OK Bro, all the best to you!!

@IonoTheFanatics 12 лет назад

@Nickael7 Let's ASSUME that is the case, 2 things immediately puzzles me: 1. why the heck isn't this incredible 'reverse induction coil' used in, well pretty much every single power generation system known to man that needed to convert heat to electricity. 2. since the whole point of the problem with railguns for tanks are power (which tank have limited capability for), then what exactly is the point of the system if it has to draw 93% of the power from the tank's own generator or APU?

@myslmysl 11 лет назад

1.Higher trajectory, useful in hilly, mountainous and city terrain so it can hit from above instead of hitting obstacles around. 2.Simpler construction. They are more reliable. 3 Smaller caliber munition for mortar has higher explosive payload then for larger calibre cannons. Wiki mortar and you will see a lot of advantages.

@b2flyer1 14 лет назад

After watching this video,all I can say is WOW what a weapon

@KamiKaZantA 13 лет назад

How long does it take to deploy the veichle? Fire and reload?

@IonoTheFanatics 12 лет назад

@Nickael7 You are basically saying that you have capacitor bank with enough energy density to contain several MJ of energy (with railgun efficiency assuming anywhere from 30-50% and this is being generous) and an alternator and diesel engine together that can produce enough power to charge this within seconds? and fit all this into a tank chassis? Which is the unachievable energy density with current tech that made standard railgun adaptation to tank chassis impossible from the start?

@damaged01 15 лет назад

Does it always sound like a really loud bell when fired?

@damaged01 16 лет назад

impressive shell size, but what is the systems reload rate?

@Vrakpundare 13 лет назад

It's about 40 years old, is this weapon still in use?

@bombarderoazul 16 лет назад

Does anybody know what is the yield of the nuclear shell that this thing fires? is it a thermonuclear device?

@Rauswaffen 15 лет назад

Wow, and they still lost? We all have our weaknesses.

@nofingershaha 14 лет назад

it fires a heavy round but how quick can such a system be.

@Spreadpoint 11 лет назад

240 mm - in fact marine caliber. howitzers of this caliber do not exist because of the great mass of the gun barrel.

@myndenway 16 лет назад

You're the one who is telling me this thing they see on RU-vid is such an awesome weapon. LOL.

@Sphynra 13 лет назад

@offamychain Then how come they're already building stealth jets?

@anisocoro 14 лет назад

@JackarundaTrue , well, in ancient manuals "mortar" is a piece of artillery able to elevate the barrel up to 80-90 degrees, but usually elevation is set at 45-60 degrees. Mortars were and are used to send explosive munitions at medium distance, but falling with a nearly vertical trajectory hitting the "roof" of targets, where protection is thinner. Cannons (=artillery) are unable to reach such elevation, but they can fire at "zero highness", i. e direct hits

@Imprudentman 13 лет назад

@loing Speaker-over says that this system is capable of firing nuclear mines at a distance of 18 km. As well as this self-propelled mortar is able to effectively destroy the enemy's well-protected facilities including in urban combat. Speaker said that this system has an accuracy of a sniper. Diameter of mine about 240 mm. Weight fragmentation mines 130 kg. Weight 32 kg explosive charge. Fuse is installed in the immediate and delayed action. At the maximum charge mine flies to 10 - 9 km.

@olvidog 13 лет назад

quick notes: how long does it take to get it ready to fire and how long does it take to reload? usually quick firing ability is essential, unless this is used like a missile would be. another point: how long does it take to get it maneuverable after firing? mortar trajectory is very easily spotted and anti-artillery measures (firing at the position, missile, air strike etc) are a serious threat to mortar units. trained in a mortar company.

@mrhemuli91 13 лет назад

what the hell is this?! it is double the size of the mortars we make. do you have the technical data? ps. why is it being put together on the location?

@AceVendetta 15 лет назад

Hey, it's better than the world's truest, biggest mortar. It was built in Scotland, and fired a one ton projectile (or halve a ton, I can't remember exactly.) It had to be loaded with a huge lifting system, and when fired, its concussive forces caused a tremble equal to an earthquake for miles around.

@nekoizmase4 14 лет назад

he used to attack the well-established place, where the standard 155mm howitzer is not effective.

@richmondton 12 лет назад

Sám sloužím jako mířič u minometu,ovšem tohle je opravdu královské monstrum,rád bych si s tím zastřílel.U nás v bývalém Československu jsme měli pouze 4 kusy této zbraně.