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towed Weapon Systems

Weapon systems and military equipment tagged towed.

17 weapon systems

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Air Defense

Systems that contest aircraft, missiles, helicopters, and drones.

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ZU-23-2, Towed twin 23 mm anti-aircraft autocannon, Air DefenseAir DefenseZU-23-2Towed twin 23 mm anti-aircraft autocannonSide: UkraineBuilt: KBP Instrument Design Bureau and multiple state/license producers / Soviet Union, Russia, Bulgaria, Poland, Egypt, ChinaThe ZU-23-2 is a Soviet twin 23 mm towed anti-aircraft autocannon built around two 2A14 guns on a light carriage. Its manual sighting, rapid emplacement, and high volume of fire make it a close-range air-defense weapon against low-flying aircraft, helicopters, and drones, while many operators also use it for direct fire against light vehicles and infantry positions. In the Russia-Ukraine War, Ukrainian units have kept the system relevant in mobile and positional air-defense teams.

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Artillery

Tube artillery, rocket artillery, and long-range ground fires.

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M119, 105 mm lightweight towed howitzer, ArtilleryArtilleryM119105 mm lightweight towed howitzerSide: UkraineBuilt: Rock Island Arsenal Joint Manufacturing and Technology Center / Royal Ordnance / United States / United KingdomThe M119 is the U.S. 105 mm lightweight towed howitzer derived from the British L119 light gun and built around air-mobile infantry fire support. The M119A3 variant adds digital fire control, self-location, and communications upgrades while retaining a light carriage that can be moved by trucks, cargo aircraft, or helicopter. In the Russia-Ukraine War, Ukrainian forces received 105 mm howitzers and were documented training on American M119A3 guns to add a mobile, NATO-standard light artillery option alongside heavier 155 mm systems.
M101 105 mm Howitzer, 105 mm towed field howitzer, ArtilleryArtilleryM101 105 mm Howitzer105 mm towed field howitzerSide: UkraineBuilt: Rock Island Arsenal / United StatesThe M101 is a U.S.-origin 105 mm towed field howitzer whose low weight, standard 105 mm ammunition, and simple split-trail carriage kept it useful long after World War II. In Ukraine, Lithuanian-donated M101A1 guns provide shorter-range tube artillery for infantry fire support where mobility, available ammunition, and survivable dispersed gun positions matter more than modern 155 mm range.
2S12 Sani, 120 mm heavy mortar system, ArtilleryArtillery2S12 Sani120 mm heavy mortar systemSide: RussiaBuilt: Motovilikha Plants / Uraltransmash / Rostec-affiliated Russian defense industry / Soviet Union / RussiaThe 2S12 Sani is a Soviet/Russian 120 mm mortar system built around the 2B11 mortar, a wheeled carriage, and a transport vehicle. It gives battalion-level units a mobile indirect-fire weapon with a roughly 7 km range, and modernized 2S12A systems on Ural-based vehicles have continued to appear in Russian supply and combat reporting during the Russia-Ukraine War.
MO-120 RT, 120 mm rifled towed heavy mortar, ArtilleryArtilleryMO-120 RT120 mm rifled towed heavy mortarSide: UkraineBuilt: Brandt / TDA Armements / Thales / FranceThe MO-120 RT is a French 120 mm rifled towed heavy mortar developed by Brandt and later associated with TDA/Thales production. Its rifled barrel, two-wheel carriage, and rocket-assisted ammunition option give it longer range than many smoothbore infantry mortars, while remaining towable by light or medium vehicles. In the Russia-Ukraine War, Ukrainian forces received Belgian MO-120 RT mortars and used the type for front-line indirect fire support.
120-PM-38, 120 mm towed heavy mortar, ArtilleryArtillery120-PM-38120 mm towed heavy mortarSide: Ukraine / Russia-backed separatist forcesBuilt: Plant No. 92 Nizhny Novgorod / Soviet UnionThe 120-PM-38, also known as the M1938, is a Soviet 120 mm smoothbore heavy mortar designed under B. I. Shavyrin and built for infantry fire support. Its large mortar bomb, wheeled transport arrangement, and roughly 5.7 km range made it a durable Soviet artillery design, with Ukrainian stocks still documented around the Russia-Ukraine War rather than acquired as a modern foreign transfer.
PM-43, 120 mm towed heavy mortar, ArtilleryArtilleryPM-43120 mm towed heavy mortarSide: Russian-backed separatist forcesBuilt: Soviet state arsenals / Soviet UnionThe PM-43 is a Soviet 120 mm smoothbore heavy mortar, a strengthened wartime development of the PM-38 that combined a large high-explosive bomb, a two-wheel carriage, and a six-person crew for infantry fire support. OSCE monitoring documented a probable PM-43 in a non-government-controlled area of Luhansk oblast during the Russia-Ukraine War, showing how legacy Soviet mortars remained present alongside newer 120 mm systems.
2A65 Msta-B, 152 mm towed howitzer, ArtilleryArtillery2A65 Msta-B152 mm towed howitzerSide: Russia / Ukraine / Syrian government and alliesBuilt: Motovilikha Plant / Soviet Union / RussiaThe 2A65 Msta-B is a Soviet 152 mm towed howitzer built around the same artillery family as the 2S19 Msta-S. Its split-trail carriage, gun shield, and 24.7 km standard-shell range made it a long-serving post-Soviet heavy artillery piece, and Ukrainian units have continued to fire Msta-B guns during the Russia-Ukraine War despite the broader shift toward NATO-standard artillery.