| UR-77 | |
| Origin: | Soviet Union |
| Is Ranged: | yes |
| Is Vehicle: | yes |
| Service: | 1978-present |
| Used By: | Russia Syria Ukraine |
| Wars: | |
| Design Date: | 1977 |
| Manufacturer: | Kharkiv Traktor Plant Soviet Union |
| Production Date: | 1978 |
| Number: | 550 |
| Crew: | 2 |
| Range: | [2] |
| Primary Armament: | Mine-clearing line charge |
The UR-77 Meteorit (Russian: УР-77 «Метеорит»|lit=Meteorite) is a Soviet mine clearing vehicle, based on a variant of the tracked 2S1 Gvozdika chassis.[3]
The vehicle is armed with a launcher and two mine-clearing line charges. When launched, a rocket deploys a line charge by extending it out into a line that crosses the minefield. When detonated, the charge causes a shock wave that destroys or disables all the shells or mines in an area along the line charge with a width of 6 metres and length up to 90 metres. Thus a break in the minefield is created.[2] [4]
The vehicle has also been used offensively, where its line charge has been used to destroy entire streets in urban combat in Syria[3] and by the Russians and Ukrainians in Ukraine.[5] [6] [7]