Nora M-84
| NORA M-84 | |
|---|---|
| Type | Towed gun-howitzer |
| Place of origin | Yugoslavia |
| Service history | |
| Used by | Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Wars | Yugoslav Wars |
| Production history | |
| Designer | Military Technical Institute Belgrade |
| Designed | 1974–1980 |
| Manufacturer | Complex Battle System factory in Velika Plana, Serbia BNT Novi Travnik, BiH |
| Produced | 1984–present |
| No. built | 88+ |
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| Specifications | |
| Mass | 6880 kg or 7030 kg up to 7680 kg |
| Length | 9.67 m (31 ft 9 in) |
| Width | 5.73 m (18 ft 10 in) |
| Height | 2.16 m (7 ft 1 in) |
| Crew | 9 |
| Caliber | 152.4 mm (6 in) |
| Breech | Vertical semi-automatic sliding wedge |
| Recoil | hydraulic buffer and hydropneumatic recuperator |
| Carriage | trail |
| Elevation | -5° to 65° |
| Traverse | 50° |
| Rate of fire | Burst: 6 rpm (A1 version 8 rpm) Sustained: 4 rpm |
| Muzzle velocity | 810 m/s |
| Effective firing range | 24.0 km |
| Maximum firing range | 34.5 km (base bleed M-84/GG) |
| Sights | direct fire ×5.5 optical sight and ×3.7 panoramic sight |
NORA M-84 (Serbian: Топ — хаубица НОРА, romanized: Top — haubica NORA; NORA acronymic for Serbian: Ново оруђе артиљерије, romanized: Novo oruđe artiljerije, lit. 'New Artillery Weapon tool') is a Yugoslav and Serbian 152 mm and 155 mm gun-howitzer developed by the Military Technical Institute (MTI) for the Yugoslav People's Army, Serbian Army, and export. Gun howitzer NORA has three basic versions (M-84, M-84B1, M-84B2), and is usually towed by a FAP 2026 BS/AV truck.