{{Infobox weapon <!--http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Infobox weapon--> | name = 2S9 Nona | image = File:ParkPatriot2015part11-150.jpg | image_size = 300 | caption = 2S9 Nona-S 120 mm self-propelled mortar, 2016 | origin = Soviet Union | type = Air-droppable self-propelled mortar <!-- Type selection -->| is_ranged = | is_artillery = yes | is_vehicle = yes <!-- Service history -->| service = 1981–present | used_by = see Operators | wars = Soviet-Afghan War<br>Russo-Georgian War<br>Syrian Civil War<br>Russo-Ukrainian War <!-- Production history -->| designer = TsNIITochMash | design_date = 1974–1980 | manufacturer = Motovilikha Plants | unit_cost = | production_date = 1979–1989 | number = | variants = <!-- General specifications --> | spec_label = | weight = {{convert|8.7|t|abbr=on}} | length = {{convert|6.02|m|abbr=on}} | part_length = {{convert|1.8|or|2.88|m|abbr=on}}<ref name="armscontrol"/><ref>Arg. (n.d.). 2S9 Nona-S. Military. Retrieved January 8, 2025, from [https://web.archive.org/web/20230228125936if_/http://www.military-today.com/artillery/2s9_nona_s.htm 2S9 Nona-S ] </ref> | width = {{convert|2.63|m|abbr=on}} | height = {{convert|2.3|m|abbr=on}} | diameter = | crew = 4 <!-- Ranged weapon specifications -->| cartridge = | cartridge_weight = | caliber = 120 mm | barrels = | action = | rate = 10 rpm, max;<br />4 rpm, sustained | velocity = | range = {{convert|8.8|km|abbr=on}} (conventional);<br />{{convert|12.8|km|abbr=on}} (extended) | max_range = | feed = | sights = <!-- Artillery specifications --> | breech = | recoil = | carriage = | elevation = -4 to +80 degrees | traverse = 70 degrees <!-- Vehicle/missile specifications -->| armour = {{convert|15|mm|abbr=on}} max | primary_armament = 120 mm 2A60 mortar | engine = 5D20 Diesel | engine_power = {{convert|180|kW|abbr=on}} | pw_ratio = {{convert|20.2|kW|abbr=on}} per tonne | transmission = | payload_capacity = 40-60 rounds | suspension = torsion | clearance = {{convert|450|mm|abbr=on}} | fuel_capacity = {{convert|400|L|abbr=on}} | vehicle_range = {{convert|500|km|abbr=on}} | speed = {{convert|60|km/h|abbr=on}} (road);<br />{{convert|9|km/h|abbr=on}} (water) | guidance = | steering = }}

The '''2S9 ''NONA''''' ({{langx|ru|'''Н'''овейшее '''О'''рудие '''Н'''аземной '''А'''ртилерии|lit=Newest Ordnance of Ground Artillery}}) is a self-propelled and air-droppable 120&nbsp;mm mortar designed in the Soviet Union, which entered service in 1981. The 2S9 chassis is designated the S-120 and based on the aluminium hull of the BTR-D airborne multi-purpose tracked armoured personnel carrier. More generally, the 120&nbsp;mm mortar is referred to as the '''Nona''', with the 2S9 also known as the '''Nona-S'''. Although no figures have been released, it is estimated that over 1,000 2S9 were built.<ref name="ReferenceA">Jane's Armour and Artillery 1997-98 {{ISBN|0-7106-1542-6}}{{Page needed|date=March 2017}}</ref>

==Description== [[File:AirborneExercise2018-02.jpg|thumb|left|2S9 Nona-S of the 106th Guards Airborne Division in firing position during field exercises, 2018]] The 2S9 Nona-S is an amphibious vehicle that can be propelled through the water by two rear water-jets. It is operated by a four-man crew comprising a commander, a driver/mechanic, a gunner, and a loader. The hull interior is separated into a command compartment, a fighting compartment and an engine compartment. A welded steel turret is located at the middle of the hull. The two-man turret has hatches for the gunner and loader respectively.

The 2S9 utilizes a 120&nbsp;mm 2A51 mortar with a {{convert|1.8|m|abbr=on}} barrel. The weapon is actually a hybrid of a mortar and howitzer, being an unconventional design that lacks a direct NATO counterpart. It is a rifled, breech-loaded weapon capable of firing HE (high explosive), white phosphorus and smoke rounds, as well as laser-guided munitions like KM-8 Gran. It can engage in indirect and direct fire, as well as targeting armoured vehicles; its armour-piercing rounds can penetrate the equivalent of {{convert|600|-|650|mm|abbr=on}} of steel plate at up to {{convert|1|km|abbr=on}}.<ref name="urlThe Russian BMD-1 Infantry Fighting Vehicle - TankNutDave.com">{{cite web |url=http://tanknutdave.com/the-russian-bmd-1-ifv-family/ |title=The Russian BMD-1 Infantry Fighting Vehicle - TankNutDave.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181009172209/http://tanknutdave.com/the-russian-bmd-1-ifv-family/ |archive-date=9 October 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="armscontrol">{{cite web |url=http://www.armscontrol.ru/atmtc/Arms_systems/Land/Artillery/Self_Propelled/Self_Prop_Art_Mortars.htm#2s9 |title=Self Propelled Artillery and Mortars |author=Marat Kenzhetaev |year=1998 |work=www.armscontrol.ru |publisher=MIPT Center for Arms Control, Energy and Environmental Studies |access-date=2010-05-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100110045031/http://www.armscontrol.ru/atmtc/Arms_systems/Land/Artillery/Self_Propelled/Self_Prop_Art_Mortars.htm#2s9 |archive-date=10 January 2010 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref name="ReferenceB">2B16 NONA-K, Army Guide, retrieved 16/02/2021</ref><ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20080912041758/http://www.military-today.com/artillery/2s9_nona_s.htm 2S9 Nona]}}, Military Today, retrieved 16/02/2021</ref>

=== Operational history ===

In May 2014, in the course of the Siege of Sloviansk, during the first stages of the Donbas War, separatist forces used a Nona-S to engage Ukrainian positions surrounding the city.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Около 10 вертолетов обстреливают Славянск из пулеметов {{!}} В ОГНЕ БРОДА НЕТ! |url=http://vognebroda.net/okolo-10-vertoletov-obstrelivayut-slavyansk-iz-pulemetov |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011063547/http://vognebroda.net/okolo-10-vertoletov-obstrelivayut-slavyansk-iz-pulemetov |archive-date=2016-10-11 |access-date=2026-05-13 |website=vognebroda.net |language=ru}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-05-13 |title=Как устроена десантная машина «Нона» - символ сопротивления Донецкой республики |url=https://www.mk.ru/politics/2014/05/13/kak-ustroena-desantnaya-mashina-nona-simvol-soprotivleniya-donetskoy-respubliki.html |access-date=2026-05-13 |website=www.mk.ru |language=ru}}</ref> The vehicle was destroyed by the besieging Ukrainian Army on 31 May 2014.<ref name=":0" />

The Nona was also deployed by Russia during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. In July 2022, video on social media purportedly shows Ukrainian forces using M777 to destroy a towed 2B16 Nona-K in Hoptivka on the border with Russia.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://euroweeklynews.com/2022/07/12/watch-ukraine-destroy-russian-nona-k-guns-with-m777-howitzer//2022/07/12/watch-ukraine-destroy-russian-nona-k-guns-with-m777-howitzer/ | title= WATCH: Ukraine destroy Russian Nona-K guns with M777 Howitzer |website= euroweeklynews.com |first=Joshua |last= Manning | date=12 July 2022 | access-date=19 November 2022}}</ref> In August 2022, Ukraine's armed forces claimed to use four captured Russian 2S9 against Russian forces.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://en.defence-ua.com/weapon_and_tech/ukraines_fighters_apply_trophy_2s9_nona_self_propelled_artillery_gun_to_destroy_russias_armor_video-3739.html |title= Ukraine's Fighters Apply Trophy 2S9 Nona Self-Propelled Artillery Gun to Destroy russia's Armor (Video) |website= defence-ua.com |date= 2022-08-01 |access-date= 2022-11-19}}</ref> In November 2022, a 2S23-SVK Nona was photographed in Ukrainian service. It was reportedly captured from Russian forces and took months to refit.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukrainian-troops-fire-russians-with-captured-weapons-near-key-city-2022-11-04/ |title= Ukrainian troops fire on Russians with captured weapons near key city |website= reuters.com |first= Joseph |last= Campbell |date= 2022-11-04 |access-date= 2022-11-19}}</ref>

On 26 March 2024, Ukrainian forces destroyed a Russia 2S9 Nona 120 mm mortar with a GLSDB and left another “burning” in Zaporizhzhia.<ref>{{cite web |date=27 March 2024 |title= Ukraine forces use GLSDB precision guided bomb to destroy Russian 2S Nona-S mortar carriers |url= https://armyrecognition.com/ukraine_-_russia_conflict_war_2022/ukraine_forces_use_glsdb_precision_guided_bomb_to_destroy_russian_2s_nona-s_mortar_carriers.html |website= Army Recognition |access-date=7 April 2024}}</ref> In June 2024 Ukraine used a drone to destroy a 2S9 Nona that had been equipped with turtle tank style add on armour.<ref name=Altmanjune22>{{cite news |last=Altman |first=Howard |date=22 June 2024 |title=Ukraine Situation Report: Russia Now Launching Kalibr Cruise Missiles From The Sea Of Azov |url=https://www.twz.com/news-features/ukraine-situation-report-russia-now-launching-kalibr-cruise-missiles-from-the-sea-of-azov |work=The War zone |access-date=1 July 2024}}</ref>

==Variants== Variants of the 120&nbsp;mm Nona mortar: * '''2S23''' '''Nona-SVK''' – BTR-80-based chassis mounting a 2A60 mortar, a variant of the 2A50.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.army-technology.com/projects/2s23-nona-svk-120mm-self-propelled-gun-system/|title=2S23 Nona-SVK 120mm Self-Propelled Gun System|accessdate=7 May 2023}}</ref> * '''2B16''' '''Nona-K''' – A towed version. Fitted with a muzzle brake.<ref name="ReferenceB"/> * '''2S31 Vena''' – Is a similar concept based on the BMP-3 chassis. Longer barrel for increased range.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.army-technology.com/projects/2s31-vena-120mm-self-propelled-gun/|title=2S31 Vena 120mm Self-Propelled Gun|accessdate=7 May 2023}}</ref> *'''2S17-2 Nona-SV''' – A BRM-1K with a 2S9 Nona turret, in use by the Ukrainian Ground Forces.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oryxspioenkop.com/2022/02/attack-on-europe-documenting-ukrainian.html|title=Documenting Ukrainian Equipment Losses During The Russian Invasion Of Ukraine}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://en.defence-ua.com/industries/ukrainian_version_of_the_nona_self_propelled_mortar_on_the_bmp_chassis_went_into_series_video-6004.html|title=Ukrainian Version of the Nona Self-Propelled Mortar On the BMP Chassis Went Into Series (Video)}}</ref>

==Operators== ===Current operators=== [[File:Змагання на кращу артилерійську батарею Десантно-штурмових військ (30907960448).jpg|thumb|2S9 Nona-S of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, 2018]] [[File:Moldovan 2S9 self-propelled howitzer.jpg|thumb|A 2S9 Nona of the Moldovan Ground Forces, 2016]]

* {{AZE}}: 18 2S9{{sfn|The Military Balance 2016|p=180}} * {{BLR}}: 18 2B23 Nona-M1<ref>The Military Balance, 2022, p.186

</ref> * {{KGZ}}: 12 2S9{{sfn|The Military Balance 2016|p=187}} * {{MDA}}: 9 2S9{{sfn|The Military Balance 2016|p=188}} *{{RUS}}: 446 (excluding 500 2S9 in store in an unknown condition): 280 2S9 Nona-S, 42 2S23 Nona-SVK and 124 2B16 Nona-K{{sfn|The Military Balance 2016|pp=190-200}} *{{SYR}} - Quantity unknown<ref>{{cite web |url=http://spioenkop.blogspot.kr/2017/06/syria-rearms-russian-deliveries-of-bmp.html |title=Syria Rearms |access-date=2017-06-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170620060823/http://spioenkop.blogspot.kr/2017/06/syria-rearms-russian-deliveries-of-bmp.html |archive-date=20 June 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> * {{TKM}}: 17 2S9<ref>The Military Balance, 2022, p.210</ref> *{{UKR}}: 2 2B16 and 40 2S9.{{sfn|The Military Balance 2016|pp=205-206}} 2S9 and 2B16 versions have been used by both sides during Russo-Ukrainian War<ref name="Ukraine">{{cite book|title=Raising Red Flags: An Examination of Arms & Munitions in the Ongoing Conflict in Ukraine, 2014|first1=Jonathan|last1=Ferguson|first2=N.R.|last2=Jenzen-Jones|isbn=978-0-9924624-3-7|date=November 2014|publisher=Armament Research Services|series=Research Report 3|pages=50, 70|url=http://armamentresearch.com/ares-research-report-no-3-raising-red-flags-an-examination-of-arms-munitions-in-the-ongoing-conflict-in-ukraine-2014/|access-date=17 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180925025308/http://armamentresearch.com/ares-research-report-no-3-raising-red-flags-an-examination-of-arms-munitions-in-the-ongoing-conflict-in-ukraine-2014/|archive-date=25 September 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>{{sfn|The Military Balance 2016|p=491}} * {{UZB}}: 54 2S9{{sfn|The Military Balance 2016|p=208}} *{{VEN}} - 18 Nona SVK, ordered 2009, delivered 2011–2012.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://armstrade.sipri.org/armstrade/page/trade_register.php |title=Trade Registers |website=Armstrade.sipri.org |access-date=2017-03-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100414022558/http://armstrade.sipri.org/armstrade/page/trade_register.php |archive-date=14 April 2010 |url-status=live }}</ref> 13 in service {{as of|lc=y|2016}}.{{sfn|The Military Balance 2016|p=416}}

===Former operators=== *{{IND}}<ref name="Jones">{{cite book |editor1-last=Jones |editor1-first=Jeffrey |title=U.S. Marine Corps School Of Infantry SOI Complete Training Materials |date=19 October 2017 |publisher=Jeffrey Frank Jones |page=LIV |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g5w6DwAAQBAJ |access-date=17 November 2023 |language=en}}</ref> *{{flag|Iraq|1991}}<ref name="Jones"/> *{{URS}}<ref name="Jones"/>

==External links== *{{cite web |url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/russia/2s9.htm |title=2S9 Anona (Anemone)- 120mm SPH/Mortar |access-date=2008-05-10 |publisher=GlobalSecurity.org| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080612194838/http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/russia/2s9.htm| archive-date= 12 June 2008 <!--DASHBot-->| url-status= live}} * [http://scalemodels.ru/modules/photo/viewcat_cid_391.html Walkaround 2S9 Nona from Kremenchuk]

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==References== * {{cite book|title=The Military Balance 2016|date=February 2016|volume=116|isbn=9781857438352 |publisher=Routlegde|ref={{harvid|The Military Balance 2016}}|author=International Institute for Strategic Studies|author-link=International Institute for Strategic Studies}} {{Reflist}} {{-}} {{PostWWIISovietAFVS}} {{SovArtyColdWar}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2017}}

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