Nora M-84

Dissatisfied with the range of both the US 155 mm and the Soviet 152 mm gun, and considering the lack of desired features, a number of specifications were defined with characteristics that a new domestic gun-howitzer should have: Three versions of NORA were designed: Work on the NORA project began in 1975, and in May 1980, the first prototype of NORA-A was sent to the Technical Testing Center.

The M-84B2 version is fitted with a pneumatic loader which is operational at all gun elevations, with a capacity of over 30 work cycles from one standard compressed air tank mounted on one of the trails.

Today, the latest version, NORA B-52, has little similarities with the original NORA-B project, as the new system is much more modern and automated.

On the basis of the NORA M-84 development, a conversion of Soviet 130 mm towed field gun M1954 (M-46) to a bigger caliber was set.

[1] It has a maximum muzzle velocity of 895 meters per second, and was ahead of Soviet ammunition for 152 mm howitzer 2A65 at the time of introduction.

Variant fitted with a pneumatic loader which is operational at all gun elevations, with the capacity to fire over 30 round.

Lightweight variant with 155 mm 39-caliber barrel and high rate of fire (8 rpm), new counter-recoil system and the possibility of use of semi-automatic loader.

Serbian Army NORA 152 mm howitzer
Serbian Army FAP 2026BS/AV 6x6 trucks towing M-84 NORA-A 152 mm gun-howitzers during the military parade "March of the Victorious" on the occasion of the centenary since the beginning of the Great War, and 70 years since the liberation of Belgrade in the Second World War