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It was the artillery piece and it was done as feasability study for development of a next generation smoothbore tank gun in that caliber.

Soviets always had plenty of prototypes, as Kharkov and Nizhy Tagil bureaus constantly sought to upend each other (and then Leningrad comes with T-80 :p). There was also a project (I forget the number) where they put a 152 mm main gun turret on the T-80 chassis, but it was decided in the end...

Wikipedia article The gist is that Yugoslavia tried to balance between the East and West, while being as independent as possible. In military terms it meant producing as much material in country as possible, including aircraft. So after trainer (Galeb/Super Galeb) and ground attack aircraft...

Yugoslavian Novi Avion, light one engined fighter, similar to Rafale (only smaller).