The newest Russian self-propelled gun for the Airborne Forces "Lotos" fired its first shot at the roll-out ceremony.
Today, 5 June, The Central Research Institute of Precision Engineering presented a sample of the first self-propelled gun "Lotos". According to chief designer Veniamin Schastlivtsev, its ammunition capacity has been doubled compared to the previous generation Nona gun. Besides, "Lotus" has the ability to operate automatically at the command of the battery commander. According to the chief designer of the self-propelled gun Dmitry Melikhov, this mode provides assistance to the crew, who will have to perform only a minimum of actions.
General Director of TsNIITochmash Albert Bakov shared, that "Lotus" is capable of shooting at 13 kilometers. Samples of the gun will be produced by specialists from KBAL named after. Koshkin. The first tests of the self-propelled gun will begin after the Army-2019 forum.
