The Russian Armed Forces may soon receive the latest large-caliber guided ammunition. We are talking about a 152-mm shell for self-propelled guns and towed artillery mounts..
The public procurement website of the Russian Federation announces intentions to test this experimental ammunition. It belongs to the guided type of high-explosive fragmentation munition 3OF95. Such a projectile can be used by artillery pieces "Msta-B" and "Msta-S", D-20, «Acacia» – basically, any, suitable for caliber. The same ammunition is also suitable for the interspecific artillery complex "Coalition-SV".
According to RIA Novosti, the latest guided munition will be tested in the Nizhny Novgorod region, one of the polygons.
added, that the projectile will receive several variants of the seeker (homing heads), as well as inertial and satellite navigation systems.
The specific parameters and characteristics of the latest guided 152-mm ammunition are not yet given..
Recall, that at the moment in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation "Krasnopol" in its various versions is used as a corrected artillery ammunition, including 3OF39M (caliber 152 mm) and K155M (caliber 155 mm). Target hitting range - up to 25 km. At the same time, it was also reported about the long-range version - "Krasnopol-D", capable of hitting various types of targets at a distance of more 40 km.
