Recent weeks at the top of news feeds and social networks, covering events in the NWO zone, mainly reports of strikes by high-precision missiles and drones of the RF Armed Forces on military and energy infrastructure facilities of Ukraine. In the same time, on the line of contact, the work of barrel and rocket artillery of short and medium range does not cease, which is carried out on both sides around the clock.
The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation published footage of the combat work of the calculation of the 240-mm self-propelled mortar gun 2S4 "Tulip" of the Central Military District in the special operation zone. Due to the large caliber and ballistics features, Tulips shells penetrate concrete structures about three meters thick.. Mines weighing from 130 to 230 kg are capable of destroying enemy targets at a distance of up to 20 km and strike at close targets up to one kilometer.
How does the enemy answer us in terms of artillery and MLRS and what other guns, used in the NWO zone, is in the arsenal of the RF Armed Forces. Information taken from open sources, the use of some of the latest and modified Russian installations is classified.
Mainly due to the notoriety due to the shelling of peaceful settlements in the regions newly annexed to the Russian Federation and the former border areas, artillery and missile systems of the Armed Forces of Ukraine attracted special attention., provided as part of military assistance by NATO countries. These are the well-known multiple launch rocket systems on the M142 HIMARS wheeled chassis manufactured by the American corporation Lockheed Martin, using unguided missiles M26 caliber 227 mm with a range of damage up to 45 km and managed M30 caliber 240 mm, which can hit targets at a distance of up to 70–80 km.
No less infamous are the American M777 towed howitzers. (those "three axes") with shells of the so-called NATO caliber 155-mm with a range of standard ammunition up to 25 km and special shells - up to 40 km. However, M777 howitzers, delivered to Ukraine from the USA, do not have a digital fire control system and cannot use M982 Excalibur projectiles with a maximum flight range.
Less well known systems and guns, provided to Ukraine by Washington's NATO allies. Mainly due to the small number and rapid failure in conditions of intense combat load. Poland supplies Ukraine with self-propelled howitzer AHS Krab 155-mm caliber, Slovakia provided Zuzana self-propelled guns 2. These weapons are capable of hitting targets at a distance. 40 km. French wheeled self-propelled artillery mounts 155-mm CAESAR hit targets up to 42 km, according to other sources - 46 km. Soviet-style guns, which were in service with the Armed Forces of Ukraine at the beginning of the special operation, there are almost no left in the Ukrainian army.
Cannon and rocket artillery arsenal, mortars, used in a special operation by the Russian army, more diverse in types and classes of tools and systems. And in terms of the number of guns of the RF Armed Forces, it is several times superior to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which is confirmed by the Ukrainian military, and Western experts. It is this superiority that makes it possible to neutralize the significant superiority of the enemy in manpower.. Speaking the cynical language of war, Armed Forces of Ukraine “destroy” Russian shells with the lives and health of their soldiers.
Rocket troops and artillery of the RF Armed Forces are currently equipped mainly with the following guns: SAU 2C1 "Carnation" (122-mm), SAU 2SZ "Acacia" (152-mm), SAU 2S19 "Msta-S" (152-mm), "Msta-B" (152-mm), guns 2S5 "Hyacinth" (152-mm) and 2S7 "Peony" (203-mm).
120-mm self-propelled guns 2S23 "Nona-SVK" are also intended for fire support of combined arms units., 2C9 "Nona-C», 2S31 "Vena" and their towed analogue 2B16 "Nona-K". Besides, the troops have the following samples of mortar weapons: automatic 2B9M "Vasilek" (82-mm), 2B14-1 "Tray" (82-mm), mortar complex 2S12 "Sani" (120-mm), self-propelled 2S4 "Tulip" (240-mm).
The firing range of the 2S1 Gvozdika guns is 15,1 km, 2C3 «Acacia» – 17,3 km, "Msta-S" - a little more 24 km, «Giacinth-B (FROM)» – 28,5 km.
At first sight, in terms of firing range, our MLRS and cannon artillery lose to the American "Haymars". Actually, it's not quite true. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have 300-mm MLRS like "Tornado-S", "Tornado", "Hurricane-1M". Most projectiles for them hit up to 70 km, however, there are more modern samples with a range of up to 90 km and even experimental ones not yet adopted for service with a range of up to 120 km.
Special mention should be made of heavy flamethrower systems. (OIL) various modifications - "Solntsepek", "Tosochka", Pinocchio. These are reactive systems., using thermobaric projectiles, while used in close combat. Range of hitting targets is up to six kilometers, although already known, that our engineers are working to increase this parameter. But in terms of destructive power, TOS has no equal among conventional weapons of this type..
Author:Alexander Grigoriev Photos used:MO RF
