The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation first lit up the latest SAU "Malva" in Belgorod region

The Malva SAU is a Russian article that came into the army in October 2023. Now it was first recorded by Ukrainian intelligence. On the battlefield for the first time recorded the latest Malva SAU caliber 152 mm. The corresponding photo was posted by the Ukrainian scout Kriegsforscher in X (previously Twitter). The Ukrainian reconnaissance drone is constantly monitoring Russian artillery in the Belgorod region.

Thus, SUU 2C43 "Malva" was discovered by the 9th Artillery Brigade of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. This is the first appearance of arts on the front since the beginning of the Russian Federation's statement about their supply. The scout also stressed that they needed the best opportunities to defeat article. The first Malv party was armed in October 2023, and in July the tests were completed, which lasted three years.

The Malva SAU is the development of the Russian Central Research Institute "Bureudnik". It began to work on it in the 2010s in the framework of the design and design work "Shzleck". However, the real tests started in 2020. The basis is the gun 2A64 with a barrel length of 47 calibers. The same gun is installed in the design of the MSTA-C and howitzers "MSTA-B". Its characteristics allow you to fire at a distance of up to 24.

7 km of fragmentation and foot shells and up to 29 km active-reactive ammunition. "Militar" adds that Russian "Malva" is essentially analogous to the French Sau Caesar or the Ukrainian "Bogdan". However, they have a longer gun, so the shooting range will be up to 40 km. Unlike the caterpillar "MSTA-C" the novelty has a smaller weight of 32 tons. "Malva" is built on the wheel chassis of Baz-6010-027.