American shells for the gun of the USSR: the Armed Forces under the Toretsk destroy the Russians "pion" (photo)

Pion 2C7 weighs 60 tons and requires a 203 mm caliber. The United States has found an alternative to Soviet ammunition and supplied the Armed Forces, reporters report. In the Toretsky direction, the military of the Armed Forces reflects the Russian offensive with the help of the world's most important self-propelled artillery installation (SAU) 2C7 "Pion", which was created in the USSR in the 1960s.

Ukrainian fighters were able to bring the installation on the battlefield after the United States found and put the appropriate ammunition of the 203th caliber, made in the 60's for American guns, Bild Bjorn Strizel reports. The mass of "peion" reaches 60 tons, and the diameter of the barrel - 12 meters. This is the most difficult gun of all that are used in the world, says Strin. It was developed in the Soviet Union in the 1960s to destroy concrete fortifications.

The gun with a 203 mm caliber requires a gun, each weighs 100 kg. The Bild correspondent writes that the Soviet reserves of these shells were quickly exhausted in the spring of 2022, so Pion was not used in battle for some time. But there was a decision: the United States began to supply the Armed Forces for their guns M110 and M115, which were produced in the 1950s and 1960s. "Pion" is launched before the attack order, because it takes time for the installation to warm up, the bargers say.

"She [the machine] has to reach the operating temperature," 26-year-old officer Rostislav explained to the journalist. When the command orders, the artillerymen brought Pion to the fire position from the shelter. To absorb the output of a 60-ton gun, a folding slab-safety slab rests into the ground. During the shot, the ground shudders around, the correspondent writes.