US projectiles for Soviet guns: Armed Forces Fighters successfully use 2C7 "Pion" systems

The observers note that first about the type of ammunition that would not be known to Ukraine, it was now revealed that it was 203 mm of fragmentation and Fugas M106 shells from the arsenal of the American self-propelled howitzer M110. The weight of the projectile is 91 kilograms, the initial flight speed is 594 m/s. The firing range is 16. 8 km.

It was also emphasized that since the full -scale invasion of the Russian Federation, Ukrainian artillerymen have actively used the Soviet large caliber systems 2C7 "Pion" for hostile technology. But for more than 15 months of war, the reserves of Soviet production shells end, so the Allies have included in a new package of assistance 203 mm shells of the Western model, which approached the Soviet guns. The 2C7 system has been produced at the Kirov plant in Leningrad since 1975.

The main weapon is 203 mm of the 2A44 gun, which has a maximum firing of 1. 5 shots per minute (in the modernized version 2C7 "Malka"-up to 2. 5 shots per minute). It was assumed that such a cannon should effectively destroy particularly important objects of the enemy, heavy equipment and especially fortifications. Depending on the ammunition used, the shooting range ranges from 13 to 47 km. For example, the main type of ammunition is a fragmentary-fugitive charge of 3Vof34 weighing 110 kg.

His shooting range is 37 km. The running part is made on the basis of the main T-80 tank and consists of seven pairs of dual cats and six pairs of single supporting. Engine power - 780 hp (in the modernized version - 840 hp). Combat mass - 45 tons. With this ratio, the installation can develop speed on the route up to 50 km per hour. We will remind, the network appeared in the network hunting of Ukrainian artillerymen for Russian "colleagues" with the use of Danish modernized SAU Caesar 8x8.