The British handbook The Military Balance has published data on the number of artillery systems in service with the Russian Armed Forces in 2025. Western analysts counted 5157 artillery pieces (this number does not include about 1300 MT-12 anti-tank guns).
Experts included "more than 64 units" of self-propelled 2S23 Nona-SVK, 2S34 "Khosta" and 2S40 "Floks", 400 units of 2S1 "Gvozdika", 600 units of 2S3 "Akatsiya", 100 units of 2S5 "Giatsint-S", 150 units of 2S19 "Msta-S" and 2S19M1 "Msta-S" and 300 2S19SM2 "Msta-SM" in the number of artillery systems used by the Russian Armed Forces.
The list also included "only 8 units" of 2S35 "Koalitsiya-SV" and 20 2S43 "Malva". Experts included 50 units of 2S7M "Malka" and 75 units of 2S7 "Pion", 39 units of 2S4 "Tyulpan" in the selection.
The British believe that Russia has 1000 units of 2S1 "Gvozdika" in reserve, "more than 500" 2S3 "Akatsiya", 300 units of 2S5 "Giatsint-S", 50 units of 2S19 "Msta-S and "more than 50 units" 2S7 "Pion", 160 units of 2S4 "Tyulpan".
The Military Balance also counted towed guns 2B16 "Nona-K", D-30 and M-30, M-46, 2A36 "Giatsint-B", 2A65B "Msta-B", D-1 and D-20 of the same caliber. The compilers of the handbook claim that the Russian army has 1131 units of MLRS. At the same time, they included heavy flamethrower systems (TOS) in the section of rocket systems.
The experts' calculations are doubtful, as they provide data on equipment allegedly in warehouses. But officials of the Russian Ministry of Defense have never announced information about the available weapons.
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