New footage of the promising Russian self-propelled artillery unit (SPG) 2S43 "Malva" has appeared online. The gun is equipped with a 152-mm cannon, which externally resembles the 2A36 from the "Hyacinth" family, rather than the 2A65 of the "Msta" family, previously used on the "Malva."
The firing range of the Krasnopol-D guided artillery shells is up to 50 km. Open sources indicate that the maximum aiming range of the "Msta" series gun is up to 43 km.
The chassis of the new "Malva" is the already well-known BAZ-6910-027 "Voshchina" with an 8×8 wheel arrangement manufactured by the Bryansk Automobile Plant. The presented self-propelled gun can be either a serial machine or a prototype.
A truly unique combination of characteristics in a good sense. Even if it required reducing the mass of the explosive substance in the projectile. The combination of range with accuracy and the ability to illuminate the target from a drone fully compensates for this.
At the same time, the main advantage of the gun is the presence of a digital high-performance automated fire control system (AFCS). It ensures rapid deployment of the complex without lengthy topographic referencing and loading into the fire control system coordinates of targets obtained from external intelligence sources.
Earlier www1.ru reported that the Russian military combined six AK-12s into a single system against UAVs.
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