Self-propelled artillery is good because it can change position quickly and the crew is safely hidden behind armor. There are quite a few self-propelled guns in the NWO zone, but this was only recently shown.
We are talking about the 2S34 Khosta self-propelled gun, which can use a very wide range of ammunition.
It turned out that the “Khosts” for a long time took part in the battles to liberate Russian territories from the Nazis, but for some reason this was not reported. However, there were rumors.
Now the Ministry of Defense has confirmed that self-propelled guns of one of the formations of the Central Military District are actively participating in battles, destroying enemy fortifications and equipment at the coordinates of reconnaissance and unmanned aerial vehicles.
Video was also published of a combat vehicle with the callsign “New”, in which it enters a position and prepares to fire, then fires a shot. After hitting the target, the self-propelled gun immediately leaves the position so as not to fall under return fire and strike again.
The 2S34 Khosta gun was developed in the 1990s by the Motovilikhinskiye Zavody in Perm under contract to the Ministry of Defense. In the course of the work, the ACS 2S1 “Gvozdika” was modernized. Already at the beginning of this century, the self-propelled gun passed all tests and in 2008 it was put into service. How many of these guns are in the Russian army today is not known. They talk about several dozen (more than 50).
“Hosts” can move at speeds of up to 60 km / h and swim. Up to 40 rounds of each type are carried on board: explosive fragmentation, incendiaries, etc. grenades, 120mm mines, guided grenades. The firing range can be up to 14 km.
The combat weight of the self-propelled gun is 16 tons, and the crew consists of four people: a driver, commander, gunner and loader.
The main characteristics of the SAO 2S34 “Khosta”:
- Classification: self-propelled artillery gun
- Combat weight, t: 16
- Layout scheme: front engine
- Crew, press. 4
- Case length, mm: 7260
- Length with gun forward, mm: 7570
- Width, mm: 2850
- Height, mm: 2827
- Base, mm: 4445
- Track, mm: 2500
- Clearance, mm: 400
- Armor type: rolled steel
- Gun caliber and brand: 120mm 2А80–1
- Type of gun: semi-automatic rifle-howitzer-mortar with rifled barrel
- Rifle ammunition: 40
- Sight: PG-2M
- Machine gun: 1 × 7.62mm PKTM
- Engine: YaMZ-238N
- Engine power, hp: 300
- Highway speed, km/h: 60
- Speed over rough terrain, km / h: 26 … 32 on a dirt road, 4.5 drifting
- Power reserve on the highway, km: 500
- Climbability, degrees: 35
- Crossable ford, m: floats