ZVO gunners received about a dozen Msta-S howitzers
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A new artillery unit of the combined arms army of the Western Military District, stationed in the Moscow Region, received about a dozen howitzers, Msta-S, the district press service said on Monday.
In the shortest possible time, representatives of the brigade completed the reception of military equipment from representatives of the military-industrial complex and carried out its arming. For its operation, individual crews underwent appropriate retraining.
- said the commander of the combined arms army of the district, Major General Alexander Peryazev, quoted by the press office.
For the first time, a new vehicle will take part in combat shooting during a field launch in the spring of 2018.
2С19М2 "Msta-S" - 152-mm divisional self-propelled howitzer designed to destroy openly located and protected targets, manpower, armored and unarmored vehicles and other objects of the enemy. The maximum firing range reaches 29 km.
Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation
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