American edition: Armed Forces of Ukraine shelled Zmeiny Island with the help of Caesar self-propelled guns mounted on barges
The Ukrainian military bombarded Zmeiny Island, when it was controlled by Russian troops, with French Caesar self-propelled howitzers, despite the fact that the firing range of this artillery mount did not allow this. The New York Times writes about it.
According to the American publication, which refers to the Ukrainian military, Kyiv set the task of the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to recapture Serpent Island from the Russian army. It was impossible to do this without artillery support, but with aviation the APU was not very good, and the Russians shot down everything that approached the island. At the same time, there are no self-propelled artillery mounts in service with the Ukrainian army that can reach Zmeiny. However, a solution was found.
As reported, the Caesar self-propelled guns, transferred to Kyiv by France, were chosen for the strikes. The firing range of this system is 40 km, and it was all 50 km to the island. It is not known who came up with this idea, but the installations were loaded onto the deck of barges and towed into the sea closer to Serpentine, from where they fired. It is noted that the French howitzers for strikes from the side of barges were not chosen by chance, this self-propelled guns have the least recoil and greater stability when fired.
- writes the edition.
It is impossible to say now how it really was, but it is possible to assume that the fire on the island was really fired from barges at sea. Although this method of artillery strikes raises many questions.
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