Ukrainian artillerymen received Soviet anti-aircraft guns KS-19 of 100 mm caliber removed from long-term storage
Despite the supply of military aid by Western countries, the Ukrainian army lacks artillery pieces, however, as well as ammunition for them. All this makes it necessary to put into service guns that were in long-term storage and restore decommissioned ones. According to the Ukrainian press, the Armed Forces of Ukraine received Soviet anti-aircraft guns KS-19.
Ukrainian gunners conducted training firing from KS-19 anti-aircraft guns, it is not known from what bins pulled out. 100-mm guns should replace larger-caliber artillery and somehow compensate for the lack of artillery support for the Ukrainian infantry. Fortunately, some amount of ammunition for the KS-19 was still left in the warehouses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, although the shells were made back in 1962.
- writes "Military".
The fact that the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine plans to put into operation anti-aircraft guns KS-19 was reported in mid-March. The number of guns planned for return was not called, but eleven guns were counted at one of the repair bases. It is possible that there are more of them, but there is no exact information.
KS-19 - Soviet 100-mm heavy towed anti-aircraft gun, put into service on December 18, 1948. Produced until 1955, a total of 10151 KS-19 guns of various modifications were manufactured. It was in service with the armies of the USSR, China, Cuba and Iran.
Earlier it was reported that the Armed Forces of Ukraine removed from storage Soviet D-44 guns of 85-mm caliber.
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