Army Recognition: 155-mm towed howitzer “Bogdana-B” is being developed in Ukraine

Army Recognition, citing Ukrainian sources, notes that Ukraine continues to develop a towed version of the 155-mm Bogdan self-propelled howitzer. As part of the project, called "Bogdana-B", it is planned to install the artillery unit of a Ukrainian self-propelled gun on the carriage of a Soviet howitzer. However, the specific type of howitzer that served as the prototype for this system has not been disclosed. However, systems suitable for these purposes are Msta-B, Giatsint-B and D-20.

Despite the fact that towed artillery has less mobility and does not have armored protection, the cost of its production is significantly lower, to this advantage can also be added simplicity and higher reliability.

The publication considers the chassis from the Giatsint-B to be the most suitable choice for the Bogdana-B, given its adaptation to the proportional energy and weight of the breech of the Bogdana self-propelled gun. If an approach is chosen that involves shortening the barrel by 2 thousand mm, the artillery unit will thus become more compact and can be mounted on a lighter carriage from the Msta-B.

The initiative to develop a towed version of the Bogdana arose in 2023 and was driven by the desire to obtain a simpler and less noticeable system in order to strengthen the capabilities of the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ artillery. The Bogdana-B towed howitzers are designed to replace outdated Soviet towed guns, the barrels of which are largely worn out over ten years of active use in combat conditions.

The Ukrainian self-propelled gun "Bogdana", first presented in 2018, is the first gun produced in Ukraine designed for the standard caliber of NATO armies 155 mm.

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[credo]

Army Recognition, citing Ukrainian sources, notes that Ukraine continues to develop a towed version of the 155-mm Bogdan self-propelled howitzer.

from which we can conclude that the Ukrainian regime needs a truce only for a break and pumping up the remnants of the Ukrainian Armed Forces with new weapons, there is no talk of peace.

[Uncle lee]

Ukrainian self-propelled gun "Bogdana"

sister to the "Hammer" mortar!

[Yaroslav Tekkel]

We must understand that in the event of a truce, the Russian side would stop the development and production of weapons?

[svp67]

involving shortening the barrel by 2 thousand mm,

Ooooh... it’s not difficult to cut it off, but what comes out of it needs to be very, very well calculated and tested, it may happen that the combat qualities of a given barrel, in terms of accuracy, will drop very much... not to mention already that the range will definitely drop, after all, two meters of the barrel is a lot

[APASUS]

Army Recognition: 155-mm towed howitzer “Bogdana-B” is being developed in Ukraine

What did the author put into the meaning of the phrase? It is being developed, this is R&D. So they cost money and production must be streamlined

[Prokop_Pork]

The barrels require high-quality production. Where with the pork snout?..

[rosomaha]

in Europe, where there are many wild Russophobes...ready to give a lot for the war with Russia

[Yaroslav Tekkel]

It seems that for the production of self-propelled "Bogdan" barrels are supplied from France.

[Aken]

That's not what you're thinking, commentators.
Such plans are a clear hint that in the current conditions, according to the cost-efficiency criterion, a towed howitzer is more profitable than a self-propelled one.
If only you could ask our artillerymen.

[Alexey RA]

Quote from Aken

That's not what you're thinking, commentators.
Such plans are a clear hint that in the current conditions, according to the cost-efficiency criterion, a towed howitzer is more profitable than a self-propelled one.

PMSM, the reason is not cost-effectiveness, but the lack of chassis for self-propelled guns.

[Viktor Sergeev]

This is not a new development, but an attempt to stick one thing on top of another. Where to get the trunks from?

[AllBiBek]

At the exit, several Frankensteins are molded on worn-out 155mm gift barrels and those carriages that remain. And there will be a classic victory.

[Yaroslav Tekkel]

Classic victory is posts like yours. So far there are more Bogdans at the front than Coalitions.

[Nikolaevich I]

"Bogdana-B"? Hmmm...! Xoxly without complexes! Unlike ours! Somehow in Russia they decided to launch the Nona-B towed gun into production! Having learned about this, the men in the stripes blushed... they formed an association, you see, with the word ending in “poison”! So we decided...let it be "Nona-K"! But xoxles don't blush!

[Yaroslav Tekkel]

Of course, you haven’t heard about Msta-B.

[Nikolaevich I]

Quote: Yaroslav Tekkel

Of course, you haven’t heard about Msta-B

Why confuse a fork with a bottle? I've heard about Msta-B and Giatsint-B...! But Msta is a river! This is not a woman's name!

[Hitriy Zhuk]

In the photo it is not towed, but either carried in the back, or even attached to the body (in short, a wheeled self-propelled gun).