Big guns like Russia's self-propelled heavy artillery Giatsint-S used in Ukraine are a significant factor in barraging Kyiv's army that is struggling despite being armed with US M777 155mm Howitzers is not making a difference at all.
Heavy artillery is important for land forces like Russia since it's a standoff weapon using kinetic weapons that are still effective in keeping the enemy hunkered down.
Russia Surpasses Ukraine in Big Gun Battle
Russian Defense Ministry reported that the Giatsint-S has been making minced meat of the American howitzers in Ukraine, reported the EurAsian Times.
Part of an $800m military aid package that includes 90 M-777 howitzers, except one has been received. A few were sent to the front lines where fighting was happening.
Regardless of what western reports say about the battlefront success, information that another Ukrainian M-777 howitzer adjacent to the Podgornoye settlement was hit by projectiles fired from a Russian UAV backed by artillery has surfaced, cited TASS.
Footage uploaded by the Russian Defense Ministry shows crews of 152mm self-propelled artillery guns actively participating in counter-battery fire against a Ukrainian unit of US howitzers.
A battery of Giatsint-S systems, according to the ministry, eliminated a unit of towed artillery guns during counter-battery warfare tasks.
Russian heavy artillery has been wrecking the Ukrainian military's strongholds, fortifications, manpower, and military hardware based on the data reported. In the field, the return fire but units with self-propelled heavy artillery Giatsint-S used drones to see where the rounds landed and shift firing positions, noted Contentious.
The war effort has transitioned into an artillery battle between Russia and Ukraine, focus on primarily on eastern Ukraine and the Donbas region. Both sides are focusing their attempts on counter-battery fire.
Superior Russian firepower overwhelmed older Ukraine systems Modern howitzers from the USA improved the older artillery pieces used by Kyiv's forces. Those replaced are about 30 years old and too short on range.
American, Russian Large Firearms
Produced by BAE Systems, which is a 155mm that weighs less than 10,000 pounds, makes it an ultra-light. Using new titanium and aluminum alloys that make up parts of the howitzer. It needs to be transported by a USMC MV-22 Osprey, CH-47 helicopter, or truck; it can be moved anywhere and re-position fast.
Late in 1968, the Special Design Bureau of the Sverdlovsk (now Ekaterinburg) Machinery Construction Factory developed the 2S5 Giatsint-S in the Soviet era. The gun is roughly seven times heavier than the M-777, weighing 2800 kg.
This M-777 has a 39-caliber barrel and a range of 24.7 km using normal shells but can reach 30 km with rocket-assisted shells. Capable of sustaining two rounds of fire per minute, but a rapid-fire of five shots firing continuously if needed.
The Russian gun's range is 28.4 km using the standard HE-FRAG shell but up to 33 km (rocket-boosted shells), but 5 to 6 shells per minute is better. It can fire several rounds, even nuclear projectiles, with a specified target sight. In contrast, the M777A2 has modern shells from Raytheon/ Bofors for longer-range shells reaching 40 km.
Since the 2S5 is self-propelled compared to the M-777, which needs towing makes a big difference in mobility. Many nations use the US-made howitzer.
Using Russian-made self-propelled heavy artillery, Giatsint-S has destroyed US big guns, which are sending Ukrainians into a panic as they fall back in the onslaught of the army of Russia.
