Overview of the new self-propelled guns "Khosta" used by Russia

The Russian army began to use the new Khosta self-propelled guns. The 120-mm self-propelled artillery mount 2S34 "Khosta" is a deep modernization of the self-propelled guns 2S1 "Gvozdika" and was developed in 2008. The vehicle is based on the chassis of the self-propelled guns "Carnation", in order to improve the performance of the new self-propelled guns, it was decided to replace the main gun. Instead of the 122 mm 2A31 rifled howitzer, the 2A80-1 120 mm gun is now used. The gun is equipped with special recoil devices that allow firing in a wide range of elevation angles at a distance of up to 14 km, self-propelled guns ammunition 40 shells. In addition to the new weapon, to improve the performance of shooting, they began to use new fire control equipment and an automatic system of topographic location and orientation. High hopes were pinned on the new self-propelled guns, but shortcomings were revealed during the tests. Some of them were related to the chassis, which was unstable. The car did not go into series, only about 50 of them were produced. Despite this, the gunners spoke well of her. The weight of the self-propelled guns is 16 tons, the crew is 4 people, the cruising range is up to 500 kilometers, at a speed of up to 60 km/h. Estimated cost of self-propelled guns 2S34 "Khost" 300 thousand dollars.
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