Soldiers of the Alpha stand-alone sub-unit of Ukraine’s special forces within the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) have destroyed a Russian 2S5 Giatsint-S 152mm self-propelled gun.
The Giatsint-S self-propelled field gun was reportedly destroyed by Ukrainian special forces in the Zaporizhzhia region.
Based on the open-source information, the Dutch-based team of researchers is confident that Russia lost at least 36 2S5 Giatsint-S guns. The OSINT specialists from the Oryx team noted that Ukrainian forces captured 6 Russian artillery systems.
The 2S5 is a Soviet-era 152 mm self-propelled gun capable of firing low-yield nuclear projectiles. The howitzer entered service with the Soviet Army in 1976. Production commenced during the same year and ceased in the early 1990s.
#Ukraine: A Russian 2S5 Giatsint-S 152mm self-propelled gun was destroyed by the Ukrainian SBU “Alpha”, presumably in #Zaporizhzhia Oblast. pic.twitter.com/n01NUW8vdH
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The heavy artillery system is armed with 2A37 cannon, which can fire firing conventional ammunition at a maximum range of 28,4 km and HE projectiles with an advanced aerodynamic form at a maximum range of 37 km.