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Aerial reconnaissance unit assisted in detecting and destroying Russian artillery, which was trying to stop the advance of the Ukrainian forces in the east.
A video featuring the enemy’s destruction was released by the Come Back Alive Foundation.
The counter-battery advances of the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed the Russian Msta-S self-propelled howitzers.
The Russian invader artillery was trying to interfere with the Ukrainian troops offensive in the eastern direction.
However, a Ukrainian reconnaissance drone detected two Msta-S self-propelled guns.
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The Russians had set up their firing positions in foresty area.
Upon identifying and confirming the coordinates of the invader’s location, Ukrainian gunners destroyed the enemy equipment with two well-aimed shots. Precision-guided ammunition was used for this.
The video footage captured almost simultaneous explosions of ammunition – first over one of the systems, and then over another Russian self-propelled gun.
Counter-battery warfare is a complex of organizational, reconnaissance, and fire measures to defeat artillery batteries (platoons) at enemy firing positions and destroy, suppress, or gain fire advantage on the battlefield.
152mm Msta-S self-propelled howitzers are designed to defeat the manpower, weapons, and military equipment of the enemy.
The self-propelled howitzer has a high degree of ammunition loading and gun loading process mechanization, along with guidance capacity and restoration of guidance after firing.
The ammunition includes 50 rounds with high-explosive shells, Krasnopol laser-guided projectiles, radio jamming projectiles, etc. The range of fire is up to 29 km.
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