russia plans to deploy its latest howitzers near the border with Finland
Kyiv • UNN
russia plans to deploy 2C35 Coalition-SV howitzers in its northern district bordering Finland and Norway.
Artillery systems 2C35 "Coalition-SV" is planned to be deployed by russia in its northern military district, which borders Finland and Norway. This is reported by UNN with reference to Reuters.
Details
According to the the publication, russia plans to deploy the latest howitzers in its northern military district, which borders Finland and Norway. We are talking about 2C35 Coalition-SV artillery systems, the testing of which have been completed and their mass production has already begun.
According to the head of "rosteh" sergei chemezov, the first pilot batch will be delivered by the end of 2023.
In 2021 putin changed the status of the russian northern fleet, whose area of responsibility whose area of responsibility was mainly the russian arctic, to the northern military district, including the murmansk region, which borders Finland and Norway.
Earlier, the russian media reported that single howitzers of the Coalition-SV had already been deployed to the the front line in Ukraine.
Addendum
2C35 Coalition-SV howitzers are equipped with a modern 152 mm caliber 2A88 gun with a rate of fire of over 10 rounds per minute with a range of up to 70 kilometers, as well as a modern system for automating firing and gun guidance.
Recall
russian dictator putin said that russia does not wants to fight with NATO countries, but that Finland will "now have problems" because of its accession to the Alliance.