Russia's Latest Koalitsiya-SV Artillery Passes Testing: Equipped With 152mm Cannons To Digital Communication

The Koalitsiya-SV 152mm self-propelled artillery system. (Wikimedia Commons/Vitaly V. Kuzmin)

JAKARTA - Russian technology company Rostec last week announced that the latest Koalitsiya self-propelled artillery system has passed state testing and will be mass-produced.

"The state technology company Rostec has completed the 152mm Koalitsiya-SV self-propelled artillery weapon test, proving the unique technical nature of the weapon. The latest Howitzers outperform the world's best and domestic systems in terms of range and accuracy of fire and time to achieve combat goals," Rostec said in a statement. a statement, quoted from TASS October 25.

The completion of the Koalitsiya motor artillery system test allowed the launch of mass production, said Director of Conventional Armed Forces, Ammunition and Special Chemicals Industry Rostec Bekkhan Ozdoyev.

"This is actually a combat robot and this self-propelled artillery weapon features high level automation. Its crew is placed in an isolated armored capsule, which is then used to control combat vehicle operations," he explained.

"Compared to existing artillery systems, the Koalitsiya-SV system relies on reducing the response time to unplanned targets, which is critical in combat. The success of the country's test completion allows us to begin mass production of these artillery weapons," Ozdoyev added.

The latest Koalitsiya-SV self-propelled Howitzer is equipped with a 152 mm 2A88 cannon with a shot rate of more than 10 rounds per minute, complete with advanced automated guidance systems, target selection and navigation equipment.

The motorized artillery system is mounted on the T-90 tank chassis and designed to attack various ground targets, such as command posts, signal centers, artillery and mortar batteries, armored equipment, air defenses and enemy anti-ballistic missile defense weapons at a distance of up to 70 km.

The firing space and commanders at the Koalitsiya-SV motorized howitzer are equipped with a digital display, integrated into a single tactical-level command and control system that allows for receiving target acquisitions through digital communication channels, monitoring the terrain around the clock, autonomously computing the shooting data and adjusting the shots to any weather conditions.

Not only that, howitzer self-propelled offers a series of modes that were previously not available on Russian artillery.

It is known, this new upgrade to the artillery system was carried out by the Burevestnuk Central Research Institute, while the production was carried out by the Urals Plant of Transport Machine-Building (Uraltransmash).

Russia first launched the Koalitsiya-SV self-propelled artillery system on the Victory Day Parade at Moscow's Red Square on May 9, 2015.