Monstrous Russian Artillery Action During Heavy Live Fire: 2S7 Pion, 2S5 Giatsint-S & 2S4 Tyulpan

Video shows heavy Russian Artillery in action during several military live fire exercises. Russian Artillery systems shown in this video are the 2S7 Pion, 2S5 Giatsint-S & 2S4 Tyulpan.

The 2S7 Pion ("peony") or Malka is a Soviet self-propelled 203mm heavy artillery. "2S7" is its GRAU designation.

It takes the crew of seven men 5–6 minutes to come into action and 3–5 minutes to come out of action. It carries four 203 mm projectiles for immediate use. It is capable of firing nuclear ammunition. The gun has a range of 37,500 m, but this can be extended to 55,500 m by using RAPs (Rocket Assisted Projectiles). The Pion has been the most powerful conventional artillery piece since entering service in 1983. One interesting feature of the Pion is the firing alarm. Because the blast of the weapon firing is so powerful—it can physically incapacitate an unprepared soldier or crew member near it from concussive force—the Pion is equipped with an audible firing alarm that emits a series of short warning tones for approximately five seconds prior to the charge being fired.

The 2S7 carries a crew of fourteen; seven are carried by the Pion and seven are with an auxiliary vehicle. The system carries four rounds of ammunition; four more rounds are carried by the support vehicle. Due to the long range, the crew can fire one or two rounds and leave position before the first round hits the enemy position over 40 km away. This makes the 2S7 less susceptible to counter-battery fire, from an enemy with a counter-battery radar such as ARTHUR.

The 2S5 Giatsint-S (Russian: 2С5 «Гиацинт-С»; English: hyacinth) is a Soviet/Russian 152 mm self-propelled gun. "2S5" is its GRAU designation. It is NBC protected. The 2S5 is capable of engaging targets at longer ranges and at a higher rate of fire than the more widely produced 2S3 Akatsiya 152 mm self-propelled gun, and is capable of firing nuclear projectiles.

It was identified for the first time in 1975 in the Soviet Army and so was called M-1975 by NATO (the 2S4 Tyulpan also received the M-1975 designation), whereas its official designation is SO-203 (2S7). Its design is based on a T-80 chassis carrying an externally mounted 2A44 203 mm gun on the hull rear.

Production of the 2S5 Giatsint-S started in 1976 along with the towed version the 2A36 Giatsint-B. It uses a chassis modified from the SA-4 Krug surface-to-air missile system with good cross-country mobility, and can carry 30 152 mm rounds with a range of 28 kilometers, or 33-40 kilometers for rocket-assisted projectiles. In addition to high explosives, the gun can also fire HEAT, cluster, smoke and nuclear projectiles. Deploying to fire the gun takes 3 minutes, and it can sustain a rate of fire of 5 to 6 rounds per minute. Most of the crew, with the exception of the gunner, deploys outside of the vehicle while firing. It is usually accompanied by an ammunition carrier with an additional 30 rounds of ammunition.

The 2S5 was introduced into service in 1978, replacing the 130mm M46 field gun battalions in Soviet artillery brigades at the Army and Front level, and has also been known as the M1981 by the United States. Production ceased in 1991.

The 2S4 Tyulpan (often spelled Tulpan, Russian: 2С4 «Тюльпан»; English: tulip) is a Soviet 240 mm self-propelled heavy mortar. "2S4" is its GRAU designation. The Tyulpan is the largest mortar system in use today.

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[jcb]

0:45 I would like to call that cathedral artillery.

Damn that just sounded like a huge bell

[KrechetMerc]

Tyulpan —Tulip
Pion — Peony
Giatsint— Hyacinth
these are the "flowers" in the Soviet Union have grown 🌷🌷🌷

[jonpaul]

I love how Sweden archer system was presented in bright and clean terrain. While russian system was presented in hard condition terrain.

[visheshreddy]

2:22
That barrel exhaust was satisfyingly symmetric!

[marcotorricelli]

"Gentlemen we got this awesome superweapon here, let's find a name for it!"
Americans: "Tyrannosaurus Rex Ultra"
Italians: "Gaius Iulius Caesar"
Britons: "Thunderstorm Mark 3"
French: "Napoleon De Gaulle"
Germans:
Russians: "Dandelion".

[hrmdwyb]

0:01 2S7 Pion - 203 mm. high-explosive/nuclear Howitzer.
0:37 2S4 Tyulpan - 240 mm. high-explosive/nuclear Mortar

[eliottdeletraz]

0:21 did you see the ground ? That show how powerfully this weapon is.

[Khazar]

Ничто не радует солдат на передовой как грохот артиллерии родной.

[SilverFank]

Really beautiful pieces of military machinery.

[julius]

0:18 is perfect. The sound is awesome, and the way the dust goes up is so cool.

[jeffreymontgomery]

3:18-3:28 Love the artillery shell scooter!

[juliojames]

Very effective artillery . Devastating to the enemy !

[romanp]

The names of all russian weapons is a trolling of 80th level. 😂😂😂

[kennylangley]

They got their stuff together. Say what you want .A formidable foe.

[wfmkljd]

The 2S5 "Hyacinth-S" was morally outdated due to its low rate of fire and was practically removed from service. More than 1400 units went for conservation.
When I found out that it was decided to take them out of storage, I was very wary ... because for a tactical nuclear charge up to 2 kilotons that they can use, you do not need to shoot twice.

[Falcw]

"perfect places to go skydiving"
Google: flat, plain fields
Bing:

[JeanLucCaptain]

i just LOVE THE bell ringing sound created by the Tyulpan!!!

[boulidor]

Impressionnant le professionnalisme des soldats russes, vraiment. Ils sont calmes et très

[yili]

texan: everything is bigger in texas
russian: hold my vodka

[brianm]

It looks amazing... like pure... a beautiful gun.