Rostec delivered the first batch of modernized Msta-S howitzers to the Russian Armed Forces

Rostec has supplied the Russian Ministry of Defense with the first batch of modernized 2S19M2 Msta-S self-propelled artillery systems. The updated vehicles will be able to hit targets with several projectiles from different trajectories at once, reported press service of the state corporation.

“These vehicles are designed to destroy and suppress artillery mortar batteries, tanks, anti-tank, fire and electronic weapons, armored vehicles, control posts, air defense and missile defense systems, destruction of field defensive structures, prohibition of maneuvers of infantry and tank reserves,” the company clarified.

The howitzers were equipped with improved loading systems, which increased the target rate of fire to 10 rounds per minute. The vehicles were also equipped with an automated guidance and fire control system (ASUNO-M) with increased accuracy and the ability to display an electronic map of the territory. This system also works in mountainous areas. Another update was the reduction in the visibility level of the Msta-S in the radar, thermal and optical ranges.

New Msta-S howitzers for the first time put troops on June 29. They were developed by Uraltransmash, a subsidiary of Rostec.