Russian state tech corporation Rostec has demonstrated coordination capabilities between Msta-S self-propelled howitzer and Orlan-10E reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV).
The joint operation was shown to representatives of an undisclosed foreign customer at the Staratel training ground in the Russian city of Nizhny Tagil.
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During the joint work, Orlan-10E located the target and transferred its coordinates to the control system to calculate the installation for firing.
Msta-S crew received the calculations from the control machine and conducted the firing.
The artillery system, upgraded for Nato-standard 155mm calibre, fired at a maximum distance of 40km.
In a release, Rostec said: “The combat capabilities of the modernised 155mm self-propelled howitzer 2S19M1-155 were demonstrated to a foreign customer. It fired at a maximum distance of 40km with laying recovery in automatic mode.
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By GlobalData“Msta-S has also shown excellent results when used in coordination with a control system and Orlan-10E UAV.”
The Msta-S self-propelled howitzer is manufactured by Uraltransmash, a subsidiary of UralVagonZavod under Rostec State Corporation.
It is a modern tracked howitzer designed for destroying artillery and mortar batteries, tank columns, command and control units and reconnaissance posts.
Orlan-10 is a medium-range, multi-purpose UAV developed by Russian firm Special Technology Center in St Petersburg.
In February, Rostec unveiled plans to equip the Sotnik third-generation soldier combat outfit with autonomous electric heat systems.
