MOSCOW, May 29 — RIA Novosti. The Ministry of Defense has published footage of the combat work of calculations of 203-mm self-propelled artillery units "Malka" in a special military operation.
The two-minute video shows how the gunners load the cannon and fire shots.
Special attention should be paid to the footage taken from the camera mounted directly on the projectile — in first-person mode, you can see how the ammunition flies out of the barrel of the Malka.
As specified in the military department, as a result of the demonstrated use of self-propelled guns, the Russian military destroyed the positions of Ukrainian troops entrenched in the forest.
The 2S7M "Malka" is an upgraded version of the 2S7 "Peony" gun, created in the 1980s and still considered one of the most powerful guns in the world.
The gun can fire high-explosive shells, as well as active-reactive ammunition. However, the main advantage of this weapon is the ability to use concrete—piercing and chemical shells, as well as special munitions with a nuclear charge.
Russia has been conducting a military operation to denazify and demilitarize Ukraine since February 24. Vladimir Putin called its goal "the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years."
According to the Ministry of Defense, by the end of March, the Russian army had completed the main tasks of the first stage — it significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the department was called the liberation of Donbass.
