Soldiers from the 1st separate special forces brigade named after. For the third month now, Ivan Bogun has been using the Ukrainian 155-mm self-propelled gun 2S22 “Bogdana” from the Kramatorsk Heavy Machine Tool Plant (part of NAUDI) on the battlefield.
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They told how quickly you can master this self-propelled artillery unit.
In the video you can see the operation of a battery of artillery installations, which includes Ukrainian Bogdan wheeled howitzers.
“Military” writes that, judging by the published footage, the battery consists of three combat units: one on the chassis of a Tatra T815-7 truck and two more on the MAZ-6317 chassis.
A fighter with the call sign “French” says that his crew is training new artillerymen to operate Ukrainian self-propelled guns. According to him, this takes an average of one month, but if necessary, the process can be halved.
Personnel training can be carried out to replenish and replace fighters in existing crews. However, it can be assumed that some of them may also be included in the calculations of new howitzers, writes Militarny.
Also shown in detail was the control panel for the artillery part of the self-propelled howitzer, thanks to which the gun is aimed at the horizontal and vertical angle specified by the operator.
Thanks to fresh footage, you can be sure that after four months of operation, the updated Bogdan never received an automatic recharger – the whole process is still carried out by the crew.
Earlier, in an interview with the Bogdana crew, the Ukrainian military said that in the absence of this mechanism, the rate of fire drops by half.
Without an automatic loader, we divide the firing rate by two. If there was an automatic loader, there could be about six rounds per minute. The crew forces out about three,” reported a fighter with the call sign “Papa.”
It is known that “Bogdans” are now working in the Donetsk region. The main targets are the accumulation of enemy manpower, ammunition depots, armored vehicles and command and observation posts.
Work on the position takes no more than 30 minutes. This is the time during which we set off from our waiting point to the position itself, then turn around, the gunner enters the coordinates, takes aim and we fire. Next, you need to quickly curl up and leave the position so that it doesn’t fly back,” said gun commander Fedor with the call sign “Zhitomir.”
Source: Racurs
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