Turkish "Fire Survement": The Armed Forces Expect Supplies of T-155 Firtina Artillery Systems
In particular, Turkish self-propelled T-155 Firtina and Swedish Archer installations will arrive at the Ukrainian Army, said General Alexey Gromov, Deputy Chief of the Main Operational Office of the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. During an interview with Ukrinform, the General listed artillery systems provided by the Armed Forces Western Allies as part of military assistance.
According to him, today the Ukrainian army is equipped with more than 10 different types of artillery systems, such as French Caesar, American M777, German PZH 2000, Polish AHS Krab and others. Swedish FH77 BW L52 Archer and Turkish Self-Products T-155 FIRTINA are now expected. It should be noted that if the supply of Swedish guns appeared in February this year, then Turkish Firtina became known from the words of Gromov.
"New systems that have not yet been used are expected to receive the receipt of Ukraine's units - such as Archer, Firtina," the General said, at the same time he did not specify either about the time or the volume of supply. SAU T-155 Firtina is created on the basis of self-wire K9 Thunder. The basis is an armored caterpillar chassis, which is installed a full -length weapon tower. The case and tower are made of armor letters that provide protection against small arms and fragments.
The stated armor in the frontal pro-projection is able to withstand a shot of 14. 5 mm caliber. The Turkish self-propelled engine is equipped with an engine MTU-881 KA 500 German production with a capacity of 1000 hp. and automatic transmission of Allison X-1100-5 with four front-run gears and two rear. The suspension is an independent hydropneumatic. The conductive wheels are located in the front of the housing. The power plant accelerates the car as much as possible up to 67 km per hour.
The SAU has a rifled 155mm south Korean gun, with a mechanized laying of 48 shots and a mechanical surge. Burning - 6 shots per minute. At the same time, Firtina has the function of "Fire flurry", for which 3 shots are carried out for 15 seconds. However, during prolonged firing, the permissible firing is 2 shots per minute. Goubitsa uses the entire nomenclature of NATO artillery ammunition 155 mm caliber.
At the same time, the range of a standard fragmentation projectile reaches 30 km, and when using active-reactive shells, the distance of the sighting fire reaches 40 km. It should be noted that the Turkish T-155 Firtina SAU will have to compete in Ukraine with the Russian analogue 2C19 "MSTA-S", which has similar characteristics. The peculiarity of the Turkish machine is the presence of a "flurry of fire" function, which in certain situations can give an advantage on the battlefield.