Powerful caliber: Iran could send Russia shells for shooting from American SAU (photo)

203 millimeter ammunition are designed for self-propelled M110 and M115 arthroadstresses, Iran bought these systems in the states in the 1970s. Probably in the army of the Russian Federation there was another source of supply of shells. Iran could send Russia a caliber shells 203 millimeters. Initially, they were intended for firing from self -propelled artillery installations M110 produced by the United States. This is written by analysts of the Militar-portal Defense Express.

Last year, the Russians were handed out shooting tables on "product 203", it could be an indirect confirmation that the Russian Federation began to receive 203 mm ammunition. Among the Kremlin allies, Iran only has artillery of this caliber. North Korea has the largest caliber of the 1,70 mm artillery for Coxan SAU. China is only working on 203 mm caliber systems. The photography presented above is noticeable asymmetry of the template, which was labeled with Latin.

We can assume that this is the shells of the American standard to the M110 and M115 systems. Tehran could organize the production of such artillery according to the reengineering scheme, analysts reported. Iran bought M110 and M115 in the United States in the 1970s. If the Iranians had a stock of shells received from the United States, they could be fired during the Iran-Iraq war in 1980-1988. After that, the Tehran had to replenish the ammunition on its own.

Russia can get another source of shells, with a particularly powerful caliber. But there is a positive thing - the import of shells from Iran proves the inability of Russians to establish their own production of ammunition of this caliber in the required volumes, warned by military specialists. The production of 203 mm of shells at the enterprises of the MIC of the Russian Federation became known from the fall of 2022.