What weapons “have no Western equivalents”?
They are talking about a 240mm or 9.5 inch mortar. Last I heard our biggest current was a 120mm.
There are reasons that our stuff is likely better, but no, we don’t field a mortar of that size.
But not all is exactly intuitive. Back in 1960 when people were freaking out about who had the biggest nuclear bomb, they missed something. Our were smaller because our systems were more accurate.
Make of it what you will. In a static trench war, that monster is a problem. In a fast moving war, probably less so.
They’re from The Moon.
A propaganda video complete with music effects of a large cannon pretending to be a mortar. That thing would be wiped out by radar directed fire the moment it fired one shot.
brooms? lol I have no idea, this is just typical Russian propaganda they sprew out while retreating.
What weapons “have no Western equivalents”?
http://www.military-today.com/artillery/2s7_pion.htm
"The 2S7 Pion is a 203 mm self-propelled gun. This artillery system was first observed by Western intelligence in 1975. It is the most powerful conventional artillery system in the world. It was designed to engage remote and important enemy targets, such as hostile command posts and fortified positions."
"The 2S7 Pion is armed with a powerful 203 mm gun, fitted with a load assisting system. It fires ordinary and rocket-assisted HE-FRAG shells, chemical and nuclear shells. A standard HE-FRAG shell weights 110 kg and contains 17.8 kg of explosives. It has a maximum range of 37.5 km. The rocket-assisted shell weighs 103 kg and contains 13.8 kg of explosives. It has a maximum range of 47.5 kg.
"Ammunition load of the 2S7 Pion consists of only 8 shells. Only 4 shells are carried by this artillery system, remaining 4 shells are carried by escorting vehicle. Maximum rate of fire is 1.5 shells per minute.
"Brief out-of-action time allows the Pion to fire 1 or 2 shells and leave its firing position even before the first shell hits its target located up to 47 km away. This shoot-and-scoot capability allows to avoid counter-battery fire."
What weapons “have no Western equivalents”?
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How about Russia’s massive energy reserves? Oil, NG, diesel, etc…and the brain dead West just shot themselves in the nuts by putting a cap on Russian oil, are they communists? Fixing prices ALWAYS results in disaster….they will sell all they need to sell to China India, etc…and the West will experience huge shortages and huge gas spikes….how can the West survive having such brain dead leadership?
Vlad is eating the West for lunch, time and time again, not hard with a senile old man leading the now comical, suicidal West.