Originally applied to any group of infantry primarily armed with projectile weapons, artillery has over time become limited in meaning to refer only to those engines of war that operate by projection of munitions far beyond the range of effect of personal weapons. These engines comprise specialised devices which use some form of stored energy to operate, whether mechanical, chemical, or electromagnetic. Originally designed to breach fortifications, they have evolved from nearly static installations intended to reduce a single obstacle to highly mobile weapons of great flexibility in which now reposes the greater portion of a modern army's offensive capabilities.
The 2S19 "MSTA-S" (Russian: Мста, Мобильная Самоходная Тяжёлая Артиллерия - Mobile Self-propelled Heavy Artillery) is a self-propelled 152 mm howitzer designed by Russia/Soviet Union, which entered service in 1989 as the successor to the SO-152. The vehicle is based on the T-80 tank hull, but is powered by the T-72's diesel engine.
it's even more kick *** when it gets its Coalition gun system upgrade!
can anybody compare the last four machines?
ah too bad it's missing the SU-152 (at the left side), if it was with in this picture it would look fantastic!
Like here in tis one Fc09.deviantart.net
(it's a ISU-122 btw)