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2S7 Pion

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The 2S7 Pion, later upgraded as the 2S7M Malka, is a Soviet self-propelled 203 mm cannon built with a chassis from the Kirov Factory in Saint Petersburg and a gun and mount from the Titan-Barrikady plant in Volgograd. It entered service in 1976, with production estimates ranging from about 250 to as many as 1,000 units distributed among former Soviet states after 1991; it carries a crew of fourteen, weighs about 46,500 kilograms, and can reach 47.5 kilometers with rocket-assisted projectiles. It remains in service with Russia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, North Korea, Angola and Georgia. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Weapon Class
Self-propelled gun 1
Introduced Year
1975 1
Introduced Year
1976 2
Classification
Caliber
203mm 1
Service Status
In Service 1
Weapon Class
Weapon Class (category)
Howitzer / Artillery 1
FAQs

Why does the 2S7 Pion have an audible firing alarm?

The gun blast can incapacitate unprepared people nearby, so an alarm sounds for about five seconds before firing.

The blast of the 203 mm gun is so powerful that it can physically incapacitate an unprepared soldier or crew member standing near it, because of the concussive force. For this reason the Pion is equipped with an audible alarm that sounds a series of short warning tones for about five seconds before the round is fired.
Connections

Operated By

Soviet Armed Forces, Armed Forces and Units
Source MilitaryFactory.com: 2S7 Pion / Malka (M1975)

Used In

First Chechen War, Wars
Source Wikipedia: 2S7 Pion
Russo-Georgian War, Wars
Source Wikipedia: 2S7 Pion
Russo-Ukrainian War, Wars
Source Wikipedia: 2S7 Pion
Second Chechen War, Wars
Source Wikipedia: 2S7 Pion
Soviet-Afghan War, Wars
Source Wikipedia: 2S7 Pion
Sources
1. Wikipedia: 2S7 Pion
  • Description section
    The 2S7 Pion was identified for the first time in 1975 in the Soviet Army and was called M-1975 by NATO
  • Weapon class classified from the entity's own sourced description text.
  • Infobox: service
    1976-present
  • Article text
    Angola - 12, acquired in 2000 from the Czech Republic Azerbaijan - at least 12, acquired from Russia in 2008-2009 Georgia - 1 as of 2023 North Korea - 180 Russia - 60 2S7M in active service, 260 2S7 in reserve as of 2022.
  • Infobox: caliber
    203 mm
  • Used In: Soviet-Afghan War, Infobox: wars
    Soviet-Afghan War First Chechen War Second Chechen War Russo-Georgian War Second Nagorno-Karabakh War Russo-Ukrainian War
  • Used In: First Chechen War, Infobox: wars
    Soviet-Afghan War First Chechen War Second Chechen War Russo-Georgian War Second Nagorno-Karabakh War Russo-Ukrainian War
  • Used In: Second Chechen War, Infobox: wars
    Soviet-Afghan War First Chechen War Second Chechen War Russo-Georgian War Second Nagorno-Karabakh War Russo-Ukrainian War
  • Used In: Russo-Georgian War, Infobox: wars
    Soviet-Afghan War First Chechen War Second Chechen War Russo-Georgian War Second Nagorno-Karabakh War Russo-Ukrainian War
  • Used In: Russo-Ukrainian War, Infobox: wars
    Soviet-Afghan War First Chechen War Second Chechen War Russo-Georgian War Second Nagorno-Karabakh War Russo-Ukrainian War
  • In Group: Self-Propelled Artillery, Infobox: type
    Self-propelled artillery
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2. Wikidata: 2S7 Pion
Wikidata Q222824, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
MilitaryFactory.com: 2S7 Pion / Malka (M1975)
MilitaryFactory.comOperated By: Soviet Armed Forces, Operators
Quote, Operated By: Soviet Armed Forces, Operators
[ Angola; Azerbaijan; Belarus; Czechoslovakia; Georgia; Poland; Russia; Soviet Union; Slovakia; Ukraine; Uzbekistan ]
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