122PSH74 122mm Direct Fire Capable HEAT-FS lobbing artillery piece

[Capt_JamesTKirk 1,710]

 

122PSH74 / 2S1 Gvozdika 

 

Finnish Defense Forces has sought to have strong artillery capability in the European theater, and it shows. Finland currently has the strongest artillery capability of any EU country, and the third strongest in Europe coming after Ukraine and Ukraine after Russia.

122PSH74 is just one cog in the massive artillery capability of Finland, however it is still capable machine.

 

122PSH74 is capable of Indirect and Direct fire, it can fire up to 14km. However without artillery computer it is a bit hard in war thunder, but I am not suggesting the addition of artillery like in the game that shall not be named.

I am suggesting this because it is capable of direct fire and has a STRONG HEAT-FS shell.

Finnish 2S1 Gvozdika only uses the HE and HEAT-FS shells, it does not use the smoke shells like many other nations who operate this does. But unlike normal 2S1, FDF slapped an 7.62mm PKM machine gun on right side of the turret.

FDF carriers 40 shells in each 122PSH74, 35 HE-FRAG´s and 5 HEAT-FS shells for self defense, however this does not matter in WT as you can load any ammo type u want.

 

Finnish Gvozdika crew firing the main gun.

 

Finnish Gvozdika being manually reloaded

 

Loader video form Russian 2S1

 

FDF given 2S1 Gvozdika stats

Spoiler

Caliber 122 mm
The maximum range is 14 km
Fragment grenade weight 22 kg
Fire rate 4 shots per minute
Turret traverse full 360 degrees
Capable of shooting as high as 70 degrees and low as -3 degrees
40 shots in the vehicle
Weight about 16 t
The maximum road speed is 60 km / h
Crew 4
Soviet-made artillery vehicle

 

122PSH74 platform stats

 OF-462 HE-FRAG shell it uses and its details

  BK-13M HEAT-FS shell it uses and its details.  18.2kg projectile fuzed mass. Filler RDX 1.8kg

 

 BK-13 shell

 

 

 

Sources:

https://maavoimat.fi/122psh74

https://www.scribd.com/doc/25044683/Projectile-and-Warhead-Identification-Guide-Foreign#download

https://books.google.fi/books?id=W208DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA185&lpg=PA185&dq=BK-13M+HEAT-FS&source=bl&ots=ZJa3E747tV&sig=ACfU3U0ntHfnVTDoshwu2eTIY8DfI733Aw&hl=fi&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjX_uWhxJPoAhXQpYsKHZvIBhAQ6AEwAXoECAwQAQ#v=onepage&q=BK-13&f=false

https://thesovietarmourblog.blogspot.com/2019/09/2s1-gvozdika.html

 

 

Edited November 5, 2021 by Capt_JamesTKirk
added finnish firing video

[Princess_Pinch 5,625]

Open for discussion. 

 

 

You might also want to check out the suggestion for the Finnish Ground Forces techtree.

Your suggested vehicle is also listed there (but without information, just a picture). :3

Maybe you would like to support that suggestion further.

[Capt_JamesTKirk 1,710]

1 hour ago, Princess_Pinch said:

Open for discussion. 

 

 

You might also want to check out the suggestion for the Finnish Ground Forces techtree.

Your suggested vehicle is also listed there (but without information, just a picture). :3

Maybe you would like to support that suggestion further.

I prefer individual suggestions, as its very unlikely Finland will get an tech tree outside being in Sweden.

[eleks12 1,079]

Sure. But i think it is a 6.7 machine.

Edited March 13, 2020 by eleks12

[Milocat 4,854]

This could be fun in the Swedish tree.  I'll give it a +1.  

[Borotovas 4,500]

+1