Training with Self-Propelled Howitzers
Thursday, 25.8.2022 | Training
In the Self-Propelled Howitzer Artillery Battalion, 2nd Army Brigade, service personnel are currently undergoing intensive training in the combat use of the 122-mm self-propelled howitzers 2S1 "Gvozdika".
At training grounds and "Jovan Kursula" Barracks, Kraljevo, these artillery systems’ crews are being skilled in completing collective missions and are improving their competence for providing fire support to Army evolution units.
At this time, soldiers and officers are learning how to prepare and conduct indirect artillery fire, practicing primarily actions and procedures needed for projecting sudden, efficient and concentrated artillery fire against targets at varied distances. The training process involves not only the basic but also the modern variant of "Gvozdika", which, after being fitted with a modern fire control system, has greater firepower, speed and firing accuracy, producing greater effect with multiple missiles engaging the target simultaneously.
This training cycle concludes with a live fire tactical exercise checking practically the howitzer crews' specific competences.
The 122-mm self-propelled howitzers 2S1 "Gvozdika" are intended for destroying and neutralizing adversarial personnel and artillery weapons, demolition of strong points, wire and other obstacles, creating passages through mine fields and obstacles, as well as illuminating the battlefield and creating smokescreens.
