Ukroboronprom has started producing its third type of ammunition, a 122mm artillery shell, the company's press service reports.
"The UkrOboronProm State Concern in cooperation with a NATO country has established production of 122 mm artillery shells abroad and has already shipped a batch to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. This is the third type of ammunition after the 120-mm mortar shell and the 125-mm tank shell, which is manufactured using Ukrainian technology and with the involvement of Ukrainian specialists at foreign facilities," the statement said.
The 122 mm projectile is used by Ukrainian artillery in conjunction with the D-30 trailed howitzers (maximum range of 15400 m) and the 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery systems (maximum range of 15200 m).
The order from the Ukrainian MoD was preceded by factory tests, during which Ukroboronprom confirmed the necessary tactical and technical characteristics of the projectile: the strength of the body when fired, the stability of the equipment, the maximum range, the check of the firing pattern, and the completeness of the projectile burst. It is noteworthy that the number of fragments significantly exceeds the fragmentation of the standard "Soviet" model.
