The crew struck from a 140mm artillery support. Its range is up to 9.6 km.
The network released a video of the landing ship “Yuri Olifirenko” fire against ground targets of the RF Armed Forces. Speaking of which in shape Polish defense 24.
On June 23, the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky awarded the ship’s crew a “For Courage and Courage” badge with his decree. At the time, it was not known what caused the award. Now a video has appeared on the net, presumably showing the operation of the landing craft. 140mm artillery is fired at the RF armed forces. The publication suggests that it was for this that the crew was awarded.
Interestingly, the ship itself was built in the Polish shipyard in Gdansk, which is now called Remontowa Shipbuilding SA. Until 1973, 108 landing ships of various projects were built, which entered service with the USSR, “friendly countries” and Poland. After the collapse of the USSR, Ukraine received a landing ship from the SDK-137 project. She still maintains her fighting ability. The video shows a barrage of 140mm unguided rockets launched by the WM-18A launcher. The main features of the gun holder:
- caliber – 140 mm
- barrel length – 1370 mm
- maximum range – 9810 m
- maximum speed of the bullet – 400 m / s
- bullet weight – 39.6 kg
The artillery support was produced by Huta Stalowa Wola. The use of artillery against the armed forces of the RF testifies to the great resilience of Ukrainian sailors, the publication stressed.
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