Russian army to purchase new SP antitank guns
The Russian Ministry of Defence plans to purchase up to 30 upgraded 2S25 Sprut SD 125mm self-propelled anti-tank guns (SPATG) by the end of December.
The acquisition forms part of the existing strategy to modernize the Russian Army through to 2030, according to an MoD representative.
The 2S25 Sprut SD was developed by the Volgograd Machine Building Joint Stock Company (VGTZ) in the 1990s to provide Russian Army air assault units with a SPATG capable of defeating main battle tanks.
Armed with a 125mm 2A75 smoothbore gun, developed by the Yekaterinburg Artillery Plant No 9, the 2S25 provides similar firepower
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