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2S19 Msta-S

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Artillery · self-propelled

2S19 Msta-S

The standard Russian self-propelled 152 mm howitzer of the war — the workhorse of the artillery arm the invasion was built around.

FieldedEvidence: Confirmed
Silhouette · not to scale

Record

FamilyMsta-S
Variants2S19; 2S19M1; 2S19M2
OriginSoviet Union, Russia
ManufacturerUraltransmash
Era1989 service entry; M2 modernisation from 2013
Appears inRussia–Ukraine

Operators

Russia · Primary operatorUkraine · Secondary operator

Ukraine: historical inherited fleet plus documented captured use; current scale not assessed

Battlefield role

Divisional and brigade-level fires — the backbone tube system of a war Russia has fought primarily with artillery mass.

Strengths

Available in numbers; automated loading sustains a high rate of fire; sits on the enormous Soviet 152 mm ammunition logistics base, now supplemented by North Korean supply.

Limitations

Outranged by Western 52-calibre 155 mm systems; the counter-battery environment of HIMARS, drones and Lancet-style munitions has produced some of the highest documented loss counts of any system class in the war.

Visual identification

Tank-derived tracked hull with a very large, slab-sided boxy turret centred on the chassis; long 152 mm barrel with a prominent fume extractor; visually much bulkier than Western SPGs.

Documented conflict use

Documented in combat on the Russian side throughout the war, with open-source trackers recording hundreds of visually confirmed losses; Ukrainian use of inherited and captured vehicles is also documented.

Branch & service operators

Full profileConfidence: moderateStatus as of 2026-06Reviewed 2026-07-11Sources: Oryx visually-confirmed equipment documentation · Established international media reportingMethodology