#2s22 bohdana howitzers

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Ukraine is not just sitting around waiting for aid to arrive. It is developing its own arms industry that is taking a toll on Russian aggressors.

Warbirds of Ukraine is a company which makes innovative cutting edge drones.

Ukraine puts MacGyver to shame. When they experienced supply chain issues for foreign components for UAVs, they simply started manufacturing their own.

The name Warbirds of Ukraine reminds me of the Romulans in Star Trek. Don't be surprised if they develop cloaking technology for their UAVs.

Most people know that Ukraine sunk the Moskva, flagship of Russia's Black Sea Fleet, with a Ukrainian-made Neptun R-360 missile. It is not the only homegrown ingenuity put to use by Ukraine.

In addition to the UAVs and missiles, here are other examples of Ukrainians developing technology to push back Putin's invaders.

Ukraine is developing what amounts to compact tank drones.

Ukrainian versatile unmanned combat vehicle undergoes frontline testing

Ukraine is manufacturing custom self-propelled howitzers called the 2s22 Bohdana which can fire NATO-standard 155 mm caliber shells. They have a range of 40 km.

Bohdana self-propelled gun is produced in several versions - Militarnyi

Ukraine is doing a lot for its own defense. And NATO countries may be interested in some of these technologies for their own defense needs.

But when you're under attack by a country with 3.5 times your population which holds vast oil reserves and is led by an irrational dictator bent on restoring the hegemony of a defunct empire, you need some outside help to survive.

So if you're in the United States, contact your House member in Washington and demand that aid to Ukraine, which was left out of the measure to keep the government running through mid-November, be approved ASAP.

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2S22 Bohdana, 155mm self-propelled howitzer in Ukrainian service with the 1st Special Purpose Brigade, firing at Russian positions in Donetsk region, Ukraine, 2023. Source: OSINTtechnical

P.S. This Ukrainian-made howitzer shoots far and accurately. Given Ukraine's difficulty in acquiring modern weaponry and the extent to which Western political elites have been infiltrated at various levels by Russian and Chinese spies, it is vital for Ukraine and the rest of Eastern Europe to develop their own military industry and military industry export capabilities

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155 mm 2S22 Bohdana 3.0 self-propelled howitzer from 10th Separate Mountain-Assault Brigade is operated, Ukraine, January 2024.

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Ukraine is Slowly Increasing Production of Bohdana Howitzers - Technology Org

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Ukraine is Slowly Increasing Production of Bohdana Howitzers - Technology Org

Ukrainian self-propelled howitzer 2S22 Bohdana was pushed into service after the Russian invasion in 2022. In June 2022 Ukrainian forces used Bohdana to liberate the Snake Island and since then they’ve been trying to push Bohdana into series production.

The development of the self-propelled Ukrainian 155 mm howitzer Bohdana was not easy, but now it’s in production, EP writes. The Bohdana project is a good reminder that Ukraine chose its own path a long time ago. The caliber of this howitzer is a NATO-standard 155 mm – not the Russian 152 mm. And it was intensively developed by Ukraine in 2015-2018.

Ukrainian self-propelled howitzer Bohdana on a Belarusian MAZ platform. Image credit: Armyinform.com.ua via Wikimedia (CC BY 4.0)

Since the outbreak of the war, the Russians have been launching missiles at the Kramatorsk Heavy Duty Machine Tool Building Plant, where Bohdana was made. Now the company has been relocated and its activities have resumed. Currently, up to 6 Bohdana self-propelled howitzers are produced per month, but there are plans in motion to increase their production rate.

According to sources in the Ukrainian forces, about 30 Bohdana self-propelled howitzers have already been purchased for the Ukrainian army. In addition, a towed version of the gun is being developed. The Bohdana completed battlefield trials and proved to be a great artillery weapon.

25 companies and about 400 people are involved in the production of the Bohdana. Production was decentralized to make it resilient against Russian attacks. The Bohdana chassis was initially manufactured by KrAZ, but after the bankruptcy of the company, an alternative had to be found.

In 2021 that alternative became Belarusian MAZ. After the beginning of the war, economic relations between Ukraine and Belarus were cut off, but there are still MAZ chassis left in Ukraine, so Bohdana howitzers are still produced on the MAZ platform. In the future, they may be completely replaced by the Czech Tatra T815-7 chassis, which are already in use, although cost twice as much.

One of the original Bohdana howitzers on KrAZ chassis. Image credit: Ministry of Defense of Ukraine via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Price, of course, is important. It is now estimated that the Bohdana should be half the price of the French CAESAR. Ukrainians believe that African, Asian and Latin American countries might be interested in purchasing these howitzers after the war.

According to Vladislav Belbas, head of the production of armoured vehicles in Ukraine, the Bohdana concept envisages the possibility of mounting the gun on different chassis.

The Bohdana does not yet have an automatic loader, but that might be a good thing, because a simpler weapon is more reliable and easier to repair. According to EP journalists, the Russian forces have not yet destroyed any of the Bohdana howitzers, and the few that were damaged are being repaired.

Written by Povilas M.

Sources: Antikor.com.ua, Wikipedia

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UKRAINE'S SELF-PROPELLED GUN: The 2S22 Bohdana is an indigenously produced Ukrainian 155mm NATO- standard wheeled self- propelled howitzer.

It has an armored double cabin and storage for approximately 20 shells.

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Ukrainian domestic-production 2S22 Bohdana 155mm (NATO-standard) howitzer in service with the 100th TDF Brigade, seen here firing at a training range.