Key facts
- Type
- Self-propelled artillery
- Place of origin
- Soviet Union
- In service
- 1978–present
- Wars
- Soviet–Afghan War , First Chechen War , Second Chechen War , War in Donbas , Russo-Ukraine War
- Designed
- 1967–1974
- Produced
- 1976–1991
- Mass
- 28.2 tons (61,729 lbs)
- Length
- 8.33 m (27.32 ft)
- Width
- 3.25 m (10.66 ft)
- Height
- 2.76 m (9 ft)
- Crew
- 5 (section of 7 with 2 in ammunition carrier)
- Armor
- 15 mm (.59 in)
- Main armament
- 152 mm 2A37 L54-caliber gun (30 rounds)
- Secondary armament
- 1× 7.62 mm machine gun
- Engine
- Diesel, 388 kW (520 hp)
- Suspension
- torsion bar
- Operational range
- 500 km (311 mi)
- Maximum speed of vehicle or missile span
- 62 km/h (38 mph), (road), 25 km/h (15 mph), (off-road)
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- self-propelled artillery
- Country of origin
- Russia
- Designed by
- Uraltransmash
- Image
- 2S5 Giatsint-S.jpg
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- 2S5 Giatsint-S
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- 1978-01-01
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Encyclopedic overview
The 2S5 Giatsint-S (Russian: 2С5 «Гиацинт-С», lit. 'hyacinth') is a Soviet 152 mm self-propelled gun. "2S5" is its GRAU designation. It has nuclear, biological, and chemical protection. The 2S5 is capable of engaging targets at longer ranges and at a higher rate of fire than the more widely produced 2S3 Akatsiya 152 mm self-propelled gun, and is capable of firing nuclear projectiles.
Production history
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “2S5 Giatsint-S” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.