According to CCTV News, Ukraine announced that the Ukrainian army had captured the strategic city of Hongliman. At the critical moment when the four eastern Ukraine prefectures started the procedures for entering Russia, it was obvious that the Russian army's failure would affect the morale of the army. The scale and intensity of the Russian-Ukrainian war will be further improved in the future. In response to this, domestic social media released related videos, in which the Russian army dispatched several 2S7M "Marka" 203mm self-propelled howitzers. Due to its slow firing rate, this cannon, , cannot actually meet the needs of quick strikes and quick withdrawals in modern conflicts. However, the cannon is very powerful and can be called a "trump card weapon" in terms of fire. The huge explosion after firing can reach several kilometers away.
Public information shows that the 2S7 203mm self-propelled artillery that the Russian army is currently using is an old equipment. Since the total weight of this weapon reaches about 46 tons and the degree of automation is not high, at least 7 soldiers are required to operate flexibly in actual combat. Considering the danger level of the Ukrainian battlefield, this number may have to be increased to 10. Although the artillery is heavy, its speed is actually not slow. In order to avoid being hit by the counterattack bombardment, the artillery is equipped with an 840 horsepower engine, which is almost the same as the main battle tank, so its fastest speed reaches 50 kilometers per hour.
In terms of weapons, the 203mm caliber artillery has great power. The range of using ordinary howitzer can reach 37 kilometers. If rocket extended range bomb can reach 55 kilometers, the improved type of the artillery can also directly fire tactical nuclear shells. But there is a very obvious disadvantage of giving artillery, which is that the firing rate is too slow. On average, only 2.5 shells can be fired per minute, which is quite large compared to the current 8 shells per minute of many major howitzers in the world. Fortunately, the artillery shells are powerful, which to some extent makes up for the defect of slow firing rate.
When using this kind of artillery, the Russian army often relies on the information of military drone . After the military drone takes off, it will send the detected Ukrainian military coordinates to the ground to guide the Russian artillery to open fire. It is reported that the Russian army has used this strategy of fighting to destroy a large number of defensive positions of the Ukrainian army and multiple artillery positions. These artillery positions include Ukraine's 2S7 203mm self-propelled artillery position. They also use the same type of artillery, and the Ukrainian army is obviously not as efficient as the Russian army.
Although the Russian army has found a kind of ace equipment to restrain the counter-offensive momentum of the Ukrainian army, judging from the current situation, the battlefield situation in eastern Ukraine is somewhat unfavorable to the Russian army. After Ukraine announced that the Ukrainian army had captured the Trump-Man, the Russian Ministry of Defense also later confirmed that the Russian army had withdrawn from the Trump-Man. Compared with the previous Ukrainian army's capture of Ijium , the strategic value of Chongliman may be greater.
Big Man is located at the intersection of Kharkov , Donetsk and Lugansk prefectures. From a strategic perspective, it is a place that can attack and defend. Moreover, this place is very suitable for building a logistics transit station to provide guarantees for Ukraine's future actions. For this reason, the Ukrainian army is now full of confidence and has proposed a plan to continue moving forward with the region as the basis. Ukrainian President Zelensky is now becoming more and more confident and is no longer willing to negotiate with Russia. Therefore, after the Russian army withdrew from the Trumpet Man, Chechnya leader Kadyrov was very dissatisfied. In his opinion, if he gave up the Trumpet Man, whether he could defend the front line in eastern Ukraine would become a huge question mark.
