Special attention is drawn to the mysterious camouflage of this self-propelled howitzer, which clearly indicates that this weapon is obtained from abroad. The pattern of this camouflage suggests that military equipment may have been transferred from Finland.
The authors of the Finnish publication “Suomen Sotilas” make a similar assumption in their article. They speculate that the Finnish government may have transferred a certain number of 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled howitzers, also known as PSH 74, to the Ukrainian armed forces, as the Finnish military received South Korean K9 self-propelled howitzers.
It is noted that in the early 1990s, Finland purchased 74 units of howitzers “2S1 Gvozdika” from the arsenals of the former German Democratic Republic. However, it is emphasized that, according to The Military Balance 2023, at the beginning of last year, the Finnish army had only 36 self-propelled howitzers of this type.
This, in turn, also allows us to assume that Finland may have transferred 2S1 Gvozdika howitzers to the Ukrainian Armed Forces from its stockpile. However, the exact number of howitzers transferred remains unclear.
It is also important to emphasize that the exact time of the transfer of these howitzers to the Ukrainian army is not known. For the first time, the portal “Oryx” mentioned in 2023 that Finland could transfer Soviet howitzers “2S1 Gvozdika” to Ukraine. August, Defense Express writes.
2024-08-30 10:18:30