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00:00:00We are the gods of war, behind us is strength, even though
00:00:03drone systems are now developing, we are still
00:00:07cooler.
00:00:08будем.
00:00:16And at the beginning of the issue, news from the video summaries of the Ministry of Defense for
00:00:20the past
00:00:21week.
00:00:26The Russian army continues to push the enemy in the Kharkiv region.
00:00:30Attack aircraft of the seventy-ninth regiment of the Sever grouping of troops
00:00:33took control of another settlement in
00:00:36Izyumsky district, Dolgenkaya. In the air, our
00:00:40drones dominate, and enemy positions are leveled to the ground by the gods
00:00:44of war. Our artillery works very well,
00:00:47the artillery of neighboring units, the guys, that is, already with experience, well, accordingly,
00:00:51the artillery helps directly, well, well, that is, before
00:00:55the attacks, we smash enemy positions, that is, strongholds and
00:00:59the like, but... They flee from there
00:01:01directly.
00:01:04This week, our troops liberated several more settlements, including
00:01:08the large settlement of Alkhovatka. Fighters of
00:01:11the eleventh army corps of the Northern Group of Forces
00:01:15under enemy fire were able to evacuate a resident of the village, Olga, with her little
00:01:19son. We would like to congratulate you on
00:01:22your arrival on Russian soil, and wish you all the best.
00:01:26We congratulate you that the war is finally over for you.
00:01:30Welcome to peace, welcome to our family.
00:01:33Yan, this is for you. You are our
00:01:36little hero. You knew about this, right? They are shameless, they hit
00:01:40people, they do not look, yes, that there are small
00:01:43children, peaceful there, uh-huh, it doesn't matter
00:01:46where, we hid the child, uh-huh, they take
00:01:50children forcibly from their homes,
00:01:54where their homes are, even children end up being used for organs, so that they never
00:01:58fear Russians.
00:02:00The ark with the newly acquired relics
00:02:10of the pious Grand Duke Dmitry Donskoy continues its journey along
00:02:13the front-line roads in the zone of the special operation. In modern
00:02:16language, Dmitry Donskoy is the same assault pilot as these
00:02:20fighters. In 1380,
00:02:22he fought against a common enemy shoulder to shoulder with his
00:02:26warriors.
00:02:30all the scattered and different tribes went to the field and all
00:02:33returned as Russians, now we are also
00:02:36Kulikovo Field, now there is also a battle of
00:02:40spirit, and we
00:02:41are restoring Holy Rus' with you.
00:02:46And now it's time for a big report: on September 19, the country celebrated
00:02:50Gunsmith's Day. For this date, the watchmaker prepared
00:02:54a video about one of the examples of our
00:02:57military-industrial complex's products that is already undergoing
00:03:00fire tests in the special operation zone.
00:03:06Viewers of the First Channel have the opportunity to get acquainted
00:03:10with another new product of Russian artillery:
00:03:14this is a self-propelled artillery
00:03:16unit, or, more simply, a howitzer
00:03:20called Malva. As you can see, it appeared on
00:03:23the front on a wheeled chassis quite recently. In this
00:03:27program issue, there is a unique opportunity to get to
00:03:30know both the self-propelled gun itself and its
00:03:32crew.
00:03:38We are in the self-propelled howitzer division of the 273rd
00:03:41artillery brigade of the thirty-fourth division of the Western
00:03:45group of forces.
00:03:46западие
00:03:53Shot!
00:03:56The combat work of the Malva crew breaks through advanced fortifications.
00:04:30Defense is always on guard, and firing positions
00:04:33are covered by mobile firing
00:04:34groups.
00:04:38This is what combat work looks like on the line of contact. Our
00:04:41film crew is a little further back in the rear, in a relatively
00:04:45safe zone, where "relatively" is the key
00:04:48word. The risk of sudden shelling is always present, especially in
00:04:51such clear weather. The self-propelled gun is in position, but
00:04:55of course, this is not a combat sortie. Here the guys
00:04:58are training the crews. They are practicing all their
00:05:02actions so as not to waste time in the zone
00:05:05of direct combat contact. But what happens there also
00:05:08happens here. They work out the standards,
00:05:11shorten these... motives to spend as little
00:05:14valuable minutes as possible in the open
00:05:17space. To reduce the gun deployment time
00:05:20to a minimum, geo-referencing to the terrain is done in advance, and
00:05:24the coordinates of the alleged targets have already been entered into the onboard
00:05:27computer. What is the uniqueness of this footage? Here at
00:05:31the training combat position, we can see how the crew acts. Before
00:05:35this, we did not have such an opportunity, because being at
00:05:39combat near such a machine, to be honest, is dangerous. Sometimes it is
00:05:42counter-battery warfare, but most often it is a drone
00:05:46attack, as the guys themselves say, that during
00:05:50combat work they sometimes have to fight off dozens of enemy
00:05:53FPVs.
00:05:56So what kind of self-propelled gun is this? Malva, an eight-wheeled all-wheel drive
00:06:00Bas vehicle chassis, the same one found in some other types of heavy
00:06:04military equipment, for example, the S-400
00:06:07Triumf complex, and the gun itself is the good old Msta
00:06:11cannon, which has been seen many times on the fronts of the special operation,
00:06:15both in the self-propelled version
00:06:16and in the towed version.
00:06:23This is footage from a watch at the positions of paratrooper artillerymen
00:06:26near Tyomovsk in 2023.
00:06:29Here, of course, the shells and cartridges
00:06:32are already lighter, but it shoots farther, more accurately,
00:06:35and more confidently.
00:06:38Gun, fire!
00:06:43you have to open your mouth specially so that your ears don't get blocked,
00:06:47because the shot from this weapon
00:06:49is really very powerful, I don't even want to think about what's happening at the enemy's
00:06:53positions at these seconds, and this is the work
00:06:56of the tracked version of the Msta 275th
00:06:59self-propelled artillery regiment, which we observed in
00:07:02the Svatove direction a year later in
00:07:042024.
00:07:09Oh, you can even hear that power.
00:07:12The whistle of the shell that flew from here to
00:07:16the enemy's positions. Each 152 mm
00:07:19shell results in a fragmentation radius
00:07:21of 200 m,
00:07:25that is, it covers a solid area, and if you hit infantry with
00:07:28high-explosive fragmentation shells, well, in general, it will definitely sow panic
00:07:32and horror among
00:07:34the enemy.
00:07:37And this is already Malva with the same weapon, but on a wheeled
00:07:40chassis, which is a challenge of
00:07:43the times, making the self-propelled gun not only passable, but very mobile, especially
00:07:46where there is a developed network of roads.
00:07:48дорог.
00:07:54The machine is quite maneuverable, powerful,
00:07:57its cross-country ability is quite good, it has proven itself very well, I
00:08:01am a driver, and I like the new machine itself.
00:08:04The machine is indeed new in every
00:08:07respect. It is very much in demand at the front, because speed
00:08:10of movement, opening fire, and leaving position are now one of
00:08:14the decisive factors.
00:08:17The gun barrel rises,
00:08:20the turret turns,
00:08:24everything is ready for
00:08:26firing. The most curious thing is that almost all of this
00:08:30is done automatically. After entering the coordinates
00:08:32for positioning the machine itself, everything is done automatically.
00:08:36The loaders feed the shells
00:08:40and powder charges. The weight of each
00:08:43is about 50 kg. The powder is loaded separately, and
00:08:47the shell is loaded separately. Everything is supplied from
00:08:50the ground. Why? Because the machine itself does, of course, have
00:08:53ammunition storage, but they try to minimize the presence of
00:08:56ammunition there due to certain circumstances. Well, it's clear,
00:09:00safety first. If the machine is attacked from
00:09:03the air, for example, or in counter-battery combat, there are more chances that it
00:09:07will survive. This is the final training, the crew
00:09:11is preparing to go to the front. Roman Belozertsev, the gun commander,
00:09:14is from the capital of gunsmiths, the hero city of
00:09:18Tula. He has been at the front for only 3 months, but during this time
00:09:21he has already managed to work hard.
00:09:24I can't say the exact number of sorties, but about
00:09:28a thousand shells. A thousand shells in 3 months
00:09:31were fired by your gun, right? Yes.
00:09:34A thousand shells is a thousand targets or a little
00:09:38less? Well, it's fewer targets, about ten
00:09:42shells hit one target.
00:09:44So, in one combat operation, you manage to make that many
00:09:48shots? From ten to twenty.
00:09:51The howitzer spends no more than 15 minutes at the firing position,
00:09:55after which it immediately leaves for cover. Fortunately, the wheeled chassis allows
00:09:59this to be done quite
00:10:00quickly.
00:10:03Nevertheless, the enemy is conducting counter-battery warfare,
00:10:06trying to track you down, find you? Well, we have
00:10:09a cover group that always covers us, well, and after
00:10:12going to the "slurry pit", we mask
00:10:15our tracks. How do you ward off the "birds"? The cover group
00:10:19helps, we ourselves watch the air, they have already flown, we have seen them
00:10:22personally, of course, right next to us. Repeatedly, yes, we fight them off,
00:10:26we protect our weapon, uh-huh, we protect ourselves.
00:10:30How many at most chased you?
00:14:59It's still amazing how they manage to hide such a huge machine near
00:15:03the front line. The answer comes by itself when you look at
00:15:06the calloused hands of these fighters. A dugout
00:15:10is dug by hand for it, yes, with hands, with shovels. And how long
00:15:13have you been digging it? A month. That is, in advance,
00:15:17yes, plus logs, all of this dragged by hand, themselves,
00:15:20hard work, generally to the maximum. That is, before this, I thought that it was
00:15:24hard to dig an Msta, but the Msta is child's play.
00:15:2714 meters. It seemed to me that they no longer dig more, but
00:15:31you bury this thing literally underground, underground, that
00:15:35is, it's up to the roof, yes, plus if... you lower the whole
00:15:38machine, you have to dig an exit
00:15:41for it too. Tens of cubic meters of earth,
00:15:45all this under constant threat from the air, but the risk is justified. This
00:15:49huge gun always has work to do. You are one
00:15:52of the most important people in this crew, the one who
00:15:56makes this artillery complex truly
00:15:59dangerous. You are the gunner, correct? What does your job involve?
00:16:03Aiming at the target, loading, firing,
00:16:07for the team
00:16:10to hit. The main thing, of course, for an artilleryman is hitting the
00:16:12target. The range of this weapon is about 25
00:16:16km, which is not much by the standards of recent
00:16:20military conflicts, but the crew assures that this distance is quite
00:16:23enough for them to reach the enemy. Where is this secret
00:16:27button? Here it is. So you shoot manually, right? Yes, the
00:16:31shot is fired manually. That is,
00:16:33the gun is aimed, adjusted, all of that.
00:16:37It is entered via computer, the machine aims itself, automatic loading, but
00:16:41a person fires the shot. How do you not go deaf here? It hits powerfully. At first
00:16:44it muffled, yes, it was unusual, but over time
00:16:47you get used to it, it's like a normal clap of hands
00:16:50nearby.
00:16:58The main type of shells are high-explosive fragmentation, but there are also
00:17:02guided high-precision shells like
00:17:04Krasnopol.
00:17:13But what feelings does the gunner experience when his shell
00:17:17hits the target, when he finds out that everything worked out?
00:17:21Wow. Well, to put it simply, wow. Well, of course,
00:17:25yes, I would like every shell to hit the target. And in general, how
00:17:28accurate is this system? The gun is very
00:17:32accurate, probably the main advantage
00:17:34of Malva. That is, quite
00:17:38accurate. Well, how many do you need, one, two, three shots at most? Well, one
00:17:41sighting shot, then in principle from the second it already hits exactly on
00:17:44target.
00:17:46In the crew, almost all crew numbers are interchangeable. Ilya
00:17:50Kartavykh is currently the loader, although he is also the commander
00:17:53of the self-propelled gun. I monitor the activation of
00:17:57the hydraulic system, directly the gun. If any
00:18:00errors occur with the gun, they appear on
00:18:03this monitor. So accordingly, I report to the gunner, the gunner.
00:18:37The accuracy and coolness depend on the lives of comrades and the fulfillment
00:18:41of the task.
00:18:44I understand this is a standard shot, yes. Yes,
00:18:47this is a shell, the sixty-fourth. This is
00:18:50a high-explosive fragmentation full charge
00:18:53G38. This is a firing range of 20 km.
00:18:56The shell weighs 47 kg, and
00:18:59the full charge is 17 kg. Let me try, nothing if
00:19:03I take it? Yes, of course. Oh, 17 kg, and
00:19:06I can feel it. Quite heavy.
00:19:10Now I'll try the shell, if it works,
00:19:13of course, I don't think I have the physical training of
00:19:16the guys. Oh,
00:19:19yes, 47 is indeed 47, a bag
00:19:22of cement. Well, we're used to it now, we wear
00:19:25armor and run around. Physically developed, yes, I see
00:19:29that there are no weak guys here, everyone is physically prepared,
00:19:33because everything is done with their own hands, and although this
00:19:36artillery machine was created for conducting combat operations, the designers
00:19:40did not forget about the comfort of the crew. We are standing
00:19:44outside now, it's very hot, the sun is already scorching,
00:19:47sweltering, I would even say, but from the cabin, strangely enough, although
00:19:51the engine is off, there's a coolness. Why? We also have an
00:19:54air conditioner installed, so it's a real air conditioner, that's right,
00:19:58there's an air conditioner above us, we turn it on when it's hot. The control
00:20:01panel is in the middle, the gray one, the first and second panels, that's the air conditioner
00:20:05control panel. It's a lifesaver.
00:20:12Andrey Kotov, a military driver, has been at the front since
00:20:142023. Before that, he worked as a milk truck driver.
00:20:18Everyone in the crew knows that, in addition to their accuracy, the success of the combat mission
00:20:22largely depends on Andrey's professional driving skills.
00:20:25There were times when they had to escape pursuit on punctured
00:20:28tires. If it punctures, we have a
00:20:31fuel pumping system. Here we open the valves on the tires,
00:20:35here are the valves, here they are, we open them, here the pumping
00:20:38system is also turned on with a button. So if it's
00:20:41not torn to shreds, you can keep going, yes, yes, yes, up to
00:20:45eight to ten holes, well, depending on how small they are,
00:20:49it should cope. Military drivers are one of the most valuable
00:20:52specialists at the front, especially in artillery: take at least
00:20:56ammunition, you can't carry shells to the front by hand, and
00:20:59the gun cannot be allowed to stand idle, the enemy must know
00:21:02its place. Here our drivers transport ammunition,
00:21:06in any weather, at any time of day.
00:21:09Hello, may I distract
00:21:12you, brave military driver?
00:21:16I talked to the guys, the artillerymen, they all
00:21:19say in unison that without military drivers, those
00:21:23who deliver supplies to the front line, their work would be simply
00:21:26impossible. Of course, it would be impossible, because drivers
00:21:29are needed to deliver ammunition, people, oh well, they are in
00:21:33cover, but you, it turns out, are like this in open terrain, even in an armored
00:21:37Kamaz, in such a, as I understand it, special artillery
00:21:40one, you take ammunition there, yes, of course,
00:21:44we risk our lives, we transport ammunition, well, is it scary?
00:21:48No, we're used to it.
00:21:51Unnoticed, very dangerous, but important driver's work, which we have been
00:21:54witnessing all these war years. The armor
00:21:58of these vehicles has already been tested in action. Here is one of
00:22:02the episodes when this particular
00:22:05truck was bringing the gun to position,
00:22:08a shell exploded nearby, a fragment hit,
00:22:11here it is,
00:22:14but fortunately everything turned out fine, generally without consequences.
00:22:18The weapon completed
00:22:20its combat mission. Here is another combat operation of the same
00:22:24artillery brigade in the Kharkiv region. The bulky, but nimble
00:22:28Malva emerges from cover and rushes to one of the firing
00:22:31positions. There are always several, so that the enemy cannot
00:22:34figure out from which one the firing
00:22:37will be conducted today.
00:22:42Ready, aimed,
00:22:43loaded.
00:22:46One fire, one fire, one fire, yes, gun.
00:22:50Shot.
00:22:54One
00:22:54to load.
00:23:01Shot.
00:23:04Shot.
00:23:08After hard days on the line of combat contact, the crew
00:23:12has the opportunity to rest in the rear. We worked with
00:23:15the crew, now there is an opportunity to communicate in an informal setting, I'm looking.
00:23:50A drawing from his son. As has happened many times before,
00:23:53maybe there will be another drawing here. Do you have a
00:23:56picture, Zhenya? Always there, always
00:23:59there. Again, I have the honor to
00:24:02present to the guys and to our viewers,
00:24:05I will do it now, this drawing was made
00:24:09by his son Egor, he is already 9 years old, yes, Zhenya, son
00:24:13Egor Lopatkin, 9 years old,
00:24:15Moscow region, sends to the valiant artillery crew
00:24:19such a drawing. This boy
00:24:23looks like you too, well, we used to run around as such boys
00:24:26sometimes. Of course, well, now
00:24:30there are probably similar joyful smiles. I hand it to the commander, I hope that
00:24:34this drawing, let's hang it up right away,
00:24:40The rear helps the front, here they constantly receive parcels, not
00:24:43only letters, but also warm clothes, generators, household
00:24:47electrical appliances and much more. Are there any
00:24:50unexpected bonuses, like something tasty being sent? Well,
00:24:54yes, even camouflage nets sometimes contain sweets.
00:24:57Sweets are sent? Yes, yes, sometimes they are in the nets, like
00:25:00an unexpected gift. So, you unroll the camouflage
00:25:03net,
00:25:05and there's a surprise there. It's already written, "Unwrap
00:25:08carefully." But the fighters do not
00:25:12live on sweets and chocolate alone. It has long been noticed that the field kitchen near
00:25:16the front line is the most varied and surprisingly
00:25:18delicious. So, now you can see
00:25:22what our artillerymen eat.
00:25:25Well, what do you have for the first course? Potato soup today.
00:25:29Excellent, is there meat? Yes, yes, everything as it should be. What about the second
00:25:32course? Pasta.
00:25:35Excellent, well, honestly, at the front, indeed, the best
00:25:39food, I think, in the rear they don't feed us as
00:25:42well as here, because the guys work themselves to exhaustion, so they have the right
00:25:46to eat well. The living conditions are generally pleasing. Normal
00:25:50overnight stay, food, a place to wash, do laundry, there's even a bathhouse,
00:25:54a very good one. How is the steam
00:25:57room, guys? Excellent, you can check it yourselves, it's all heated up, right?
00:26:01Ready? Let's see
00:26:04Oh, it's really hot here. Well, just like that, oh,
00:26:08it's a good joke, I just wanted to duck
00:26:11right away. It's already
00:26:14almost 80 degrees.
00:26:18In general, the guys have a bath day today for those who
00:26:21returned from the front line, and those who come in,
00:26:25they come in. Now the guys are getting ready, some
00:26:28come, others go,
00:26:29rotation.
00:26:32A strong household depends largely on a good commander,
00:26:36and he has been in the division for a long time, a veteran front-liner. Pavel
00:26:39Dukovich has several wounds, a medal for courage and an order
00:26:43of bravery. He started commanding two Msta installations,
00:26:46now under his command are 18 self-propelled Malva
00:26:50howitzers. The special military operation for me began
00:26:53back in February 2022, when the task was
00:26:57set to advance, we advanced in the position
00:27:01of platoon commander. We came under enemy fire,
00:27:04received my first wound, I was wounded in the neck, in the chest,
00:27:08as if a bullet passed 3 mm from
00:27:11the artery, there was a long treatment, well,
00:27:15for a long time there were moments when my arm did not heal,
00:27:18I think I changed three hospitals after the first wound,
00:27:22already in July 2022, I again
00:27:25continued to perform tasks, I quickly
00:27:29got used to it, everything adapted already took from...
00:28:11The crew of this Malva will soon have to go to the front again.
00:28:14The guys are worried, but their morale is
00:28:17high. Today you are leaving to perform tasks,
00:28:21the route is the same, the order of advance is the same, you have been
00:28:25there many times already, you have gotten into these troubles
00:28:28many times already. Observe also
00:28:32caution in all maneuvers, take care of yourselves,
00:28:36our families are waiting for us, do not tempt fate too much,
00:28:40but there's no need to hide, do your
00:28:44job, everything will be fine, it's clear that
00:28:47to return alive, the commander's order
00:28:50will be fulfilled, the fighters smile, ahead are hard combat days.
00:28:54weekdays, but the fire support will not let the infantry down, the enemy
00:28:57will not be able to find a shelter anywhere, you watched
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