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​Ukrainian Artilerymen Effectively Destroyed the russian Osa SAM System with an M982 Excalibur Projectile

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Western artillery systems are effectively destroying the russian invaders in Ukraine
Western artillery systems are effectively destroying the russian invaders in Ukraine

American high-precision ammunition takes an active part in the destruction of russian weapons. In particular, the russians hid their Osa air defense system (Russian: 9К33 «Оса», literally "wasp"; NATO reporting name SA-8 Gecko) in a dilapidated building, but the American Excalibur guided artillery shell sent by Ukrainian gunners effectively found and destroyed the target

The M982 Excalibur guided artillery shell continues its work to effectively dispose of the weapons and military equipment of the russian occupation forces. This time, the target for the American 155-mm guided projectile was a surface-to-air missile system.

Thus, a video of the defeat of the russian 9A33BM3 Osa-AKM short-range air defense system was destroyed by a M982 Excalibur strike in, which was destroyed in the Donetsk region, appeared on the Internet.

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According to data from the Oryx portal, this is at least the 10th Osa-tupe surface-to-air missile system that the invaders have lost since the beginning of the full-scale invasion to Ukraine.

Ukrainian Artilerymen Effectively Destroyed the russian Osa SAM System with an M982 Excalibur Projectile, 9A33BM3 TELAR from Osa-AKM system, Defense Express
9A33BM3 TELAR from Osa-AKM system

Previously, Defense Express wrote about how Excalibur set fire to a very rare version of the occupiers' 9A331MDT Tor-M2DT air defense system - the Russians have a total of 12such a systems, and in the first days of February 2023, they lost two the systems at once.

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