The russian army has deployed 9P157-2 Khrizantema-S anti-tank guided missile systems to Ukraine, Army Recognition reports. This vehicle carries 9M123 Khrizantema missiles, up to 15 rounds, while the "S" in the name stands for "self-propelled." It is based on BMP-3 chassis and designed to destroy tanks, low-altitude aircraft, or manpower. The missile has a range of 6 km and goes by the name AT-15 Springer in NATO handbooks.
Noteworthy, this is only the second time this system is mentioned in the context of the russo-Ukrainian war. The previous time was in August 2022, there is even a video showing this system launching a missile on critical infrastructure in the Mykolaiv operational direction.
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Overall, this system is quite a rare weapon for the russian army. As of the beginning of 2022, it had only 30 systems in general, 18 of them were supposed to be delivered to the 2nd Taman Motor Rifle Division.
Although all of that is not as interesting as the fact that russians put their Khrizantema-S in the spotlight seemingly forgetting about other types of self-propelled ATGM systems which are also actively used in the battles against Ukrainians. What differs them is that all those already have a record of being destroyed which does not exactly align with an image of a russian "wunderwaffe."
For example, there are at least two 9P163M-1 Kornet-T self-propelled anti-tank missile launchers destroyed in hostilities, according to Oryx OSINT community. Those have the same BMP-3 chassis but the armament is the Kornet missile (NATO name AT-14 Spriggan), with an ammo pack of 16 guided missiles. There is no data on how many such vehicles russia had before starting its full-scale invasion campaign in 2022.
Or there is also the 9P149 Shturm-S anti-tank vehicle, russian forces have lost 35 of them based on the calculations by the same Oryx, though those are only visually confirmed losses, the real numbers could be much higher. Plus 18 Shturm-S vehicles became trophies for the Ukrainian soldiers.
For some reason, both the Kornet-T and Shturm-S vehicles sure get completely ignored by russian media.
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