The first photos of the homemade self-propelled 2C41 "Drock" self-propelled guns of domestic production appeared on the Internet. For the first time, she was talked about at the International Military-Technical Forum of the Russian Ministry of Defense in 2017. And a little over a year later, everyone saw this faithful assistant of the landing party.
As stated in the press release, the armament of the fourteen-ton machine makes it possible to hit targets at a distance of 6000 meters, while the minimum firing range is only 100 meters, the rate of fire reaches 12 rounds per minute, the ammunition consists of forty minutes, the crew consists of 4 soldiers.
"Drok" is created in the framework of experimental design work "Sketch".
The combat module is installed on the chassis of the armored car "Typhoon Airborne". A remotely controlled machine gun module was also installed to combat ground and air targets. ACS is equipped with a complex of optical-electronic countermeasures.
This year it is planned to carry out final tests, after which it will be adopted by the Airborne Forces.