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Iranian Munitions Donated To Russia At 2200 Feet Per Second
Published 4 weeks ago
This footage shows a Ukrainian 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled howitzer and crew (unit and location not disclosed) as it fires on a Russian target. While this in itself isn't particularly out of the ordinary, what does stand out is the ammunition used. The 122-millimeter shell shown appears to be Iranian in origin. While we've often seen donated artillery shells censored or blurred in footage like this, ostensibly to protect the identity of their donors, this shell is unobscured, suggesting that it was donated by a third party. The likeliest candidate, having seized Iranian munitions in the recent past en route to Yemen, is the United States. For some reason or another, irony is often as close at hand as death in war. Now we see Russia, a frequent user of Iranian equipment in this conflict, taking their turn on the receiving end of Iranian warheads.