Ukraine masters production of large caliber artillery ammo (Photo, Video)

Ukraine has successfully tested the new 152mm artillery ammunition produced by a state-owned Kyiv-based Artem, which is part of the country's major arms producer UkrOboronProm.

Thus, Ukraine has secured own production of large caliber artillery ammunition, according to Pavlo Bukin, CEO at UkrOboronProm (UOP), according to the company press service.

Commenting on the results of the latest tests, Bukin said the new HE projectile is designed to destroy enemy manpower, artillery and firepower, as well as fortification structures.

It is designed for one of the most far-ranging artillery systems, Hiatsynt.

Pavlo Bukin emphasized that other UOP enterprises, besides Artem, are also engaged in ammunition manufacturing, producing initiating agents, explosives, and blasting powder.

"Cooperation between UOP enterprises allowed us to master artillery ammunition production in the shortest time possible and to meet the requirements of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. This is an important step, which further increases combat capability of the Ukrainian Army," said Pavlo Bukin.

He informed that artillery projectiles by Artem are awaiting a series of tests under the control of the Ministry of Defense representatives before their serial production is launched.

The latest tests were conducted at a military training ground in Chernihiv.

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko February 21 appointed former Ukrspecexport CEO Pavlo Bukin as head of UkrOboronProm, the country's major manufacturer of military hardware and weapons.

UNIAN memo. Ukraine's state-run UkrOboronProm Concern was established in 2010 to ensure the effective operation and management of state-run economic entities involved in the development, manufacture, sale, repair, modernization and disposal of weapons, military and special equipment, and ammunition. Ukroboronprom incorporates over a hundred enterprises of Ukraine's military industrial complex.