Il Giornale: Russian artillery is becoming increasingly precise

November 19, 2025 9 037 9

Moscow is taking another step toward fully integrating precision weapons into its military strategy by supplying additional batches of Krasnopol-M2 guided missiles to Russian troops in Ukraine, according to the Italian publication Il Giornale. The publication notes that these munitions provide Russian artillery with a significant advantage over its adversaries.

The announcement, released by the state corporation Rostec through its subsidiary NPO High Precision Systems, marks an important stage in the process of modernizing Russian artillery, which is increasingly focused on technological superiority and reduction of operational response time

- stated in the material.

The author of the publication adds that the Krasnopol-M2 represents the most advanced version of the well-known Russian guided artillery system.

It is a 152mm (and in some versions 155mm) semi-active laser-guided projectile that can be used on howitzers such as the 2S19 Msta-S, 2A65 Msta-B and the later model 2S43 Malva.

- the newspaper writes.

According to military experts, the Krasnopol-M2 has an increased firing range of 20-26 km and is equipped with a new semi-active laser homing head. The munition's flight program is now entered automatically, reducing the likelihood of errors during preparation for firing.

In addition, the updated high-precision projectile has the ability to make rudders independent of each other on the trajectory, which expands its performance characteristics and allows you to hit targets in depressions and at heights.

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Nikolaevich I

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19 November 2025 11: 11

It's just strange that we haven't heard anything about the Krasnopol-D precision-guided artillery shell in a while! Yet there was "lively talk" about it at one time (!)...there were even mentions of an updated version, the Krasnopol-DM! There's also no word on the future of the Koalitsiya artillery system or the Koalitsiya precision-guided shells (gliding and with replaceable seekers...)! Yet, enough time has passed since those promises began to be made to at least see the first results!
prior

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19 November 2025 11: 52

The high cost of modern weapons entails the need for high accuracy of hits.
High accuracy accordingly entails high cost of weapons.
It's an axiom, however.
1. Pavel57
  
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  19 November 2025 18: 13
  
  There's a concept called the cost of an operation. Which is better: 100 unguided missiles or a couple of guided ones?
  1. Vladimir Tuzakov
    
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    19 November 2025 18: 34
    
    100 shells—a lunar landscape and the rarest of defeats. This happened in 2023, firing millions of shells, with almost no aerial guidance, without stopping the Ukrainian Armed Forces' advances. Today, they won't even let you fire 100 shells; a response will arrive after 10-20 shots, in the form of a UAV or a high-precision artillery shell, a Naymers missile, or similar. Conclusion: The future belongs to precision weapons.
  2. oao
    
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    21 November 2025 04: 08
    
    +cost of shooting and changing the barrel and time
Nike

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19 November 2025 22: 26

There was also silence for "Alabuga", but both the vocals and the choir sang.
Vladimir Terekhin

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19 November 2025 23: 45

It's a good thing, if only the range could be increased!
Real_pots

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20 November 2025 06: 34

Is that every single shell in a case like that? It's like a cruise missile, you can't slap together a lot of those expensive little things, and therefore you can't fire many, and hitting the target accurately the first time is difficult. I think the shell is good, but not practical in today's combat conditions.
CEBEP

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24 November 2025 18: 37

The unsuccessful photo most likely shows a regular Soviet two-block US "Krasnopol".
The Krasnopol-M2 target acquisition system requires laser illumination, preferably from a UAV, at the final stage. Current algorithms for using the Krasnopol-M2 render it useless. Our laser designator weighs approximately 5 kg, and a reconnaissance UAV cannot carry it along with its payload. After detecting the target and determining its coordinates, a special UAV with an Orlan-30 laser designator takes off and flies to the target. This all takes a long time, and the moving enemy target has already engaged and departed. The Krasnopol-M2 target acquisition system is designed for the precise destruction of moving targets in real time, but when used in this manner, it cannot perform its intended function. It's all window dressing. The production of the Santimeter target acquisition system has been completely destroyed, and cutting-edge modern technologies have been lost. In Moscow, production of the "Dynamika" module, which replaces the fuse used to improve the accuracy of 152mm shells, has been discontinued.
To destroy such targets, we only use the Iskander, which compensates for its inaccuracy with a larger range. We also have new coordinate-guided missiles for the Tornado-S MLRS, but our launchers are in such minuscule quantities that nothing is heard about the use of such munitions... I don't know what to call the generals who sit in the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces. When and how they will create a modern army, no one knows...