Destroys buildings and tanks: Russia has the most powerful air in the world

In the midst of the war against Ukraine, the Russian Ministry of Defense recently released a video showing the use of the 2S4 Tyulpan self-propelled air force, which is considered the heaviest in the world.

It was used for several months in the war. He is pictured in May shooting at Ukrainian forces hiding at the Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol, where Ukrainian civilians and the military have taken refuge for months.

Designed by Georgy Sergeevich Efimov and Yuri Nikolaevich Kalachnikov in the early 1970s, it had already been used in other conflicts in Afghanistan and Chechnya, but has now resurfaced in an effort to demonstrate Russia’s power.

Tyulpan is one of the most powerful weapons in the world due to its high destruction capacity.

• The set weighs 27 tons.
• It is 6.5 meters long.
• It is self-propelled (it can shoot by its own means).
• The hull functions as an all-welded steel armor.
• The crew is a maximum of four (five of them can go in a support vehicle).
• It fires a wide variety of bombs weighing up to 130 kg and a range of 9.5 km.
• Each shot can be performed at one-minute intervals.
• The 240 mm caliber cannon can destroy fortified and armored buildings at a distance of up to 20 km.

However, according to official information from the Russian military, Tyulpan’s most “terrible” ammunition is a 3B4 nuclear weapon with a firing range of 18 km, as well as an incendiary weapon that, when detonated, completely burns an area. 7,850 square meters.

Recently, Tyulpan has gone through a modernization process. The Russian army claims that today’s armament has a new engine, including a fire control system with laser and firing in automatic mode.

By 1988 there were about 588 Tyulpans, but it is estimated that there are currently 400 to 500 units scattered in warehouses in Russia.