According to information from the Russian press agency TASS, the Russian armed forces will receive new artillery arms in the coming years, including self-propelled gun 2S43 Malva, Flox 120mm self-propelled mortar system, Magnolia 120mm tracked self-propelled mortar and Drok 82mm wheeled 4×4 mortar carrier vehicle.
The Flox is a 120mm mobile self-propelled mortar system based on an armored version of the Ural-4320 6×6 military truck chassis. The gun was designed by Nabrosok R&D. It has a combined semi-automatic rifled cannon that fires all mortar mines and shells. It can fire like a howitzer or a mortar, as well as point-blank. For the first time in Russia Flox received a system to detect laser emission and set up optical disturbances.
The Drok is a self-propelled mortar carrier vehicle that was designed for the Russian Airborne Forces based on Typhoon-VDV 4×4 armored chassis. The vehicle is designed to support airborne assault units.
The Drok is armed with an 82mm breach-loading mortar with manual charging. The crew can fire at targets without leaving the combat compartment. The mortar can fire ordinary and new mines with a longer range and bigger firepower. Drok weighs 14 tons. The crew of the vehicle includes four men.
The mortar of the Drok vehicle has a firing range from 100 to 6,000 m. It has a rate of fire of 12 rounds per minute and the vehicle can carry a total of 40 ammunition.
The Magnolia is a 120mm tracked self-propelled mortar system based on the DT-30PM, The turret has a traverse of 360° with an elevation from -4º to up to +80º. The Magnolia has a maximum firing range of 10 km with a rate of fire of 10 rounds per minute. The vehicle carries a total of 80 rounds.