1/ Russia has lost at least 55 (visually confirmed) of their 100 pre-war active 152mm 2S5 Giatsint-S self propelled guns, with 10 more units being damaged. In this thread I will show how many 2S5 they had in storage and how many might be left⬇️
2/ Since there is a higher number of vehicles and bases here is an overview of the numbers. Russia has at least removed 288 (~48%) and some of the remaining 2S5 have had their gun removed.
3/ Once again the 94th arsenal is the main base for storing this SPG, where at least 175 units have been removed until January 2024 (2S5 marked in red).
4/ Interestingly not a lot of vehicles have been removed between July 2023 and January 2024. It is possible that many of remaining vehicles are cannibalized such as the ones shown below but the satelite images from Jan are not good enough to asses the extent of this.
5/ At the 120th all (visible) 2S5 have been removed since the start of the war.
6/ The 80th base had 31 2S5 in 2021 and after the base was reorganized in 2023 36 2S5 were visible which might have been stored inside. The most recent image I have from this base has very low resolution so some units might hve been removed since February.
7/ About 18 2S5 were stored at the 243rd, although it looks like 11 already had their gun removed before the war started, regardless all vehicles were removed until August of 2023.
8/ The 2S5 stocks at the 7020th also decreased significantly from 68 to 35 and it is visible in May 2023 that many of the remaining vehicles had their gun removed.
9/ All 2S5 were removed from the base in Lesnoi Gorodok and the 744th.
10/ There were also 12 2S5 stored at the 230th base on Sakhalin island and all of them were still there in October 2022, which is the most recent image I have. Additionally I am not sure if these might belong to active units.
11/ In conclusion the 2S5 is one of the most cannibalized types of the SPGs in storage and the pre-war stocks have likely decreased by more than 50% by now, considering many images are more than 6 months old.
12/ As with other SPG types the system is likely more limited by the availability of barrels (guns removed from stored units), but also ammunition, since the 2S5 ammunition is not compatible with other russian 152mm systems.
13/ Unfortunately I dont have any data on how many are currently in active service, but considering the visually confirmed losses and and the numbers of units removed from storage it is possible that more than 300 are still active, although the number is likely much lower.
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