2С5 «Гиацинт-С»

The 2S5 Giatsint-S is a Soviet 152mm self-propelled gun-howitzer developed in the early 1970s and first catalogued by NATO in 1981 under the provisional designation M1981. It was a core element of Soviet Cold War artillery doctrine, designed for long-range fire support on the European battlefield. This example is displayed as a static outdoor exhibit in Sergiyev Posad, offering a close-up look at the scale and engineering of heavy Soviet armored artillery from that period.