page_title: 2S7 Pion
section_title: Former operators
hierarchical_section_title: 2S7 Pion / Operators / Former operators
caption_attribution_description: English: 2S7 Pion at Museum of Technics, Arkhangelskoye, Moscow Region
context_page_description: The 2S7 Pion or Malka is a Soviet self-propelled 203mm heavy artillery. "2S7" is its GRAU designation.
  It was identified for the first time in 1975 in the Soviet Army and so was called M-1975 by NATO, whereas its official designation is SO-203. Its design is based on a T-80 chassis carrying an externally mounted 2A44 203 mm gun on the hull rear.
context_section_description:  Czechoslovakia – 12 vehicles operated by 17th Large Caliber Artillery Division in Žamberk, 1984–1994. One machine is kept in Military museum Lešany.
   Poland – 8 guns. Military designation "Piwonia". Entered service in 1985 and withdrawn in 2006. Served first in the 5th Artillery Brigade in Głogów then with the 23rd Silesian Artillery Brigade in Bolesławiec.
   Soviet Union – Passed on to successor states.
caption: 2S7 Pion at Museum of Technics, Arkhangelskoye, Moscow Region
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