The 2S19 Msta-S is a 152.4 mm self-propelled howitzer designed and manufactured by Uraltransmash in the Soviet Union and later in Russia, which entered service in 1989 as the successor to the 2S3 Akatsiya.

In 2008, the Russian Armed Forces ordered an improved model with an automated fire-control system.

[citation needed] Russia offered its Msta-S 152 mm howitzer to foreign countries, particularly in the Middle East.

[6] Msta-S specifications provided by manufacturer[citation needed] Msta-S howitzers were used by the Russian Ground Forces to deliver artillery strikes against Chechen separatists during the Second Chechen War.

[11] Msta-S howitzers have been used in the Russo-Ukrainian War by the pro-Russian separatists who captured one machine during the conflict.