 The hunt for Russian Tullpans continues in Ukraine. The Russian army widened its war on Ukraine with around 50 self-propelled 2S4 Tullpans hulking 30 tonne tracked vehicles hauling 240mm mortars that lob 290lb shells a distance of 6 miles according to Forbes media outlet. Tullpan is Russian for tulip. It is noted that 19 months later, Ukrainian drone operators have spotted and Ukrainian artillery batteries have destroyed, no fewer than 18 of these 9 person 2S4s around a third of the pre-war force. At least one expert theorised the Ukrainians were making a special effort to knock out 2S4s. They are likely a priority for Ukrainian counter-battery fire, treated robly and analysed with the Foreign Policy Research Institute in Pennsylvania. It is not hard to understand why. The 2S4 is uniquely destructive, a city destroying siege weapon. Even when it misses, a 2S4 can wear down enemy troops. Apparently desperate to prevent the demolition of their own cities, the Ukrainians have been hunting 2S4s. In one dramatic strike in May 2022, Ukrainian gunners scrutinised a Russian TV report on a frontline 2S4 crew, geolocated the mortars position in Luhansk Oblast, in eastern Ukraine and blew it up with a precision artillery barrage. This was the Russian army's first 2S4 loss in Ukraine. After the next 16 months, Kiev's batteries destroyed another 17 tulips. The Ukrainian army has made 2S4 mortar crew a dangerous job description, but the campaign against Russian tulips is far from over. While the Russians went to war with just 50 or so 2S4s, they have at least another 100 of the giant mortars in storage.