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The 2A65 "Msta-B" (named from the Msta River) is a Soviet towed 152.4 mm howitzer.The "B" in the designation is an abbreviation for Buksiruyemaya, which means towed.This weapon has been fielded in Soviet forces since at least 1987 and as of 2022 is currently in service with Russian front and army level artillery units, as well as the militaries of six other countries, most of them former ...
The 122 mm (4.8 in) (originally 48 lines) calibre was adopted by Russia in the early 20th century, becoming very important to Soviet artillery during the Second World War. Development of the D-30 began in the 1950s, as a replacement for the M-30 howitzer , widely used in divisional and regimental artilleries.
The clip showed an entrenched Russian crew firing an old, towed artillery system against Ukrainian positions in Donetsk. The field gun featured: a D-74 122 mm howitzer, which the Soviet Union ...
The 152 mm gun-howitzer M1955, also known as the D-20, (Russian: 152-мм пушка-гаубица Д-20 обр. 1955 г.) is a manually loaded, towed 152 mm gun-howitzer artillery piece, manufactured in the Soviet Union during the 1950s. It was first observed by the West in 1955, at which time it was designated the M1955.
The gun is normally towed by a KrAZ-260 6×6 truck, but it can also be towed by the KrAZ-255B, Ural 4320 6×6 trucks, [3] or tracked artillery tractors such as the AT-T, ATS-59, and the AT-S . The KrAZ-260 can tow the gun at a maximum speed of 80 km/h (50 mph) on-road, while the maximum speed is reduced to 35–45 km/h (22–28 mph) off-road.
2022 video of the inside of a Msta-S during the Russian invasion of Ukraine Msta-S at the 2013 tank biathlon A Russian 2S19 Msta-S that was damaged in 2022 during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, on display at the military park of the army museum in Białystok, Poland, in 2023 2S19 Msta-S of the Ukrainian 26th Artillery Brigade
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The 2S1 Gvozdika (Russian: 2С1 «Гвоздика», "Carnation") is a Soviet self-propelled howitzer introduced in 1972 and is in service in Russia and other countries as of 2024. It is based on the MT-LBu multi-purpose chassis, mounting a 122 mm 2A18 howitzer. "2S1" is its GRAU designation.