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The 152.4 mm L/27 howitzer D-22 (2A33) can elevate from −4° to +60° with a turret traverse of a full 360°. Rate of fire is 2.6 – 3.5 rounds/min depending on firing conditions. [citation needed] The howitzer is equipped with a double-baffle muzzle brake, a semi-automatic vertical wedge breechblock and an ejector. The 2S3 has a periscopic ...
Ukrainian 2S3 Acacia 152-millimeter self-propelled howitzer on parade in Kyiv in 2018. Note it’s tank-resembling configuration. The 2S3 has a maximum range of 11.5 miles using regular shells.
BL 9.2-inch howitzer UK: World Wars I, II 240: 24 cm Mörser M 98 Austria-Hungary: World War I 240: M1918 240 mm howitzer United States: World War I 240: 240 mm howitzer M1 United States: World War II, Korean War 280: 28 cm howitzer L/10 Japan: Russo-Japanese War, World Wars I, II 240: Type 45 240 mm howitzer Japan: World War II 240: Type 96 24 ...
BL 9.2 inch howitzer World War I siege howitzer; BL 12 inch howitzer World War I siege howitzer; BL 15 inch howitzer World War I siege howitzer; RML 6.3 inch howitzer Second Boer War howitzer; FH-70 155 mm gun; M777 155 mm howitzer; L118 light gun 105 mm; M119; Self-propelled artillery. FV433 Abbot SPG self-propelled 105 mm gun; AS-90 155 mm ...
The first shipments of the Biden administration’s $800 million military aid package have arrived in Ukraine. Included among the first round of weapons are 18 155 mm howitzers, in addition to ...
T-20 prototype light tank based on the T-16/18 (Soviet Union; pre–World War II) T19 half-track 105 mm howitzer carrier (United States; World War II) T20 T20 series culminating in M26 Medium Tank (United States; World War II) T21 6×4 armoured car (United States; World War II) T-24 medium tank (Soviet Union; pre–World War II)
Since the end of World War II, howitzers have gained longer barrels and hence increased range to become gun-howitzers. Wheeled based self-propelled howitzer was a common option when motorised vehicles became a standard for armies, but this shifted to tracked based vehicles.
The DANA was a significant departure from contemporary self-propelled guns such as the tracked Soviet 2S1 Gvozdika/2S3 Akatsiya or its Western-made M109 howitzer as it used a wheeled chassis and featured an innovative automated loading system which was the first of its kind at the time of its introduction to service.