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The D-1 howitzer was essentially a combination of the barrel of the 152-mm howitzer model 1938 (M-10) on the carriage of the 122-mm howitzer M1938 (M-30). Since the new carriage was lighter than that of the M-10, the barrel was fitted with a massive double-baffle muzzle brake DT-3 to soften the shock of recoil.
The 152 mm howitzer-gun M1937 (ML-20) (Russian: 152-мм гаубица-пушка обр. 1937 г. (МЛ-20)), is a Soviet heavy gun-howitzer.The gun was developed by the design bureau of the plant no 172, headed by F. F. Petrov, as a deep upgrade of the 152-mm gun M1910/34, in turn based on the 152-mm siege gun M1910, a pre-World War I design by Schneider.
The new gun-howitzer, was a replacement of the pre-war ML-20 gun-howitzer (the 152 mm howitzer M1937) and various World War II era 152 mm field howitzers, Model 09/30, Model 1910/30, Model 1938 (M10) and Model 1943 (D-1). By Soviet definition, a 152 mm howitzer is "medium"-caliber artillery.
152-mm howitzer M1938 (M-10) (Russian: 152-мм гаубица обр. 1938 г. (М-10)) was a Soviet 152.4 mm (6 inch) howitzer of World War II era. It was developed in 1937–1938 at the Motovilikha Mechanical Plant by a team headed by F. F. Petrov, and produced until 1941.
152.4: 152 mm howitzer M1910/37 Soviet Union: World War II 152.4: 152 mm gun M1935 (Br-2) Soviet Union: World War II 152.4: 152 mm howitzer-gun M1937 (ML-20) Soviet Union: World War II 152.4: 152 mm howitzer M1938 (M-10) Soviet Union: World War II 152.4: 152 mm howitzer M1943 (D-1) Soviet Union: World War II 152.4: 152 mm howitzer 2A65 Msta-B ...
The 152 mm howitzer Model 1910 Schneider or, more properly, 6 dm polevaja gaubitsa sistemy Schneidera as it was designated in Tsarist times, was a French howitzer designed by Schneider et Cie. It was used by the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union during World War I, the Polish–Soviet War and the Russian Civil War.
152 mm howitzer may refer to: 152 mm howitzer M1910/37; 152-mm howitzer M1943 (D-1) 152 mm towed gun-howitzer M1955 (D-20) 152 mm ML-20 field howitzer; Gun-howitzer M84 NORA; 152 mm siege gun M1910; 152 mm howitzer 2A65; 2S3 Akatsiya; 2S5 Giatsint-S; 2S19 Msta; 2A36 Giatsint-B
The modernized weapon was officially adopted as 152-mm howitzer model 1909/30. The M1909/30 was a typical short-barrel howitzer, intended mostly for shooting with elevations from +20° to +41°, using separately loaded ammunition.