152-mm howitzer M1938 was a Soviet 152.4 mm 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. I
M-10 in Hämeenlinna artillery museum, Finland
M-10 in Hämeenlinna artillery museum, Finland.
Components of M-10 howitzer: 1 — barrel 2 — recoil devices 3 — gunshield 4 — panoramic sight 5 — breech 6 — split trails 7 — suspension 8 — wheels.
Factory marks on the barrel
The KV tanks are a series of Soviet heavy tanks named after the Soviet defence commissar and politician Kliment Voroshilov who operated with the Red Army during World War II. The KV tanks were known f
152 mm howitzer M1938 (M-10)
…used by Wehrmacht and the Finnish Army. The latter kept the M-10 in service until 2000. In a tank-mounted variant, M-10T, the gun was mounted on the KV-2 heavy tank. By the early 1930s the Red Army (RKKA) started to look for a replacement for the 152-mm howitzer M1909 and the 152-mm howitzer M1910. Those…
KV-1 on display in Kirovsk
KV-2 in Central Armed Forces Museum with KV-1 in background
KV-1 with KV-1S turret in the Great Patriotic War Museum, Moscow.