152 mm howitzer M1943 (D-1)
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The 152 mm howitzer M1943 is a Soviet World War II-era 152.4 mm howitzer. The gun was developed by the design bureau headed by F. F. Petrov in 1942 and 1943, based on the carriage of the 122 mm howitz
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Components of D-1 howitzer: 1 – split trails 2 – breachblock 3 – gunshield 4 – recoil devices (buffer and recuperator) 5 – barrel 6 – muzzle brake 7 – wheels 8 – suspension Parts 1, 7 and 8 belong to the carriage; 2, 4, 5 and 6 make the barrel group
Recoil devices
Muzzle brake
122 mm gun M1931/37 (A-19)
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122 mm corps gun M1931/37 was a Soviet field gun developed in late 1930s by combining the barrel of the 122 mm gun M1931 and the carriage of the 152 mm howitzer-gun M1937. The gun was in production fr
152 mm howitzer M1943 (D-1)
…artillery regiment each. Those regiments consisted of five batteries (totaling 20 guns), equipped with the D-1 along with various other 152 mm howitzers, 122 mm gun M1931/37 (A-19), 152 mm howitzer-gun M1937 (ML-20) or 107 mm gun M1910/30. Reserve of the Main Command included howitzer regiments (48 pieces) and heavy howitzer…
M1931/37 at the Museum on Sapun Mountain, Sevastopol
The M1931/37 (right) stands beside what appears to be its predecessor, the M1931, in the Artillery Museum in Saint Petersburg.
The M1931/37 in the Central Armed Forces Museum, Moscow
The M1931/37 in Poznań Citadel