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Boggle152 mm towed gun-howitzer M1955 (D-20)
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| D-20 | |
|---|---|
| Type | Towed howitzer |
| Place of origin | Soviet Union |
| Service history | |
| Used by | Soviet Union and numerous others |
| Wars | Vietnam War, Six-Day War, Yom Kippur War, Soviet war in Afghanistan and numerous others |
| Production history | |
| Designer | Petrov Artillery Design Bureau |
| Designed | Circa 1947 |
| Manufacturer | Artillery Plant Number 9, Yekaterinburg |
| Specifications | |
| Weight | 5,700 kg (12,566 lbs) |
| Length | 8.69 m (28.5 ft) |
| Barrel length | 5.195 m (17 ft) |
| Width | 2.35 m (7.70 ft) |
| Height | 1.93 m (6.30 ft) |
| Crew | 8 |
| Caliber | 152 mm (6 in) |
| Breech | Vertical semi-automatic sliding wedge |
| Recoil | hydraulic buffer and hydropneumatic recuperator |
| Carriage | Split trail |
| Elevation | -5° to 63° |
| Traverse | 58° |
| Rate of fire | 5-6 shots/min (burst) 1 shot/min (sustained) |
| Muzzle velocity | 650 m/s (2,132 ft/s) (typical) |
| Effective range | 17.4 km (11 mi) |
| Maximum range | 24 km (15 mi) (rocket assisted projectile) |
| Sights | PG1M indirect sight and OP4M direct fire sight |
The 152 mm howitzer M1955, also known as the D-20 is a manually loaded, towed 152 mm artillery piece, manufactured in the Soviet Union during the 1950s. It was first observed by the west in 1955 and was therefore known as the M1955. There is also a Chinese copy, called Type 66.
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History
The D-20 gun-howitzer was developed shortly after the end of WW2 by the F. Petrov Design Bureau; it was intended to replace the pre-war 152 mm ML-20 howitzer (M1937). The barrel length of the gun is 25 calibers. The D-20 was the first 152-mm cannon system to incorporate a semiautomatic vertical-sliding-wedge breech block. The gun was also used for the self-propelled 2S3 Akatsiya. The D-20 is in operation in at least 13 countries and has been license manufactured in the People's Republic of China as the Type 66 (or the improved version Type 66-1). Its self-propelled version known as Type 83 was first introduced in the mid-1980s. Yugoslavia also produced a further developed gun called the M84 NORA-A.
Ammunition
- Frag-HE, OF-32 - range 17,400 meters
- DPICM
- DPICM-BB
- Incendiary
- Expendable Jammer
- Chemical
- Flechette
- Semi-active laser-guided Krasnopol-M
Wars
- 2003 invasion of Iraq
- Yugoslav wars
- Iran–Iraq War
- Gulf War
- Soviet war in Afghanistan
- Sino-Vietnamese War
- Yom Kippur War
- Vietnam War
- Sino-Soviet border conflict
- Six-Day War
- Indo-Pakistani War of 1965
- Sino-Indian War
- Eelam War IV
Operators
- Albania - Type 66
- Angola
- Armenia
- Azerbaijan
- Belarus
- Bulgaria
- Georgia - Type 20
- People's Republic of China - Type 66
- Cambodia
- Congo
- Croatia - M84 "NORA-A"
- East Germany
- Egypt
- Finland - Ex-East German. Known as 152 H 55.
- Hungary
- Iran
- Iraq - Type 66
- Kazakhstan
- Myanmar - 35 delivered in 2009 from DPRK
- North Korea
- Moldova
- Nicaragua
- Poland
- Romania
- Russia
- Serbia - M84 "NORA-A"
- Soviet Union - passed on to successor states
- Sri Lanka - Type 66
- Syria
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- Ukraine
- Uzbekistan
- Vietnam
- Yemen
- Yugoslavia - M84 "NORA-A" (passed on to successor states)
References
| Wikimedia Commons has media related to: 152 mm howitzer D-20 |
- Jane's Armour and Artillery 2005-2006
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