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D-30 122mm Howitzer | ||||||||
Designer: |
F. F. Petrov | |||||||
Manufacturer: |
Artillery Plant #9 at Sverdlovsk | |||||||
Role: |
Howitzer |
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Year Adopted: |
1963 | |||||||
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Operational Status: |
Russia/CIS - Still in use (production complete). Other Nations - Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Benin, Bulgaria, Chad, China, Czechoslovakia, Egypt, Ethiopia, Finland, Guinea Bissau, Iraq, Israel, North Korea, Libya, Madagascar, Mali, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Nicaraqua, Peru, Somalia, Syria, Vietnam, Yugoslavia, Zaire, and Zambia. | |||||||
Armament: |
122mm Main Gun | |||||||
Weapon Range: |
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9.6 miles 13 miles | ||||||
Sustained Rate of Fire: | 7-8 rounds per minute | |||||||
Gun Crew: | 7 men | |||||||
Muzzle Velocity: HE-Fragmentation: HEAT-FS: |
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Total Traverse: |
360 degrees |
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Elevation: |
-7 to +70 degrees |
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Common Towing Vehicles: |
Ural-375D (6 x 6) Truck |
The D-30 Howitzer in Pictures |
Development, History, and Use |
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Sources Cited (1) Jane's Armour and Artillery 1982-83, Christopher Foss (ed), Jane's Information Group: Surry, UK, 1982. Print. |