D-30 / 2A13
122mm Howitzer

D-30 122mm Howitzer

Designer:

F. F. Petrov

Manufacturer:

Artillery Plant #9 at Sverdlovsk

Role:

Howitzer

Year Adopted:

1963

Weight:
     (traveling order):
     (firing order):
   
3210 kg (3.5 tons)
3150 kg (3.47 tons)

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:
     (Maximum):
     (With Rocket Assisted Projectile):

 
15,400 meters
21,000 meters

 
9.6 miles
13 miles
Sustained Rate of Fire: 7-8 rounds per minute
Gun Crew: 7 men
Muzzle Velocity:
     HE-Fragmentation:
     HEAT-FS:
   
690 meters/second (2264 ft/sec)
740 meters/second (2428 ft/sec)

Length:
     (In traveling order):

   
5.4 meters (17 feet, 9 inches)
Width:
     (In traveling order):
   
1.95 meters (6 feet, 5 inches)
Height:
     (In traveling order):
   
1.66 meters 5 feet, 5 inches
Barrel Length:
4.88 meters 16 feet

Total Traverse:

360 degrees

Elevation:

-7 to +70 degrees

Common Towing Vehicles:

Ural-375D (6 x 6) Truck
MT-LB Multi-Purpose Tractor
ZIL-157 (6 x 6) Truck

 

 

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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.