152mm howitzer M1955 (D-20)
152mm howitzer M1955 (D-20) | |
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general information | |
Military designation: | D-20 |
Developer / Manufacturer: | Petrov Artillery Office |
Development year: |
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Production time: | since around 1946 |
Weapon Category: | howitzer |
Furnishing | |
Overall length: | 8690 mm |
Total height: | 1930 mm |
Total width: | 2350 mm |
Barrel length : | 5195 mm |
Technical specifications | |
Caliber : | 152.4 mm |
Cadence : | 5-6 rounds / min |
Lists on the subject |
The 152-mm howitzer M1955 or D-20 ( Russian 152-мм пушка-гаубица Д-20 обр. 1955 г. ) is a 152.4-mm howitzer that entered service in the Soviet Union from 1947 . It became known in the West as M1955 since it was first observed in 1955. A Chinese version is designated as Type 66 , a Yugoslav version as M84 NORA-A .
history
The development of the howitzer began shortly after the end of the Second World War in the office of Fyodor Fyodorovich Petrov . The weapon was intended to replace the older D-1 and ML-20 . Because the gun combined the properties of a howitzer (large elevation angle) and a cannon (high muzzle velocity and barrel length in calibers), it was classified as a cannon howitzer. It was the first in the range of calibers over 150 mm to have a semi-automatic loading mechanism.
The howitzer has been exported to over 13 countries and built under license in at least two (China and Yugoslavia). The self-propelled gun 2S3 is equipped with a D-20 as main armament.
ammunition
- Frag-HE , OF-32 - range 17,400 m
- DPICM
- DPICM-BB
- Incendiary device
- Chemically
- Electronic interferer
- Cluster bomb
- Krasnopol-M
Countries of operation
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Albania
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Angola
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Armenia
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Azerbaijan
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Belarus
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Bulgaria
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Georgia - Type 20
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People's Republic of China - Type 66
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Cambodia
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Democratic Republic of Congo
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Croatia
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German Democratic Republic
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Egypt
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Finland - formerly GDR as 152 H 55
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Hungary
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Iran
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Iraq - Type 66s
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Kazakhstan
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North Korea
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Moldova
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Nicaragua
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Poland
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Romania
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Russia
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Serbia
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Sri Lanka - Type 66
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Syria - 20
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Turkmenistan
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Ukraine
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Vietnam
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Yemen
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Yugoslavia
literature
- Jane's Armor and Artilliery 2005-2006.
- TJ O'Malley: Modern Artillery Systems. Motorbuch Verlag, 1997, ISBN 978-3-613-01758-0 .
- Wilfried Copenhagen: The land forces of the NVA. Motorbuch Verlag, 2003, ISBN 978-3-613-02297-3 .
Web links
- TYPE 66 152MM TOWED GUN-HOWITZER (English) ( Memento from September 6, 2013 in the Internet Archive )