M-1938 (M-30) 122mm Howitzer

M-1937 152mm Gun-Howitzer

Designer - F. F. Petrov

Manufacturer:

Artillery Plant #9 at Sverdlovsk
Artillery Plant #172 at Perm
Artillery Plant #221 at Stalingrad

Role:

Howitzer

Year Adopted:

1938

Weight:

2450 kg

5,390 lbs

Operational Status:

Russia/CIS - Still in use (production complete).

Other Nations - Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Bulgaria, China, Congo, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Egypt, Finland, Guinea-Bissau, East Germany, Hungary, Indonesia, Iraq, Israel, North Korea, Nicaragua, Mongolia, Mozambique, Poland, Romania, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Uganda, Vietnam, Yugoslavia, and Zaire.

Armament:

121.9mm Main Gun

Recoil System:

Hydraulic recoil buffer and hydro-pneumatic recuperator

Weapon Range:

11,800 meters

7.33 miles

Sustained Rate of Fire:

5-6 rnds per minute

Gun Crew:

8 men

Shell Weight
HE-Fragmentation:
HEAT:


21.6 kg	47.6 lbs
12.2 kg	26.9 lbs

Muzzle Velocity:
HE-Fragmentation:
HEAT:


515 meters/second	1689.6 ft/sec
570 meters/second	1870 ft/sec

Length (traveling):

5.9 meters

19 feet, 4 inches

Width (traveling):

1.98 meters

6 feet, 6 inches

Height (traveling):

1.8 meters

5 feet, 11 inches

Barrel Length (overall):

2.8 meters

9 feet, 2 inches

Total Traverse:

49 degrees

Elevation:

-3 to +63.5 degrees

Common Towing Vehicles:
(Later Period)

Ural-375 (6 x 6) Truck
MT-LB Multi-Purpose Tractor
AT-L Light Artillery Tractor
AT-S Medium Artillery Tractor
ZIL-151 (6 x 6) Truck
ZIL-131 (6 x 6) Truck