D-30 122mm Howitzer

D-30 122mm Howitzer

Designer - F. F. Petrov

Manufacturer:

Artillery Plant #9 at Sverdlovsk

Role:

Howitzer

Year Adopted:

early 1960's

Weight:
(traveling order):
(firing order):

3210 kg
3150 kg

3.5 tons
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 rnds 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