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rdfs:label | - 152 mm howitzer-gun M1937 (ML-20)
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rdfs:comment | - The 152 mm howitzer-gun M1937 (ML-20) (), was a Soviet gun-howitzer. The gun was developed by the design bureau of the plant no 172, headed by F. F. Petrov, as a deep upgrade of the 152-mm gun M1910/34, in turn based on the 152-mm siege gun M1910, a pre-World War I design by Schneider. It was in production from 1937 to 1946. The ML-20 saw action in World War II, mainly as a corps / army level artillery piece of the Soviet Army. Captured guns were employed by Wehrmacht and the Finnish Army. Post World War II, the ML-20 saw combat in numerous conflicts during the mid to late twentieth century.
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part length | - bore: L/27.9
- overall: L/29
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Caption | - ML-20 in The Artillery Museum of Finland, Hämeenlinna .
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Weight | - combat: 7,270 kg
- travel: 7,930 kg
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Designer | - headed by F. F. Petrov
- Design bureau of No. 172 Plant,
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abstract | - The 152 mm howitzer-gun M1937 (ML-20) (), was a Soviet gun-howitzer. The gun was developed by the design bureau of the plant no 172, headed by F. F. Petrov, as a deep upgrade of the 152-mm gun M1910/34, in turn based on the 152-mm siege gun M1910, a pre-World War I design by Schneider. It was in production from 1937 to 1946. The ML-20 saw action in World War II, mainly as a corps / army level artillery piece of the Soviet Army. Captured guns were employed by Wehrmacht and the Finnish Army. Post World War II, the ML-20 saw combat in numerous conflicts during the mid to late twentieth century.
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