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  • 152 mm howitzer-gun M1937 (ML-20)
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  • 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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Number
  • 6884
breech
part length
  • bore: L/27.9
  • overall: L/29
Origin
  • Soviet Union
Rate
  • 3
Name
  • 152
is artillery
  • yes
Type
  • howitzer-gun
Caption
  • ML-20 in The Artillery Museum of Finland, Hämeenlinna .
traverse
  • 58
Max range
  • 17.23
Weight
  • combat: 7,270 kg
  • travel: 7,930 kg
Caliber
  • 152.4
Carriage
  • split trail
production date
  • 1937
Recoil
  • hydropneumatic
Elevation
  • -2
Designer
  • headed by F. F. Petrov
  • Design bureau of No. 172 Plant,
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.