2S3 Akatsiya
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self-propelled 152 mm gun
Key facts
- Type
- Self-propelled artillery
- Place of origin
- Soviet Union
- In service
- 1971–present
- Used by
- see Operators
- Wars
- Soviet–Afghan War , Iran–Iraq War , Gulf War , Tajikistani Civil War , First Chechen War , Second Chechen War , South Ossetia War , First Libyan Civil War , Second Libyan Civil War , Syrian Civil War , War in Donbas , 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict , Russo-Ukrainian War
- Designer
- Petrov Design Bureau
- Designed
- 1967 ; 59 years ago ( 1967 )
- Manufacturer
- Uraltransmash
- Produced
- 1967–1993 (2S3, 2S3M, and 2S3M1)
- Variants
- see Variants
- Mass
- Maximum: 28 metric tons
- Length
- Total: 8.4 m (27 ft 7 in), Hull: 7.765 m (25 ft 6 in)
- Width
- 3.25 m (10 ft 8 in)
- Height
- 3.05 m (10 ft 0 in), 2.615 m (8 ft 7.0 in) with no machine gun
- Breech
- semi-automatic vertical wedge
- Elevation
- −4° to +60°
- Traverse
- 360°
- Rate of fire
- Sustained: 1 rpm max: 4 rpm
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- self-propelled gun
- Named after
- Acacia
- Country of origin
- Soviet Union
- Manufacturer
- Uraltransmash
- Designed by
- Uraltransmash
- Conflict
- Russo-Ukrainian war
- Image
- 2S3 Akatsiya -2.jpg
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- service entry
- 1971-01-01
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Encyclopedic overview
The SO-152 (Russian: СО-152), usually known by its GRAU designation 2S3 (Russian: 2С3), is a Soviet 152.4 mm self-propelled gun developed in 1968, as a response to the American 155 mm M109 howitzer. Development began in 1967, according to the Resolution of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union from July 4, 1967. In 1968, the SO-152 was completed and in 1971 entered service. The fighting vehicle also received the added designation Akatsiya (Акация), which is Russian for Acacia.
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