In the 1960s, the Soviet Union Developed an Amphibious Howitzer. June 7, 2021. By: Peter Suciu. Share. ... Even in Russia the Gvozdika has largely been replaced by the 152mm 2S19 MSTA, ...

The field gun featured: a D-74 122 mm howitzer, which the Soviet Union developed in the late 1940s. Yet its age wasn't the main attraction. Russia has, after all, been regularly deploying Cold War ...

A member of the Ukrainian forces stands by artillery shells for a Soviet era-captured Russian 152mm howitzer “Msta-B” in the Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine on March 28.

Ukrainian servicemen with the 24th Mechanized Brigade fire a Soviet 152mm self-propelled howitzer toward an enemy position on December 3, 2022, in Bakhmut, Ukraine.

And with lots and lots of M-109s pouring in to support Ukraine’s existing fleet of Soviet-era 152mm self-propelled guns, Ukraine can start shifting over to offense, using their new artillery ...