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2S3 Akatsiyalarger figure on 2 of 4
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Hull
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| Specification | 2S3 Akatsiya | M-46 field gun |
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| Type | Self-propelled artillery[source] | Towed field gun[source] |
| Place of origin | Soviet Union[source] | Soviet Union[source] |
| In service | 1971–present[source] | — |
| Used by | see Operators[source] | — |
| 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 |
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
Total: 8.4 m (27 ft 7 in) Hull: 7.765 m (25 ft 6 in)[source]
Length
Single source11.73 m (38 ft 6 in)[source]
Maximum; Off-road
Single sourceMaximum; On road
Single sourceOn-road: 63 km/h (39 mph) Off-road: 45 km/h (28 mph)[source]
V-59 (12-cylinder 4-stroke V-shaped water-cooled diesel) at 2,000 rpm
Single sourceV-59 (12-cylinder 4-stroke V-shaped water-cooled diesel) 520 hp (382.7 kW) at 2,000 rpm[source]
sustained
Single sourceburst
Single sourceMuzzle velocity
Single source930 m/s (3,051 ft/s)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
Vietnam War Cambodian Civil War Eritrean War of Independence South African Border War Six-Day War Yom Kippur War Ethiopian Civil War Angolan Civil War Uganda–Tanzania War Sino-Vietnamese conflicts (1979–1991) Lebanese Civil War Iran–Iraq War Sri Lankan Civil War First Nagorno-Karabakh War Yugoslav Wars Kosovo War Syrian Civil War Yemeni Civil War (2014–present) Second Nagorno-Karabakh War Tigray War Israeli–Lebanese conflict Russo-Ukrainian War[source] |
| Designer | Petrov Design Bureau[source] | — |
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| Designed | 1967 ( 1967 )[source] | 1946–1950[source] |
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| Manufacturer | Uraltransmash[source] | MOTZ[source] |
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| Produced | 1967–1993 (2S3, 2S3M, and 2S3M1)[source] | 1951–1971[source] |
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| Variants | see Variants[source] | — |
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| Breech | semi-automatic vertical wedge[source] | Horizontal sliding-wedge[source] |
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| Elevation | −4° to +60°[source] | −2.5° to 45°[source] |
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| Traverse | 360°[source] | 50°[source] |
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| Armor | 15 mm (hull) 30 mm (turret and hull front)[source] | — |
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| Main armament | 152.4 mm D-22 howitzer L/27 (46 rounds, maximum)[source] | — |
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| Secondary armament | 7.62 mm remotely controlled PKT tank machine gun (1,500 rounds)[source] | — |
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| Power/weight | 18.9 hp/t (13.92 kW/t)[source] | — |
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| Transmission | mechanical double-flow, planetary gear-gearbox unit[source] | — |
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| Suspension | independent torsion bars with hydraulic shock absorbers of 1st and 6th road wheels[source] | — |
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| Ground clearance | 0.45 m (1 ft 6 in)[source] | — |
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| Fuel capacity | 830 liters[source] | — |
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| Shell | — | 130 x 845 mm R (R/184.6mm) separate-loading charge and projectile[source] |
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| Recoil | — | hydro-pneumatic[source] |
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| Carriage | — | Split-trail[source] |
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Maximum; unassisted
Single source27.15 km (16.87 mi) (unassisted) 35 km (22 mi) (base-bleed) 44 km (27 mi) (rocket assisted)[source]
normal
Single source6 rpm (normal) 8 rpm (burst) 5 rpm (sustained)[source]