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Towed howitzer
152 mm gun-howitzer D-20 is a towed howitzer originating in Soviet Union. It was built by Artillery Plant Number 9, Yekaterinburg. Reported operators include Soviet Union , many others.
152 mm gun-howitzer D-20
Ministry of Defense of Ukraine · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Source ↗ · ModifiedTowed howitzer
Soviet Union
Soviet Union , many others
Vietnam War Six-Day War Yom Kippur War Soviet–Afghan War Iran–Iraq War Lebanese Civil War First Nagorno-Karabakh War Syrian Civil War Russo-Ukrainian War Second Nagorno-Karabakh War many others
Petrov Artillery Design Bureau
1947
Artillery Plant Number 9, Yekaterinburg
5.7 t (5.6 long tons; 6.3 short tons)
8.69 m (28 ft 6 in)
5.195 m (20 ft) L/34 (with muzzle brake )
2.35 m (7 ft 9 in)
1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
8
152.4 x 547.5 mm R Separate loading charge and projectile
152.4 mm (6.00 in)
Vertical semi-automatic sliding-wedge
Hydraulic buffer and hydro-pneumatic recuperator
Split trail
-5° to 45°
58°
Burst: 5–6 rpm Sustained: 1 rpm
650 m/s (2,100 ft/s)
17.4 km (10.8 mi)
24 km (15 mi) (rocket-assisted projectile)
PG1M indirect sight and OP4M direct fire sight
Angola
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Belarus
Bulgaria
Cuba
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Ethiopia
Georgia
China
Republic of the Congo
Hungary
Iran
Iraq
Iraqi Kurdistan
Laos
Moldova
Myanmar
Nicaragua
Nigeria
North Korea
Russia
Romania
Sri Lanka
Syria
Turkmenistan
Ukraine
Vietnam
Yemen
Reference text from Wikipedia contributors, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
True scale
Sourced dimensions beside a 1.75 m human reference.
Points represent sourced observations, including revisions. Revisions on the same effective date are not separate inventory events. Ranges appear in the table and are not plotted as exact points.
| Observation / report period | Value | Source | Claim state |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Sept 2026 | 8.69 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
152 mm gun-howitzer D-20 equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
AngolaArmy exact named equipment holdings: D-20. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: ARTILLERY / 152mm. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
Army exact named equipment holdings of D-20. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only, not a national or parent-force total or combat-readiness measure. Source role(s): ARTILLERY / 152mm. No heading aggregate, carried armament, crew, payload, factory production or future order count inherited. The source marks the whole equipment section with a dagger: serviceability in doubt. Holdings are not readiness.
ArmeniaArmy exact named equipment holdings: D-20. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: ARTILLERY / 152mm. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
AzerbaijanArmy exact named equipment holdings: D-20. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: ARTILLERY / 152mm. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
Belarus
BulgariaArmy exact named equipment holdings: D-20. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: ARTILLERY / TOWED 152mm. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
China
Cuba
Democratic Republic of the CongoArmy exact named equipment holdings: D-20 (reported). Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: ARTILLERY / 152mm. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
Ethiopia
GeorgiaReported count for 152 mm towed gun-howitzer M1955 (D-20). Country-wide list; no individual service specified. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Retired, wholly reserve and on-order rows are excluded; the reported count retains any explicitly mixed stock scope in the quoted row. Count column(s): number: 12. Origin: Soviet Union. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. Dates are the count-cell citations' stated source period (2022), not the article revision. 2022 cited source edition. Edition or publication years do not claim an exact inventory census day.
HungaryLand Component exact named equipment holdings: D-20. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: ARTILLERY / TOWED 152mm. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
IranReported count for M1955 (D-20). Service scope: Iranian Army; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Retired, wholly reserve and on-order rows are excluded; the reported count retains any explicitly mixed stock scope in the quoted row. Count column(s): quantity: 30. Origin: Soviet Union. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. Dates are the count-cell citations' stated source period (2026), not the article revision. 2026 cited source edition. Edition or publication years do not claim an exact inventory census day.
Iraq
KazakhstanArmy exact named equipment holdings: D-20. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: ARTILLERY / 152mm. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
Laos
LebanonReported count for 152mm towed gun-howitzer M1955 (D-20). Country-wide list; no individual service specified. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Retired, wholly reserve and on-order rows are excluded; the reported count retains any explicitly mixed stock scope in the quoted row. Count column(s): quantity: 18. Origin: Soviet Union. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. The components do not establish one inventory census date; the stored date is the retrieved source snapshot.
MoldovaArmy exact named equipment holdings: D-20. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: ARTILLERY / 152mm. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
Myanmar
NicaraguaArmy exact named equipment holdings: D-20. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: ARTILLERY / 152mm. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
NigeriaReported count for D-20. Service scope: Nigerian Army; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Retired, wholly reserve and on-order rows are excluded; the reported count retains any explicitly mixed stock scope in the quoted row. Count column(s): quantity: 4. Origin: Soviet Union. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. The components do not establish one inventory census date; the stored date is the retrieved source snapshot.
North Korea
Republic of the CongoReported count for D-20. Service scope: Army equipment; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Retired, wholly reserve and on-order rows are excluded; the reported count retains any explicitly mixed stock scope in the quoted row. Count column(s): quantity: 8. Origin: Soviet Union. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. The components do not establish one inventory census date; the stored date is the retrieved source snapshot.
RomaniaReported count for M1981 / M1985. Service scope: Land Forces; does not replace a national total. 2 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Retired, wholly reserve and on-order rows are excluded; the reported count retains any explicitly mixed stock scope in the quoted row. Count column(s): numbers: 320 / numbers: 116. Origin: Romania. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. The components do not establish one inventory census date; the stored date is the retrieved source snapshot.
RussiaArmy exact named equipment holdings: D-20. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: ARTILLERY / 152mm. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
Sri Lanka
Syria
TurkmenistanArmy exact named equipment holdings: D-20. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: ARTILLERY / 152mm. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
UkraineArmy exact named equipment holdings: D-20. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: ARTILLERY / 152mm. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
Vietnam
YemenArmy exact named equipment holdings of D-20. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only, not a national or parent-force total or combat-readiness measure. Source role(s): ARTILLERY / 152mm. No heading aggregate, carried armament, crew, payload, factory production or future order count inherited.
Army exact named equipment holdings of D-20 (reported). Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only, not a national or parent-force total or combat-readiness measure. Source role(s): ARTILLERY / 152mm. No heading aggregate, carried armament, crew, payload, factory production or future order count inherited. The source marks the whole equipment section with a dagger: serviceability in doubt. Holdings are not readiness. Source parentheses retain employment, lease, reporting designation, alternate model, or included-subset scopes exactly. Own fetched primary and alternate/model identity declarations are retained. Numbers inside an included subset are part of the printed count and are never added again; no sibling or parent specification is copied.
Land Component exact named equipment holdings of D-20. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only, not a national or parent-force total or combat-readiness measure. Source role(s): ARTILLERY / TOWED 152mm. No heading aggregate, carried armament, crew, payload, factory production or future order count inherited.
Army exact named equipment holdings: D-20. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: ARTILLERY / 152mm. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
Army exact named equipment holdings of D-20. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only, not a national or parent-force total or combat-readiness measure. Source role(s): ARTILLERY / 152mm. No heading aggregate, carried armament, crew, payload, factory production or future order count inherited.
Army exact named equipment holdings of D-20. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only, not a national or parent-force total or combat-readiness measure. Source role(s): ARTILLERY / 152mm. No heading aggregate, carried armament, crew, payload, factory production or future order count inherited.
Army exact named equipment holdings of D-20. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only, not a national or parent-force total or combat-readiness measure. Source role(s): ARTILLERY / 152mm. No heading aggregate, carried armament, crew, payload, factory production or future order count inherited. Separately printed stored holdings are excluded; their full enclosing in-store clauses remain in the source proof.
Army exact named equipment holdings of D-20. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only, not a national or parent-force total or combat-readiness measure. Source role(s): ARTILLERY / 152mm. No heading aggregate, carried armament, crew, payload, factory production or future order count inherited. The source marks the whole equipment section with a dagger: serviceability in doubt. Holdings are not readiness.