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Artillery1943–present
Field howitzer
152 mm howitzer M1943 (D-1) is a field howitzer originating in Soviet Union. It was built by No. 9 Plant. Reported operators include Armenia, China, Cuba, Donetsk People's Republic, Kyrgyzstan, Mozambique, Russia, Rwanda, Turkmenistan.
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| 28 Sept 2026 | 6.7 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
Field howitzer
Soviet Union
1943–present
See operators
World War II Arab-Israeli War Vietnam War 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict Second Nagorno-Karabakh War Russo-Ukrainian war
F. F. Petrov
1943
No. 9 Plant
1943–1949
2,827
D-15, M1943/85
3,600 kg (7,937 lbs)
6.7 m (22 ft)
Bore: 3.527 m (11 ft 7 in) L/23
1.9 m (6 ft 3 in)
1.8 m (5 ft 11 in)
8
Separate loading charge and projectile HE; 40 kg (88.2 lb)
152.4 mm (6 in)
Interrupted screw
Hydro-pneumatic
Split trail
-3° to 63.5°
±17.5°
3–4 rounds/min
508 m/s (1,666 ft/s)
12.4 km (7.70 mi)
Armenia
China
Cuba
Donetsk People's Republic
Kyrgyzstan
Mozambique
Russia
Rwanda
Turkmenistan
Reference text from Wikipedia contributors, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
152 mm howitzer M1943 (D-1) equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
ArmeniaArmy exact named equipment holdings: D-1. 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.
China
Cuba
KyrgyzstanArmy exact named equipment holdings: D-1. 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.
MozambiqueArmy exact named equipment holdings: D-1. 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.
North Korea
RussiaArmy exact named equipment holdings: D-1 (M-1943). 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.
Rwanda
TurkmenistanArmy exact named equipment holdings: D-1. 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.
Armenia, China, Cuba, Donetsk People's Republic, Kyrgyzstan, Mozambique, Russia, Rwanda, Turkmenistan
Equipment reference ↗Reported count for D-1. Service scope: Kyrgyz 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): in service: 16. Origin: Soviet Union. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. Dates are the count-cell citations' stated source period (2024), not the article revision. 2024 cited source edition. Edition or publication years do not claim an exact inventory census day.
Reported count for D-1. Service scope: Land Forces; 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: 12. 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.
Lower-bound count for D-1. Service scope: Russian Ground Forces; 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: 20+. Origin: Soviet Union. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. Dates are the count-cell citations' stated source period (2025), not the article revision. 2025 cited reference period. Edition or publication years do not claim an exact inventory census day.
Reported count for D-1. Service scope: Turkmen Ground Forces; 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): number: 17. Origin: Soviet Union. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. Dates are the count-cell citations' stated source period (2024), not the article revision. 2024 cited source edition. Edition or publication years do not claim an exact inventory census day.