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Artillery1971–present
Self-propelled artillery
2S3 Akatsiya is a self-propelled artillery originating in Soviet Union. It was built by Uraltransmash.
Technical data
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| 28 Sept 2026 | 7.765 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 7.765 m | Wikipedia contributors | approved |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 7.765 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 7.765 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 7.765 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 7.765 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
Self-propelled artillery
Soviet Union
1971–present
see Operators
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
Petrov Design Bureau
1967 ( 1967 )
Uraltransmash
1967–1993 (2S3, 2S3M, and 2S3M1)
see Variants
Maximum: 28 metric tons
Total: 8.4 m (27 ft 7 in) Hull: 7.765 m (25 ft 6 in)
3.25 m (10 ft 8 in)
3.05 m (10 ft 0 in) 2.615 m (8 ft 7.0 in) with no machine gun
4
semi-automatic vertical wedge
−4° to +60°
360°
Sustained: 1 rpm max: 4 rpm
Conventional: 18.5 km (11.5 mi) RAP : 24 km (15 mi)
15 mm (hull) 30 mm (turret and hull front)
152.4 mm D-22 howitzer L/27 (46 rounds, maximum)
7.62 mm remotely controlled PKT tank machine gun (1,500 rounds)
V-59 (12-cylinder 4-stroke V-shaped water-cooled diesel) 520 hp (382.7 kW) at 2,000 rpm
18.9 hp/t (13.92 kW/t)
mechanical double-flow, planetary gear-gearbox unit
independent torsion bars with hydraulic shock absorbers of 1st and 6th road wheels
0.45 m (1 ft 6 in)
830 liters
500 km (310 mi)
On-road: 63 km/h (39 mph) Off-road: 45 km/h (28 mph)
Algeria
Angola
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Belarus
Cuba
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Georgia
Kazakhstan
Russia
South Sudan
Syria
Ukraine
Uzbekistan
Vietnam
Main armament 152.4 mm D-22 howitzer L/27 (46 rounds, maximum)
Reference text from Wikipedia contributors, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
2S3 Akatsiya equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
AlgeriaArmy exact named equipment holdings: 2S3 Akatsiya. 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 holdings of the exact named 2S3 Akatsiya component: active, reserve operational and training units, excluding equipment in store. This is a service-scoped observation, not a national total or combat-readiness count. No parent-design, sibling-variant, heading aggregate or mounted-weapon total is inherited.
AngolaArmy exact named equipment holdings: 2S3 Akatsiya. 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.
ArmeniaArmy exact named equipment holdings: 2S3 Akatsiya. 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: 2S3 Akatsiya. 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.
BelarusArmy exact named equipment holdings: 2S3 Akatsiya. 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.
Cuba
Democratic Republic of the CongoArmy exact named equipment holdings: 2S3 Akatsiya. 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.
GeorgiaArmy exact named equipment holdings: 2S3 Akatsiya. 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.
KazakhstanReported count for 2S3 Akatsiya. Service scope: Ground forces 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: 60. 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.
Laos
RussiaNaval Infantry (Marines) exact named equipment holdings: 2S3 Akatsiya. 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.
South SudanReported count for 2S3 Akatsiya. 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: 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 (2013), not the article revision. 2013 cited reference period. Edition or publication years do not claim an exact inventory census day.
Syria
TurkmenistanReported count for 2S3 Akatsiya. 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: 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 (2018), not the article revision. 2018 cited source edition. Edition or publication years do not claim an exact inventory census day.
UkraineArmy exact named equipment holdings: 2S3 Akatsiya. 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.
UzbekistanArmy exact named equipment holdings: 2S3 Akatsiya. 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.
VietnamArmy exact named equipment holdings: 2S3 Akatsiya. 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.
Algeria, Angola, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Cuba, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Russia, South Sudan, Syria, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vietnam
Equipment reference ↗Army holdings of the exact named 2S3 Akatsiya component: active, reserve operational and training units, excluding equipment in store. This is a service-scoped observation, not a national total or combat-readiness count. No parent-design, sibling-variant, heading aggregate or mounted-weapon total is inherited.
Army holdings of the exact named 2S3 Akatsiya component: active, reserve operational and training units, excluding equipment in store. This is a service-scoped observation, not a national total or combat-readiness count. No parent-design, sibling-variant, heading aggregate or mounted-weapon total is inherited.
Army holdings of the exact named 2S3 Akatsiya component: active, reserve operational and training units, excluding equipment in store. This is a service-scoped observation, not a national total or combat-readiness count. No parent-design, sibling-variant, heading aggregate or mounted-weapon total is inherited.
Army holdings of the exact named 2S3 Akatsiya component; source lower bound; upper bound not specified. Active, reserve operational and training units, excluding equipment in store. This is a service-scoped observation, not a national total or combat readiness. Any explicit leased subset is included in, not added to, the quoted total. No parent-design or sibling-variant count inherited.
Army holdings of the exact named 2S3 Akatsiya component: active, reserve operational and training units, excluding equipment in store. This is a service-scoped observation, not a national total or combat-readiness count. No parent-design, sibling-variant, heading aggregate or mounted-weapon total is inherited.
Army holdings of the exact named 2S3 Akatsiya component: active, reserve operational and training units, excluding equipment in store. This is a service-scoped observation, not a national total or combat-readiness count. No parent-design, sibling-variant, heading aggregate or mounted-weapon total is inherited.