Obús autopropulsor soviético 2S3 de 152 mm – Versión temprana – Trompetista 05543

Un modelo de la marca Trumpeter el kit: Soviet 2S3 152mm Self-Propeller Howitzer – Early Version – Trumpeter 05543.

Features : The kit consists of over 530 parts -the kit w/refined detail -multi-slide moulded turret, upper hull and lower hull -240 individual tracks links

Designated M1973 by the US Army, the Akatsiya is armed with a 152.4 mm howitzer based on the Soviet 152.4 mm D-20 howitzer and is sometimes confused with the M109 self-propelled artillery. The artillery system was developed at the design bureau No. 9 of Kalinin Machine-Building Plant in Sverdlovsk. The factory designation of the howitzer is D-22 and the GRAU designation, 2A33. The chassis was developed by Uraltransmash. Driver’s and engine-transmission compartments are located in a front part of a hull, fighting compartment with rotatory turret – in middle and rear parts of the hull. The armour is welded rolled steel. Howitzer is equipped with R-123 radio set, R-124 intercom, automatic NBC system with filtration unit and fire-fighting equipment. The V-59 12-cylinder four stroke water-cooled diesel engine connects with a mechanical twin gear transmission, a gear box is in one block with a planetary steering gear. SO-152 has self-entrenching equipment which allows to prepare a trench within 20-40 min. The crew consists of 4-6 men: a driver, a gunner, a loader, a commander, and two ammunition bearers, which are positioned to the rear of the vehicle feeding rounds through two hatches in the hull rear when in masked firing position.

Source: Trumpeter

Hace un tiempo Trumpeter anunció el obús autopropulsado soviético 2S3 a escala 1/35, bueno, ahora podemos ver qué esperar. El 2S3 se basa en el obús soviético D-20 de 152,4 mm, y lleva una tripulación de 4-6 hombres. Este obús autopropulsado entró en servicio en 1971 como la respuesta soviética a los EE.UU. hizo M109, y ha servido en Afganistán y durante dos guerras chechenas, con él recientemente se han utilizado durante la guerra civil libia. Fuente:Armorama