Soviet D-20 152mm towed Gun-Howitzer

1/35 scale model of the Soviet 152-mm howitzer gun D-20 (GRAU index - 52-P-546), Trumpeter 02333.

The kit includes:
380 plastic parts,
decal,
photo etching,
2 rubber tires
scheme for coloring the model,
detailed instructions in English.

Model length: 260 mm.

The D-20 howitzer cannon was developed shortly after the end of World War II at the F. Petrov Design Bureau; it was intended to replace the pre-war 152-mm howitzer ML-20 (mod. 1937). The barrel length of the gun is 25 calibers. The D-20 became the first 152 mm artillery system with a semi-automatic vertical shift wedge-shaped breech. The gun was also used for the 2S3 Akatsiya self-propelled gun. The D-20 is in service in at least 13 countries and is produced under license in the People's Republic of China as the Type 66 (or its improved version, the Type 66-1). Its self-propelled version, known as the Type 83, was first introduced in the mid-1980s.