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.
Item No : 05543
Item Name : Soviet 2S3 152mm Self-Propeller Howitzer - Early Version
Bar Code : 9580208055435
Scale : 1:35
Item Type : Static Kits
Model Brief : Length:240 mm : Width:93 mm
Total Parts : 530+
Metal Parts : n/a
Photo Etched Parts : 1 piece
Film Parts : n/a
Resin Parts : n/a
Total Sprues : 24 sprues , turret, upper hull and lower hull
Released Date : 2013-01
More 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"
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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.
Item No : 05543
Item Name : Soviet 2S3 152mm Self-Propeller Howitzer - Early Version
Bar Code : 9580208055435
Scale : 1:35
Item Type : Static Kits
Model Brief : Length:240 mm : Width:93 mm
Total Parts : 530+
Metal Parts : n/a
Photo Etched Parts : 1 piece
Film Parts : n/a
Resin Parts : n/a
Total Sprues : 24 sprues , turret, upper hull and lower hull
Released Date : 2013-01
More 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"
Description This is an injection-plastic military vehicle model kit. HIghly detailed kit of the 2S3 features non-workable indy-link tracks and photo-etched metal detail parts. Figures are not included.
Description This is an injection-plastic military vehicle model kit. HIghly detailed kit of the 2S3 features non-workable indy-link tracks and photo-etched metal detail parts. Figures are not included.
(TR05543)
| SKU | TR05543 |
| Barcode # | 9580208055435 |
| Brand | Trumpeter |
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