03 12 2022 05 00 ⚡️🇷🇺 2S3 Akatsiya 152mm artillery units of the SMD in Ukraine

03-12-2022 (05-50) ⚡️🇷🇺 2S3 Akatsiya 152mm artillery units of the Southern Military District in the special military operation within Ukraine

Supporting the actions of motorised rifle units, artillerymen strike against enemy strongholds, assembly areas, and columns of AFU military hardware.

While on firing missions, artillerymen engage with unmanned aerial vehicle personnel that undertake surveillance of enemy locations and adjust the precision of the combat vehicles' fire.

The day before, according to intelligence, a position was discovered where an artillery unit of the Ukrainian Armed Forces had been positioned. The target was suppressed by accurate fire from the 152mm self-propelled artillery units.

The units include the mobilised personnel who operate with confidence.

Military Ops – Technical Data
The SO-152 (Russian: СО-152) is a Soviet 152.4 mm self-propelled gun developed in 1968.

In 1971 entered service. Its GRAU designation is 2S3 (2С3). The fighting vehicle also received the additional designation Akatsiya (Акация), which is Russian for Acacia.

Description
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 Sverdlovsk. The factory designation of the howitzer is D-22 and the GRAU designation, 2A33. The chassis was developed by Uraltransmash.

The driver's and engine-transmission compartments are located in the front part of a hull, the fighting compartment with rotatory turret in middle and rear parts of the hull.

The armor is welded rolled steel. The SPG is equipped with an R-123 radio set, an R-124 intercom, an automatic CBRN defense system with filtration unit and fire-fighting equipment. The V-59 12-cylinder four-stroke water-cooled diesel engine connects to a mechanical two-gear transmission.

The gear box is combined into one block with a planetary steering gear. The 2S3 has self-entrenching equipment which allows it 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.

Designated M1973 by the U.S. Army

Specifications
Mass: Maximum: 28 metric tons
Length Total: 8.4 m (27 ft 7 in)
Hull: 7.765 m (25 ft 5.7 in)
Width: 3.25 m (10 ft)
Height: 3.05 m (10 ft), 2.615 m (8 ft 7.0 in) without a machine gun
Crew: 4
Breech: semi-automatic vertical wedge
Elevation: −4° to +60°
Traverse 360°
Rate of fire Sustained: 1 rpm max: 4 rpm
Maximum firing range Conventional: 18.5 km (11.5 mi), RAP: 24 km (15 mi)
Armor: 15 mm (hull)
30 mm (turret and hull front)[1]
Main armament: 152.4 mm D-22 howitzer L/27, (46 rounds, maximum)
Secondary armament: 7.62 mm remotely controlled PKT tank machine gun
(1,500 rounds)
Engine: V-59, (12-cylinder 4-stroke V-shaped water-cooled diesel) 520 hp (382.7 kW) at 2,000 rpm[2]
Power/weight: 18.9 hp/t (13.92 kW/t)
Transmission: mechanical double-flow, planetary gear-gearbox unit
Suspension: independent torsion bars with hydraulic shock absorbers of 1st and 6th road wheels
Ground clearance: 0.45 m (1 ft 6 in)
Fuel capacity: 830 liters[2]
Operational range: 500 km (310 mi)[2]
Maximum speed: On-road: 63 km/h (39 mph)
Off-road: 45 km/h (28 mph)[2]

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