Profile
- Type
- 122 mm towed corps gun
- Conflict side
- Yemeni government and coalition forces
- Origin
- Soviet Union
- Service note
- Designed in the 1930s; legacy service in Yemen by the 2010s
Artillery
A-19 122 mm field gun
The A-19 is a Soviet 122 mm towed field gun developed for corps-level artillery fire, combining a long barrel, separate-loading ammunition, and an approximately 20 km range. In the Yemen Civil War archive it is included conservatively as legacy Yemeni Army artillery documented in pre-war holdings available to battlefield parties, not as a source-confirmed record of a specific firing event.
- Conflict side
- Yemeni government and coalition forces
- Built by
- Barrikady Plant; No. 172 Plant
- Built in
- Soviet Union
Service History
- In service
- Entered Soviet service in the 1930s; later supplied or inherited by foreign operators including Yemen
- Used by
- Yemeni Army
- Wars
- Yemen Civil War
Production History
- Designer
- F. F. Petrov design bureau
- Designed
- 1931 original design; 1937 modernized M1931/37 carriage
- Built by
- Barrikady Plant; No. 172 Plant
- Built in
- Soviet Union
- Produced
- 1930s-1940s
- Number built
- About 2,450 A-19 guns of all major versions
- Variants
- 122 mm gun M1931, 122 mm gun M1931/37
Specifications
- Caliber
- 121.92 mm
- Configuration
- Towed field gun with split-trail carriage on the M1931/37 variant
- Combat weight
- About 7,250 kg
- Barrel length
- 46.3 calibers
- Maximum range
- About 20.4 km
- Rate of fire
- 3 to 4 rounds per minute
- Ammunition
- Separate-loading 122 mm projectile and propellant charge
Conflict Usage
- Yemen Civil War
- Side: Yemeni government and coalition forcesRole: Long-range towed artillery reserve
Oryx listed the A-19 among Yemeni Army field guns held before the Houthi takeover and described the inventory as equipment available to battlefield parties in Yemen; the source supports fielding context rather than a specific documented firing incident.
A-19 122 mm field gun Images
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122mm A-19Publisher: WeaponSystems.net | Note: Supports A-19 background, design lineage, manufacturer, production, ammunition, rate of fire, weight, and range specifications. | Accessed: 2026-06-20Pre-War Yemeni Fighting Vehicles And EquipmentPublisher: Oryx | Note: Supports Yemen Civil War context: the A-19 was fielded by the Yemeni Army before the Houthi takeover and listed as equipment available to Yemeni battlefield parties. | Accessed: 2026-06-20A-19 122-mm gun imagePublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Supports image provenance and licensing context for the primary A-19 image. | Accessed: 2026-06-20A-19 at Sapun Mountain museum imagePublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Supports image provenance and licensing context for the gallery view of an M1931/37 A-19. | Accessed: 2026-06-20A-19 in Tolyatti imagePublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Supports image provenance and licensing context for the gallery view of an M1931/37 A-19. | Accessed: 2026-06-20