Profile
- Type
- Towed 152 mm howitzer
- Origin
- Soviet Union
- Service note
- World War II-era Soviet design retained in post-Soviet reserve and conflict inventories
Artillery
152 mm D-1 gun-howitzer
The 152 mm D-1 gun-howitzer is a Soviet towed heavy howitzer built around a 152.4 mm barrel on a lighter split-trail carriage. In the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict archive it is represented by a narrow, direct 2020 source identifying a D-1 among Armenian equipment struck by Azerbaijani forces, showing the continued battlefield presence of older Soviet tube artillery.
- Built by
- Plant No. 9Uralmash
- Built in
- Soviet Union
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Service History
- In service
- Entered Soviet service in 1943; remained in limited post-Soviet use and storage
- Used by
- Armenian / Artsakh forces
- Wars
- Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict
Production History
- Designer
- F. F. Petrov design bureau
- Designed
- 1942-1943
- Built by
- Plant No. 9Uralmash
- Built in
- Soviet Union
- Unit cost
- Not publicly established
- Produced
- 1943-1949
- Number built
- About 2,827
- Variants
- D-1, Type 54 Chinese production model
Specifications
- Crew
- 8
- Caliber
- 152.4 mm
- Weight
- 3.6 t
- Maximum range
- 12.4 km with 53-OF-530 projectile
- Rate of fire
- 3-4 rounds per minute
- Muzzle velocity
- 508 m/s with 53-OF-530 projectile
- Carriage
- Two-wheel split-trail towed carriage with gun shield
- Elevation and traverse
- -3 degrees to +64 degrees elevation; 17 degrees left and right traverse
Conflict Usage
- Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict
- Side: ArmeniaArtsakhRole: Towed artillery fire support
Azerbaijan's defense ministry reported that Armenian forces had one D-1 howitzer-gun among equipment destroyed by Azerbaijani strikes on October 25, 2020; the source supports fielding by the Armenian/Artsakh side but does not identify a unit or firing location.
152 mm D-1 gun-howitzer Images
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152mm D-1Publisher: WeaponSystems.net | Note: Supports D-1 background, Soviet origin, towed howitzer type, crew, range, rate of fire, mobility, and other specifications. | Accessed: 2026-06-20Category:152-mm howitzer M1943 (D-1)Publisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Supports manufacturer, design attribution, service-entry metadata, and image category context for the D-1. | Accessed: 2026-06-20The Enemy's Military Equipment and Ammunition Were DestroyedPublisher: Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan | Note: Supports Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict direct use context: a D-1 howitzer-gun was fielded by Armenian/Artsakh forces and reported destroyed by Azerbaijani strikes on October 25, 2020. | Accessed: 2026-06-20Commons D-1 Polatsk ImagePublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Supports image provenance and reuse terms for the primary D-1 image photographed in Polatsk, Belarus. | Accessed: 2026-06-20Commons D-1 Sapun Mountain ImagePublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Supports image provenance and CC BY 3.0 reuse terms for the D-1 image at the Sapun Mountain museum. | Accessed: 2026-06-20Commons D-1 Moscow ImagePublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Supports image provenance and CC BY-SA 3.0 reuse terms for the D-1 display image in Moscow. | Accessed: 2026-06-20Commons D-1 Kecel ImagePublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Supports image provenance and CC BY-SA 3.0 reuse terms for the D-1 image in Kecel, Hungary. | Accessed: 2026-06-20