Profile
- Type
- 152 mm wheeled self-propelled gun-howitzer
- Conflict side
- Ukraine
- Origin
- Czechoslovakia; supplied to Ukraine by the Czech Republic
- Service note
- Introduced in the early 1980s; modernized DANA M2 variant supplied in the Russia-Ukraine War
Artillery
152 mm SpGH DANA
The 152 mm SpGH DANA is a Czechoslovak wheeled self-propelled gun-howitzer built around a Tatra 8x8 chassis, a semi-automatic loading system, and a 152 mm gun compatible with Soviet-pattern ammunition. In Ukrainian service, Czech-supplied DANA and DANA M2 systems add mobile tube artillery that can shoot and displace faster than towed 152 mm guns while still using ammunition types already present in Ukraine's artillery inventory.
- Conflict side
- Ukraine
Service History
- In service
- 1981-present
- Used by
- Armed Forces of Ukraine, Czech Army, Slovak Armed Forces, Polish Armed Forces
- Wars
- Russia-Ukraine War
Production History
- Designer
- Konstrukta Trencin
- Designed
- 1970s
- Produced
- 1980s-present, including later modernized variants
- Variants
- ShKH vz.77 DANA, DANA M1, DANA M2
Specifications
- Caliber
- 152 mm
- Crew
- 5 on vz.77 DANA; 1+4 listed for DANA M2
- Armament
- 152 mm gun-howitzer with 12.7 mm roof-mounted machine gun
- Ammunition
- 60 rounds carried on vz.77 DANA; DANA M2 page lists 40 carried rounds
- Maximum firing range
- About 20 km with standard ammunition; up to 25.5 km for DANA M2 with extended-range ammunition
- Mobility
- Tatra 815 8x8 chassis; 80 km/h road speed for vz.77 DANA and 90 km/h listed for DANA M2
- Protection
- Armored crew cab and turret protection against small-arms fire and shell splinters; DANA M2 cabin listed to STANAG 4569 Level 1
Conflict Usage
- Russia-Ukraine War
- Side: Ukraine
Ukrainian forces received Czech-supplied DANA-family 152 mm wheeled self-propelled howitzers during the full-scale invasion; reporting documented vz.77 DANA systems in Ukraine in April 2022 and later DANA M2 use by the 56th Separate Motorized Mariupol Brigade.
152 mm SpGH DANA Images
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DANA M2Publisher: CSG Defence | Note: Supports DANA M2 manufacturer background, crew, range, speed, fire-control, armament, and protection details. | Accessed: 2026-06-20DANA ZTS ShKH vz. 77 152mmPublisher: Army Recognition | Note: Supports vz.77 DANA technical background, armament, automatic loading, chassis, crew, protection, and mobility specifications. | Accessed: 2026-06-20Dalsi ceska stopa. Na Ukrajinu odjely i houfnice Dana a raketomety RM-70 GradPublisher: Echo24 | Note: Supports direct Russia-Ukraine War conflict use context by reporting Czech-supplied DANA howitzers reaching Ukraine in spring 2022. | Accessed: 2026-06-20Czech-made Dana M2 152mm self-propelled howitzer spotted on Ukrainian battlefieldPublisher: Army Recognition | Note: Supports direct Russia-Ukraine War conflict use context by documenting DANA M2 use in Ukrainian combat operations and the reported Czech delivery context. | Accessed: 2026-06-20The Minister of Defence informed about declassified details of military aid to UkrainePublisher: Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic | Note: Official Czech government context for 2022 military aid to Ukraine, including self-propelled howitzers and artillery shells. | Accessed: 2026-06-20File:152 mm self-propelled howitzer vz. 77 Dana pic2.JPGPublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Primary image provenance: own work by Alf van Beem, released under CC0 public domain dedication. | Accessed: 2026-06-20File:Excalibur Army DANA M2 (2).jpgPublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Gallery image provenance for DANA M2: own work by Reise Reise, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike terms. | Accessed: 2026-06-20