Artlillery Complex MT-LB and D-30 howitzer 1/35 SKIF 213

Artlillery Complex MT-LB and122 mm soviet howitzer D-30 2A18
1/35 scale plastic model kit
SKIF 213

Package include:
Photo Etched set
Decals
Gum tracks
Plastic parts
Assembly guide

+ SET 122mm Artillery shells for howitzer 16 boxes  1/35 Skif 214 INCLUDED FOR FREE (retail US$3.95)

Manufacturer: SKIF (Ukraine)
Scale: 1/35
Material: Plastic
Unpainted, Unassembled, Kit do not contain paints and glue.
Condition: New in Box

The 122-mm howitzer D-30 (GRAU index 2A18) is a Soviet howitzer that entered service in the late 1960s, replacing the M-30 122 mm howitzer. Its longer barrel gave it greater range than the M-30, and once emplaced it could be traversed 360 degrees. It is no longer in production, but remains in service with more than 60 countries' armed services.

This is a 122 mm artillery piece developed in the former Soviet Union. It is loosely based on a German design of the Second World War. Its most striking feature is the fact that it's mounted on a tripod which allows the gun to be swung around a full 360-degrees. Another interesting feature is that it's towed by its barrel. It does not use powder charges that are loaded separately, but has cased charges which are loaded after the shell. The D-30 is capable of being a deadly anti-tank weapon when used in a defensive role. It has seen service in a number of countries including Egypt, Iraq and Poland. A number of them have built their own versions of the D-30. This includes a model built by Egypt which is self-propelled. China has its own version, which serves with the People's Liberation Army.

122 mm howitzer 2A18 (D-30)
The D-30A in Finnish Army service.
Type	Howitzer
Place of origin	Soviet Union
Specifications
Weight	combat: 3,210 kg (7,055 lbs)
Length	5.4 m (17.71 ft) (transport)
Barrel length	bore: 38 calibres
Width	1.9 m (6.23 ft) (transport)
Height	1.6 m (5.24 ft) (transport)
Crew	1+7
Caliber	122 mm (4.8 in)
Recoil	hydropneumatic
Carriage	tripod
Elevation	-7° to 70°
Traverse	360°
Rate of fire	1 rounds per minute (sustained), 7-8 rounds (max)
Effective range	15.4 km (9.56 mi)
Maximum range	21.9 km (13.76 mi) (with rocket assisted ammunition)

List of operators

•  Afghanistan
•  Algeria
•  Angola
•  Azerbaijan - 191
•  Bangladesh - 130 (more than 100+ will be made soon for the army)
•  Belarus
•  Benin
•  Bosnia and Herzegovina - 51 units
•  Cambodia
•  Congo
•  Croatia - 52 units (D-30 HR M94)
•  Egypt
•  Ethiopia
•  Estonia - 36 units
•  Finland - 486 units (Finnish designation war originaly 122 H 63 after certain modernizatios its curret designation is 122 H 63A)
•  FYROM
•  Georgia - 140 units
•  Iran - 400-600 units
•  Iraq
•  Kazakhstan - 183 units, will be partially converted into self-propelled systems Semser
•  Kyrgyzstan - 72 units
•  Laos
•  Latvia
•  Lebanon
•  Libya
•  Madagascar
•  Mali
•  Mauritania
•  Mongolia
•  Morocco
•  Mozambique
•  Nicaragua
•  People's Republic of China
•  Peru
•  Russia
•  Slovakia
•  Serbia - 303 units
•  Syria
•  Tajikistan - 12 units
•  Ukraine - 443 units
•  Uzbekistan
•  Vietnam
•  Yemen
•  Zambia - 25 units

MT-LB

The MT-LB (многоцелевой тягач легко бронированный, mnogotselevoy tyagach lekhko bronirovannyi / multi-purpose light-armoured towing vehicle) is a Soviet multi-purpose fully-amphibious armoured personnel carrier which was first introduced in the 1970s. Initially the vehicle was known as M 1970 in the west.

In the 1970s the Soviet Central Auto and Tractor Directorate embarked on a development program to replace the AT-P series of artillery tractors (that were based on the ASU-57) with a new generation of vehicles. The MT-L was developed to meet this requirement based on the PT-76 chassis. The MT-LB is the armoured variant of the vehicle. Entering production in the early 1970s, it was cheap to build, being based on many existing components including the engine which is actually a truck engine. It was built at the Kharkov tractor plant in the USSR as well as Poland and Bulgaria.

Description

The crew, a driver and a commander/gunner sit in a compartment at the front of the vehicle, with the engine behind them. A compartment at the rear enables up to 11 infantry to be carried or a cargo of up to 2,000 kg. A load of 6,500 kg can be towed. The vehicle is fully amphibious, being propelled by its tracks in the water.

A small turret at the front of the vehicle fits a 7.62 mm PKT machine gun with 360 degree manual traverse and an elevation of -5 to +30 degrees. The vehicle is lightly armoured against small arms and shell splinters with a thickness of 3 to 10 mm of steel. The infantry compartment has two hatches over the top, which open forwards. There are 4 firing ports - two in the both sides of the hull, the other two in the rear twin doors of the infantry compartment.

The driver is provided with a TVN-2 infra-red periscope, which in combination with the OU-3GK infra-red/white light search light provides a range of about 40 m. All vehicles include an NBC system.

MT-LB
Type	Armored personnel carrier
Place of origin	Soviet Union
Specifications
Weight	11,900 kg
Length	6.45 m
Width	2.86 m
Height	1.865 m
Crew	2 (+ 11 passengers)
Armor	14mm max.
Primary armament	7.62mm PKT machine-gun 2,500 rounds
Engine	YaMZ 238, V-8 diesel 240 hp at 2,100 rpm
Power/weight	20 hp/tonne
Suspension	Torsion bar
Operational range	500 km (road range)
Speed	61 km/h (road) 30 km/h (off-road) 5 to 6 km/h (in the water)

Users

•  Armenia - 75
•  Azerbaijan - 196
•  Bangladesh - 80+ (Captured during Op. Desert Storm & are ex-Iraqi and after that many were bought))
•  Belarus - 66
•  Bulgaria - 812
•  Czech Republic - Only Strela-10
•  Finland - 98 MT-LBV
•  Georgia - 80
•  Iraq (The new Iraqi Army , Kurdish Peshmerga) - 61
•  Kazakhstan - 200
•  Lithuania - 10
•  Macedonia - 10
•  Moldova - 62
•  Niger - 67
•  Poland - 352
•  Russia - 4,800
•  Serbia - Only MT-LBu variants and 13 9K35 "Strela-10".
•  Sweden - 460 (Called Pbv 401, former East German, bought 1993)
•  Ukraine - 2,090
•  United States - unknown

Former Operators

•  East Germany - 721 Bulgarian-made MT-LB's, 32 SNAR-10 and 36 Strela-10M. Passed on to the successor state.
•  Soviet Union - Passed on to successor states.
•  West Germany/ Germany - taken from GDR's army, all scrapped or sold to other countries.
•  Yugoslavia - SNAR-10 and Strela-10. Passed on to successor states.