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.