The team of the Soviet 152-mm howitzer-gun ML-20 of the model 1937 of the Red Army Artillery Force is firing at the enemy from the Nazi Wehrmacht and the satellites of the Third Reich. Eastern Front, World War II in Europe.
The ML-20 photo source: tsushima.su.
152-mm howitzer-gun of the 1937 model (ML-20, GAU index – 52-G-544A) is a Soviet howitzer-gun of the period of World War II. This weapon was mass-produced from 1937 to 1946, was or still is in service with the armies of many countries of the world, was used in almost all significant wars and armed conflicts of the middle and end of the 20th century.
This gun was armed with the most powerful Soviet self-propelled artillery guns of the Great Patriotic War the SU-152 and ISU-152. According to some artillery experts, the ML-20 is one of the best cannon artillery designs over the entire period of its existence. Even more restrained assessments recognize the outstanding role of the ML-20 in the combat use and development of Soviet artillery in the middle of the 20th century.