The Soviet 152mm ML-20 howitzer of the Red Army Artillery failed on the bridge, from its own weight and was captured by German army soldiers of the Nazi Wehrmacht (designation in the German army is the 15.2 cm KH.433/1 (r)). Eastern Front, Second World War.
Weight of the Soviet ML-20 howitzer is 7930 kg.
ML-20 is the Soviet 152-mm howitzer-gun of the 1937 model (GAU index – 52-G-544A) of the period of World War II. This gun 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 installations of the Great Patriotic War – 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.