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| 2S3 Akatsiya |
| Country Of origin |
USSR/Russia |
| Designation |
Self-propelled artillery |
| Configuration |
Tracked |
| Manufacturer: |
Plants of Motovilikha |
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| Crew: |
6 (4+2) |
| Length |
8.4 m |
| Width |
3.25 m |
| Height |
3.05 m |
| Weight, Combat |
27,500 kg |
| Ground Clearance |
0.45 m |
| Fording |
1.0 m |
| Verical Obstacle |
0.7 m |
| Trench |
3.0 m |
| Maximum Road Speed |
60 km/h |
| Maximum Road Range |
500 km |
| Primary armament |
D20 152-mm gun |
| Secondary armament |
1×7.62 mm AA MG |
| Armour |
15 mm (maximum turret), 20 mm (maximum hull) |
| Power plant |
520 hp (388 kW) Diesel |
| NBC |
Yes |
| Night |
Yes (infrared for driver and commander) |
The 2S3 Akatsiya (Russian: 2С3 «Акация»; English: acacia) is a 152 mm self-propelled artillery produced by the Soviet Union during the Cold War. "2S3" is its GRAU designation.
[edit] Development
Designated M1973 by the US Army, the 2S3 is armed with a 152.4 mm gun based on the Soviet D-20 howitzer and is easily confused with the M109 self-propelled artillery. The correct Russian designation is SO-152, but it is known as the 'Akatsiya'. The 2S3 chassis is based on that of the SA-4 Ganef surface to air missile system; it includes six (rather than seven as in the SA-4) road wheels and 4 return rollers. The V-59 V-12 water cooled diesel engine sits at front with the driver. The 152.4 mm main gun can be elevated from -4° to +60° with a turret traverse of a full 360°. The crew consists of 6 people; a driver, a gunner, a loader, a commander, and two ammunition handlers, which are positioned to the rear of the vehicle feeding projectiles through two circular hatches in the hull rear when in firing position. The 2S3 can fire HE-Frag projectiles at a maximum range of 18.5 km or rocket-assisted projectiles to a maximum of 24 km. Other projectiles available to the 2S3 include HEAT-FS, AP-T, illuminating and smoke. Production has been completed.
[edit] Variants
Later production models (2S3M and 2S3M1) had some modernizations.
[edit] Operators
[edit] References
Algeria
Armenia: 30 in service of the Armenian Army.
Belgium
Cuba
Iraq
Kazakhstan
Libya
Russia
Serbia
Syria
Turkmenistan
Ukraine
Uzbekistan
Vietnam
