Soviet howitzer D-1: Large-caliber "star" of the artillery of the Red Army

The 152-mm howitzer D-1 truly became a "star" of Soviet artillery-an instrument, which they still do not cease to admire. Despite the fact that the D-1 was developed as soon as possible and produced only six years, from 1943 to 1949, it became the most mass 152-mm howitzer of the Red and then the Soviet Army. This gun made its large -caliber contribution to the victory over the Nazi third Reich and its allies, and in 1969 it made it possible to stabilize the situation during the border conflict with China on the island of Damansky. The howitzers of the 1943 model fired in Afghanistan and in local wars in the post -Soviet space. Despite the track record of almost eighty years, several hundred of these systems continue to be stored in the warehouses of the mobilization reserve of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. In the fall of 2020, the Armenian army used the D-1 during the battles in Nagorno-Karabakh.
The new book of the leading historian of domestic artillery for the first time in all details talks about the history of the creation, design, experience of operation and combat use of the legendary 152 mm howitzers D-1.
The publication is illustrated by exclusive drawings and photographs