Schneider"s howitzers of the Red Army. 152 mm howitzers of the sample 1909/30 and 1910/37

152 mm howitzer of the sample 1909/30. - Soviet modernization of the six-inch serf howitzer of the Schneider system of the 1909 model, until the end of the Great Patriotic War, remained the largest Soviet 152-mm howitzer. Along with a much less common 152 mm howitzer arr. 1910/37, these systems and their initial options created by the French company Schneider (Schneider) took part in the First World War, Soviet-Polish, Soviet-Finnish, Soviet-Japanese wars, not counting other armed conflicts. In the Great Patriotic War 152-mm howitzers arr. 1909/30 They stopped the advancing parts of the Wehrmacht near Moscow and Leningrad, paved the path of the Red Army infantry, tank, mechanized and cavalry formations in offensive operations, were successfully used for assault operations in dense urban development. Despite the inability to combat the enemy’s combat vehicles, these guns in some cases distinguished themselves in solving such problems. So the choice made in the days of the Russian Empire in favor of the design of the company "Schneider", despite a number of significant drawbacks of this system, in general turned out to be successful. The new book of the leading historian of domestic artillery first collects the most exhaustive information on the creation, operation and combat use of as a 152-mm howitzer arr. 1909/30, and 152 mm howitzers arr. 1910/37 Some archival and technical materials are published for the first time. The publication illustrated by unique drawings of guns and photographs