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Unique ID: 373 Added to Database: July 2008 Last Edited: July 2008 Type (ID): 2S3 (2980) Model (ID): 2S3 (2980) Location Category (ID): Kubinka NIIBT Research Collection - Soviet Vehicles (2100) Location (ID): Hall 1: Soviet Heavy Tanks (2110) Serial Number: Registration: Name: Other Identification: Collection number 128 painted on left turret side. Collection Reference: Links: References: Associated Tanks: Location History: (see map) 1: Factory 40 Metrovagonmash (MMZ), Mytishchi, Moscow Oblast, Moscow Region, Russia (Design parent and manufacturer) 2: Kubinka NIIBT Research Collection - Soviet Vehicles, Kubinka, Moscow Oblast, Russia (Current location) Text in original Preserved Soviet Tanks publication: [PTIR: #32] Text in Preserved Soviet Tanks Update: [No entry] Text in original Preserved Tanks In Russia publication: During the early 1970s the Soviet Army introduced two self-propelled howitzers, the 122mm 2S1 and the 152mm 2S3 Acacia. The 2S3 was based on an adaptation of the chassis developed for the 2P24 Krug (SA-4 Ganef) mobile SAM system, but with six rather than seven roadwheels each side. It mounted its howitzer in a turret with all round traverse.

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