Designated M1973 by the US Army, the Akatsiya is armed with a 152.4 mm howitzer based on the Soviet 152.4 mm D-20 howitzer and is sometimes confused with the M109 self-propelled artillery. The artillery system was developed at the design bureau No. 9 of Kalinin Machine-Building Plant in Sverdlovsk. The factory designation of the howitzer is D-22 and the GRAU designation, 2A33. The chassis was developed by Uraltransmash._x000D_
Driver's and engine-transmission compartments are located in a front part of a hull, fighting compartment with rotatory turret - in middle and rear parts of the hull. The armour is welded rolled steel. Howitzer is equipped with R-123 radio set, R-124 intercom, automatic NBC system with filtration unit and fire-fighting equipment. The V-59 12-cylinder four stroke water-cooled diesel engine connects with a mechanical twin gear transmission, a gear box is in one block with a planetary steering gear. SO-152 has self-entrenching equipment which allows to prepare a trench within 20-40 min._x000D_
The crew consists of 4-6 men: a driver, a gunner, a loader, a commander, and two ammunition bearers, which are positioned to the rear of the vehicle feeding rounds through two hatches in the hull rear when in masked firing position._x000D_
Item No 05543_x000D_
Item Name Soviet 2S3 152mm Self-Propeller Howitzer - Early Version_x000D_
Bar Code 9580208055435_x000D_
Scale 1:35_x000D_
Item Type Static Kits_x000D_
Model Brief Length:240 mm Width:93 mm_x000D_
Total Parts 530+_x000D_
Metal Parts n/a_x000D_
Photo Etched Parts 1 piece_x000D_
Film Parts n/a_x000D_
Resin Parts n/a_x000D_
Total Sprues 24 sprues , turret, upper hull and lower hull_x000D_
Released Date 2013-01_x000D_
More Features "The kit consists of over 530 parts_x000D_
the kit w/refined detail_x000D_
multi-slide moulded turret, upper hull and lower hull_x000D_
240 individual tracks links"
