M-30 (122 mm)

Description

The M-30 (122 mm) was a soviet built 122 mm howitzer designed by the bureau of Motovilikha Plants. Its design was headed by Fyodor Fyodorovich Petrov in the late 1930s and went into production from 1939 to 1955. The howitzer piece was used in World War II, mainly as a divisional artillery piece in the Soviet Red Army. It was also captured and used by the German Wehrmacht and the Finnish army and used in the respective armies.

Post World War II, and the M-30 was still being utilized in numerous conflicts from the middle to late twentieth century, still being in service with multiple countries, such as the those of the Middle East.

Vehicles equipped with this weapon

• SU-122

General info

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Available ammunition

Penetration statistics
Ammunition	Type of warhead	Penetration @ 0° Angle of Attack (mm)
		10 m	100 m	500 m	1,000 m	1,500 m	2,000 m
OF-462	HE	37	37	37	37	37	37
BP-460A	HEAT	160	160	160	160	160	160

Shell details
Ammunition	Type of warhead	Velocity (m/s)	Projectile mass (kg)	Fuse delay (m)	Fuse sensitivity (mm)	Explosive mass (TNT equivalent) (kg)	Ricochet
							0%	50%	100%
OF-462	HE	515	21.76	0	0.1	3.67	79°	80°	81°
BP-460A	HEAT	335	13.4	0.05	0.1	2.73	62°	69°	73°

Smoke shell characteristics
Ammunition	Velocity (m/s)	Projectile mass (kg)	Screen radius (m)	Screen deploy time (s)	Screen hold time (s)	Explosive mass (TNT equivalent) (g)
D-462A	515	22.32	20	5	25	50

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• [Wikipedia] 122 mm howitzer M1938 (M-30)