203mm Artillery Battery - SU591

Includes two multi-part metal 203mm Howitzers with crew, two large bases and one plastic base-plug sprue.

One of the heaviest artillery pieces available to the Red Army in the street-to-street fighting for Berlin was the 203mm obr 1931 howitzer. Weighing 19 metric tonnes, it was mounted on its own special tracked carriage.

It fired a 203mm (8') high-explosive shell weighing 100kg (220lb) at a muzzle velocity of 600 meters per second, to a maximum range of 18km (11 miles). As well as its traditional artillery role, the gun was commonly used in direct-fire, mercilessly pounding defensive positions within buildings at point-blank range.

For Flames of war, soviet Berlin, by Battlefront Miniatures