Soviet Artillery

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artillery branch military branch

Soviet Artillery was the extensive and powerful branch of the Soviet Armed Forces responsible for providing heavy fire support through a wide range of guns, howitzers, rocket launchers, and related systems, playing a crucial role in Soviet military doctrine and operations.

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Label	Occurrences
Soviet Artillery canonical	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	artillery branch ⓘ military branch ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Red Army Artillery NERFINISHED ⓘ Soviet Ground Forces Artillery NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	Soviet deep operations theory NERFINISHED ⓘ massive pre‑assault barrages ⓘ
country	Soviet Union ⓘ
doctrine	centralized fire control ⓘ deep battle doctrine NERFINISHED ⓘ emphasis on massed fires ⓘ extensive use of rocket artillery ⓘ
equipmentType	anti‑aircraft guns ⓘ anti‑tank guns ⓘ heavy mortars ⓘ multiple rocket launchers ⓘ self‑propelled guns ⓘ self‑propelled howitzers ⓘ towed guns ⓘ towed howitzers ⓘ
influenced	Warsaw Pact artillery forces NERFINISHED ⓘ artillery doctrine of many developing countries ⓘ
notableOperation	Battle of Berlin artillery bombardment NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Kursk artillery preparation NERFINISHED ⓘ Operation Bagration artillery support ⓘ
notableSystem	122 mm howitzer M‑30 NERFINISHED ⓘ 130 mm field gun M‑46 NERFINISHED ⓘ 152 mm gun‑howitzer D‑20 ⓘ 152 mm howitzer‑gun ML‑20 NERFINISHED ⓘ 240 mm mortar M‑240 NERFINISHED ⓘ 2S1 Gvozdika self‑propelled howitzer NERFINISHED ⓘ 2S19 Msta‑S self‑propelled howitzer NERFINISHED ⓘ 2S3 Akatsiya self‑propelled howitzer NERFINISHED ⓘ 2S4 Tyulpan 240 mm self‑propelled mortar NERFINISHED ⓘ 2S5 Giatsint‑S self‑propelled gun NERFINISHED ⓘ 76 mm divisional gun ZiS‑3 NERFINISHED ⓘ BM‑13 Katyusha multiple rocket launcher NERFINISHED ⓘ BM‑21 Grad multiple rocket launcher NERFINISHED ⓘ BM‑27 Uragan multiple rocket launcher NERFINISHED ⓘ BM‑30 Smerch multiple rocket launcher NERFINISHED ⓘ
organizationalElement	artillery battalions ⓘ artillery brigades ⓘ artillery divisions ⓘ artillery reconnaissance units ⓘ artillery regiments ⓘ rocket artillery units ⓘ
partOf	Ground Forces of the Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ Soviet Armed Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ
role	counter‑battery fire ⓘ destruction of enemy fortifications ⓘ fire support ⓘ support of defensive operations ⓘ support of offensive operations ⓘ
status	disbanded as separate Soviet institution after 1991 dissolution of the USSR ⓘ
timePeriod	Cold War era NERFINISHED ⓘ World War II era ⓘ interwar period ⓘ post‑World War II period ⓘ
usedInConflict	Arab–Israeli wars (via Soviet‑supplied clients) NERFINISHED ⓘ Eastern Front of World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ Korean War (via North Korean and Chinese forces supplied by USSR) ⓘ World War II ⓘ surface form: Second World War Soviet–Afghan War NERFINISHED ⓘ Vietnam War (via Soviet‑supplied North Vietnam) ⓘ Winter War NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedTechnology	artillery radars ⓘ centralized fire‑direction centers ⓘ forward observers ⓘ sound ranging ⓘ

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Chief Marshal of the branch → usedIn → Soviet Artillery ⓘ