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Nov 6 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
1/ Here's a remarkable thing to spot on Russia's front line in Ukraine: a soldier showing off a 152mm D1 howitzer M1943, which would have been produced no later than 1949 (hence at least 73 years old).
2/ It's likely that this is a Luhansk People's Republic soldier. There were reports in mid-October that Russia had given the LPR some of these ancient weapons (see below). This is the first video I've seen of them apparently in use.
3/ More info below on the D1 howitzer:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/152_mm_ho…
Source of the original video: t.me/pr_russia/40277

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