D-30 122mm Artillery Howitzer Firing Live with Finnish Army

Just raw firepower with the Finns using the Russian made D-30 artillery howtizer utlizing a 122mm projectile with two part ammunition.
The 122-mm howitzer D-30 (GRAU index 2A18) is a Soviet howitzer that first entered service in 1960. It is a robust piece that focuses on the essential features of a towed field gun suitable for all conditions. The D-30 has a maximum range of 15.4 kilometers, or over 21 km using rocket-assisted projectile ammunition.
With its striking three-leg mounting, the D-30 can be rapidly traversed through 360 degrees. Although no longer manufactured in the nations of the former Soviet Union, the D-30 is still manufactured internationally and is in service in more than 60 countries' armed forces.
The barrel assembly of the 2A18 gun is used by the 2S1 self-propelled howitzer. There are also Egyptian, Chinese, Serbian and Syrian self-propelled variants and conversions. The Syrian conversion utilizes the hull of a T-34 tank.
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[@jadpho1380]

One of the 122’s of all time.

[@Tiax776]

It definitely is one of the howitzers ever made.

[@ivanstepanovic1327]

This thing is surprisingly accurate, even for modern day standards. One of the reasons is most likely the fact that it basically makes 0 movements due to recoil.

[@alangordon3283]

Are you watching a different video 🤷‍♂️

[@dmacpher]

@@alangordon3283it’s pretty stable compared to a m114, it’s tilting up but not sliding out of position.

[@VikingTeddy]

Brings back memories :) Translation : Tulta = Fire Huomio = Attention Valmis = Ready Guys at the end: "One more" "Let's take the box, move it over there" "right" Beardy McBeardface: "Number 4 has a rock at the plate here at the gun yard, digging it out"

[@JAnx01]

Most "reports" about the inaccuracy of Soviet weapons started as CIA think tank developed propaganda hoaxes.

[@TheOriginalJAX]

She does look pretty sturdy, not budging from it's original position even though it jumps about a little when firing. did notice that too well spotted.

[@Marinealver]

0:44 When Hearing Loss kicks in.

[@TheLazyFinn]

Funny thing, we had to wear hearing protection even when carrying those shells! They were very serious about that stuff

[@eikka492]

I'm the bearded dude leading one of the cannons in a couple of clips. This is from 2023 live fire exercise Lightning Strike 23.

[@Guntank214]

Ive kinda always had a thing for the D-30. Its just such a unique combination of design features. There really are few other guns like it. But it will almost be a shame to see presumably leave Finnish service as NATO standardization eventually kicks in.

[@TheLazyFinn]

not the one 2s1, that thing has at least 10 more years still to go

[@TheLazyFinn]

@@hullutsuhna Gvozdika training is resuming, also I would imagine that there are a lot of pristine D20s sitting in storage so they probably have some life left because medium calibre artillery is very important in Finnish condinitions. K9 usage is also vastly different from Gvozdikas, they are used mainly to snipe rear echelon stuff like CPs and ammo dumps, Gvozdikas main job is to hammer anything and everything flat before mech. troops get there

[@TheLazyFinn]

Oh and other thing I didn't notice, even after the third batch I can safely say there's nowhere near the same amount of K9s@@hullutsuhna

[@TheLazyFinn]

@@hullutsuhna there should be like 50 K9s? Wiki is not up to date if there's more, but I think there's more than 74, (where's that number from anyhow?) from the ones I've seen

[@TheLazyFinn]

@@hullutsuhna Finnish wiki says different,only 48 or so being ordered lol, no idea what the real numbers are..My guess is that there's probably over a 100 2s1 s though

[@shaider1982]

I remember this as targets in the old game, LHX. Modeled with toothpick barrels and black dot wheels.

[@mathewweeks9069]

Awesome video

[@dimitarmladenski1367]

The coregated casing (from the thumbnail) is for the 2C1 Gvozdika I think. The casing for the D-30 is smooth. Again, this is by memory. Cheers for the nice video

[@XoravaX]

Yes, that is so the autoloader would function more reliably. Also, the 2S1 cases are steel, while the D-30 cases are brass. However, the D-30 can also use the 2S1 cases.

[@Pembroke.]

That's a nice gun. Not to worry, Matt and his team can handle these older guns blindfolded, bouncing rounds down range straight through a keyhole up to 15 kilometres away.

[@reddevilparatrooper]

When I was a Paratrooper and an Infantryman I would never talk shit about the Artillery. The Infantry is the Queen of Battles, the Artillery is the King of Battles. The King produces the most casualties on the enemy. The Queen will tell the King where to place his balls under every circumstance. 😂😂😂

[@anthonykaiser974]

As the relationship between the king and queen goes, so goeth the kingdom, you might say. My old 105mm bn's unofficial motto was "You yell, we shell!"

[@blingbling574]

They have one of those on display at Fort Ripley Minnesota.

[@demon_lover9139]

Do these get comfortably warm when firing?

[@nikhil8703]

can you make a video about different calibre in 155mm howitzers and what are the disadvantages and advantages of each of them

[@dangerboy1111]

fast recoil, light weight, and range small range,, but moderately explosive

[@454FatJack]

155 is West =? 152 ex Varsow Pact like 122mm. Diffrence skinny Girl easy to use. Fat Chick has her bonus when sitting on your face❤❤❤

[@stupidburp]

More barrel more range

[@nikhil8703]

@@stupidburp so ther is no difference in ammunition, do they use same ammo?

[@nikhil8703]

​@@dangerboy1111do they use same ammunition

[@Deimnos]

hey mat, can you please do a video, if you find it interesting, on the Romanian IFV MLI 84 M "marten" which is the hull of a bmp with a composite modern unmanned turret? it might not be the newest or the sexiest machine outhere, but i think it is an interesting upgrade on a budget. thanks for all the great content

[@mariusz5004]

MLI-84M "Jder" in Romanian or... "Marder" in german

[@Deimnos]

@@mariusz5004 and Marten in English :)

[@pyeitme508]

Wow

[@UBEChoca]

Notification Gang

[@TerryTurner]

😎👍

[@JohnRodriguez-si9si]

Are 105 and 155mm Howitzers , both Self - Propelled and Towed , are no longer in NATO Service?

[@danmurray1143]

Romania just bought 52 each, 155mm mobile howitzers TODAY, 😂, so ya, they are most certainly still in service in NATO. I'm not sure about 105mm. Romania bought A BUNCH of artillery today. Bought across all branches. 45% increase in their budget. Scared the rest of Ukraine will fall.

[@AlexSDU]

Too bad we can't hear the ejecting casing, like what we heard in A Bridge Too Far. I don't know why I found that it sound _'lovely'._

[@pimpinaintdeadho]

👍

[@BatMas-jp7xo]

Finland has over 400 of these.🇫🇮

[@FLORATOSOTHON]

Nice. Here are some videos of the Greek artillery's training : kzbin.info/www/bejne/bZS8enWPmt9prbc kzbin.info/www/bejne/jJ-1d2CsmsqJsM0 All brigades of the Hellenic (Greek) army use the M-109 SP 155mm Howitzer. The Greek artillery comprises of: 36 M270 MLRS 116 RM70 122mm MLRS 145 M110A2 SP 203mm howitzers, still used due to large stocks of ammunitions. 25 Pzh2000 SP 155mm howitzers 420 M109 SP 155mm howitzers, of various versions. 18 OTO MELARA M56 towed 105mm PAK howitzers, for the Air Mobile forces. In storage, withdrawn from front line service are: 266 M114A1/A2 Towed 155mm howitzers 455 M101A1 Towed 105mm howitzers

[@jamesgornall5731]

Mighty advanced artillery cannon high tech wonder well done boys developing this

[@SonsOfLorgar]

Ummm...sarcasm?

[@denisnerezov1697]

Thank you, Russian artillery from 70's is still awesome and widely used.

[@jamesgornall5731]

@@SonsOfLorgar if Russia uses D30 it is routinely seen as "haha Russians stuck in past no army left" anyone else's uses it and "Great job boys! Give to Ukraine! Geef zem ze hell!!"

[@jamesgornall5731]

@@denisnerezov1697 agreed, it is

[@efz629]

⁠@@denisnerezov1697Well, development started on 1950s and ended to USSR service in 1963. Still rolling without major software problems.

[@thomasborgsmidt9801]

I think that as soon as Nato standard Howitzers are obtained there is a donation coming to Ukraine.

[@454FatJack]

Most are now in 🇺🇦 and have been more than a year❤

[@cdgncgn]

where do you think you will obtain them from ? US is defeated in Ukr via proxy. They have no industry to produce such demanding materiel in quantity and quality. NATO barrels werent very high quality. Seemingly no replacement barrels to speak of, so wider barrel means less accuracy.

[@gerardyoung8982]

@@cdgncgn really that’s very interesting

[@bigredmarchingon3200]

Second!

[@Jason-fm4my]

I know these from WARNO. They're OK.

[@michaelwhite9199]

Is a towed artillery piece still relevant in the mass cheap drone era?

[@454FatJack]

Not so much

[@SparkHelium]

Imo, still relevant, but more vulnerable than ever.

[@anthonykaiser974]

As a recently retired US Army Field Artilleryman, it was only really safe in a COIN firebase environment. We've been toying with truck mounted 105 (Hawkeye) for a decade. Our problem is we want to be able to deploy and do cool things like air assault a 105 platoon for DS or do an air assault raid with M777s, but tbh, I see that as a dying, if not completely dead, art, given Excalibur, GMLRS, ATACMS, the ERC-A howitzer, and all the new developments we're going to see in the next decade. We might keep the towed 105s as a hedge, especially if we can develop a rapid displacement kit for it, like a design I can't seem to pull up that the gun was semi-mounted, and could be drawn up into the body of the truck for fast movement, but could also be towed for quick displacement. Except have some sort of TommyLift contraption on the back to quickly pick up the howitzer and go.

[@vaenii5056]

Seems relevant enough in Ukraine. Obviously there is a shift towards more self-propelled artillery but it does not mean towed artillery is completely obsolete.

[@cdgncgn]

@@vaenii5056 being stuck to vehicle means that whenever something damages the vehicle, the gun cant be dismantled. Unlike tanks that have armor, these are protected vs small caliber at most.

[@Mortablunt]

VYSTREL!

[@RobertCraft-re5sf]

what's your flag

[@telurkucing5006]

​@@RobertCraft-re5sfLPR luhansk

[@andrew2353]

@@RobertCraft-re5sf Lugansk

[@hardyanpajero69]

👍😎🍺🍩🪖💥🚀

[@bennpierce2990]

HEARING PROTECTION!!

[@Le_Saboteur]

Missä aseet?

[@tdlainc.4737]

the proud finngolian soldiers.

[@jozq9277]

I like The "finngolian" looks and the highest iq in europe (101.2)...😊

[@michailpanchev9952]

​@@jozq9277And the highest suicidal rates too

[@vasara2385]

@@jozq9277 Finngolian looks? The only Asian looking person in the video was the Asian guy to the right at 0:26…

[@jozq9277]

​​@@vasara2385 This mongole joke is old... Finns are unique mix of people from east,West south... Yeah there is some siberian dna from the past... But so what?😀 Europeans have neanderthal dna from the past also and it's not a bad thing. Mongols are pretty smart people btw.

[@pullfect]

@@michailpanchev9952 Not even close, update your data.

[@Juho-uf8si]

''Tyhmä saa olla muttei tykkimies'' :)

[@454FatJack]

Tyki

[@karifin3628]

Tymä saa olla mutei tykimies, t: jäkäri 😉

[@woltews]

ah yes the soviet 5 inch vs American 4 inch howitzer but the NATO nations replaced there 4 inch with precision rocket armoured artillery capable of shoot and scoot , So the west would bet the soviets if only they got rid of the 105s . but did that happen ?

[@denishardt13]

Фины на кукан нарываются?

[@454FatJack]

Old video , those guns are now in Slava Ukraine use❤

[@454FatJack]

Old video , those guns are now in Slava Ukraine use❤

[@denishardt13]

@@454FatJack А ты нацист?

[@cdgncgn]

@@denishardt13 just a CIA hater troll employee.

[@1982rrose]

This does nothing to convey the noise it makes!

[@omarrp14]

I’m surprised to see that the majority of Finnish artillery is still 122mm, hopefully that changes now that they’re in NATO. I wonder if it’d be better to still keep 122mm production as an option to help Allies that still use it or Ukraine. On the other hand they are on the front line of nato now, so striving for logistical compatibility would be best.

[@Mortablunt]

There are a number of advantages to this gun, particularly how easily and quickly it can be deployed and moved, but there are a fair number of advantages that come directly from the caliber. The lighter caliber can be rapidfired very quickly, has more rounds per load of ammunition, does get to much better replicability for followup shots, sustains prolonged fire better, is better at saturation amd response missions, and is overall a more nimble system. There is a reason why the D30 remains a core piece of hardware in numerous world tier militaries.

[@xxxxxxxxedfser]

@@Mortablunt And these are very easy to store, do not need a warm storage space, only one cold launch per year.

[@454FatJack]

Most are now in Ukraine🇺🇦❤

[@stupidburp]

Replace them with towed M777ER for compatibility and increased range to keep further away from front lines full of small drones. Add more Patria NEMO for mobile indirect fires closer to the lines.

[@TheApilas]

We have bunch of these but they will be replaced. Focus at the moment are at MLRS and 155's both SPG's (K9) and towed 155 (Tampella, Finland) not sure what the 122 D30's and 122 SPG's will be replaced with.

[@jozsefdornyei]

I don't see drone training in this video. Every military in the world can fire artillery. Most militaries cannot manage drone threat. This artillery piece and possible the crew is 100% exposed to drones and counter artillery fire. Fail in my book. Sorry.

[@EziekKiel]

They may not be doing drone training in this particular video. Here the focus is just firing the gun. But that doesn't mean the Finnish Army doesn't do drone training. But you're right. Drones, especially loitering and FPV drones, have changed the dynamic of warfare. Any modern military that doesn't adapt and change it's methods, doctrine, and tactics will suffer. Any person or thing can be a target at any time at any place. This changes everything. Not everything can be protected 100% of the time.

[@akseli1111]

Why would conscripts trained as artillery crew be doing drone training when they're busy firing the gun?

[@jozsefdornyei]

@@EziekKiel I know how the military works. This was the artillery training. IDF was totally unprepared for drones and IDF is a military in a combat zone with frequent wars. Finnish military needs to change and perform all military exercises with drone training included. 10% exposed is a lot better then 100% exposed.

[@jozsefdornyei]

@@akseli1111 Drone training is essential training for artillery crew and need to be done all the time. Same for infantry. Similar to air defense training what all soldiers are trained to do all the time. When you put your equipment under nets so cannot be spotted from the air.

[@akseli1111]

@@jozsefdornyei What exactly do you mean by "drone training"? Flying the drones? Shooting them down with small arms fire? Taking cover after an air threat is called?