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Details on the Trumpeter 2S3
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Posted: Tuesday, February 12, 2013 - 09:56 AM UTC
The details on the upcoming Trumpeter Soviet 2S3 are out, and we can now show you what is coming in the box.

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Posted: Tuesday, February 12, 2013 - 10:13 AM UTC
It looks like it will be a pretty nice kit. I'll be getting one since it will be the first 2S3 in plastic.

One correction to the write-up though:

It states:
"The 2S3 is based on the Soviet D-30 152.4mm howitzer..."

The 2S3 gun is actually based on the Soviet D-20 152mm howitzer. The D30 is a 122mm howitzer and is the gun on the 122mm 2S1 SP Howitzer.
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Posted: Tuesday, February 12, 2013 - 10:48 AM UTC

Quoted Text

It looks like it will be a pretty nice kit. I'll be getting one since it will be the first 2S3 in plastic.

One correction to the write-up though:

It states:
"The 2S3 is based on the Soviet D-30 152.4mm howitzer..."

The 2S3 gun is actually based on the Soviet D-20 152mm howitzer. The D30 is a 122mm howitzer and is the gun on the 122mm 2S1 SP Howitzer.



Thanks for pointing that out, that was my typo. Fixed now.
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Posted: Tuesday, February 12, 2013 - 01:33 PM UTC
Actually Zvesda had one of these. It was actually the first kit of theirs I ever got. The box was open and when I looked at the molding I thought it was pretty good for a company that I did not know. It did build up into a very nice kit. At present it is packed away since we moved but it was the start of me collecting modern SPG's and WW2 ones also, I am sure the wife doesn't appreciate me collecting certain types of vehicles along with everything else. I don't know if they still have it in production but I am sure there are some out there.
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