



The heavy recoil from the muzzle blast threw the crew off their seats and damaged the transmission, and so it was cancelled. In the spring of 1944, a KV-1S tank chassis was used to create a self-propelled variant, the S-51. These guns were used until the end of the war in the Battle of Berlin, during which the Red Army used them to smash German fortifications at point blank range with their heavy 203mm shells. These guns were used with success against Finnish pillboxes at the Mannerheim Line, heavy German fortifications and in urban combat for destroying protected buildings and bunkers. It was nicknamed "Stalin's sledgehammer" by German soldiers. During the Second World War, it was under the command of the Stavka's strategic reserve. (Б-4), GRAU index 52-G-625) was a 203 mm (8 inch) Soviet high-power heavy howitzer. For more guidance, see Wikipedia:Translation.Ģ03 mm howitzer M1931 (B-4) in Great Patriotic War museum, Minsk, Belarus.You should also add the template to the talk page.

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