Talk:122 mm howitzer 2A18 (D-30)

message: "It is loosely based on a German design of the Second World War."
I've seen this bit of information before, but is there any reliable source supporting this? And on which German artillery piece the D-30 is supposedly based on? The reason I'm interested is that it's relatively common to claim that the Soviets copied technology from the west, and these stories spread easily without any supporting evidence. And I was trained as a gun leader (in FDF) for this type and therefore I'm interested about the details.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by BasilF (talk • contribs) 19:15, 22 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Is there a source for this or is it just a guess? Even so it should read "the three legged mount is based on" and then give the specific German design. 216.58.122.145 (talk) 20:02, 4 October 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Based on German design? 

message: Article reassessed and graded as start class.  Referencing and appropriate inline citation guidelines not met.    --dashiellx (talk) 18:28, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Tag & Assess 2008 

message: I substituted new images as cleanup after a deletionist sweep. Please add back the original images (ie. the old caption image and the ammo) if you are able - they were better. The image text is still in place, commented out. Corella (talk) 11:16, 2 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Images 

message: I am going to translate/include the bulk of the Italian article into this one. For some reason (too modern?) this article is nowhere near as comprehensive as the other Soviet artillery articles. The Italian article is also better than the Russian(?) Since I have no Italian my starting point is: Google translate. Expect some roughness for a while. Corrections welcome! Corella (talk) 06:37, 4 March 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Sperged out. Done. Corella (talk) 12:15, 4 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Translation from the Italian article 

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--JeffGBot (talk) 03:48, 1 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dead link 

message: While the information about the gun is generally accurate and reliable (apart from missing points such as Yugoslav range enhancements without resorting to ER shells) and the number of propelling charges, some of the general comparisons with other artillery are somewhat underinformed from an artillery perspective, with subjective claims with little or no tactical merit.  The other notable gun designed in the 1960s was the 105mm L118, a lighter shell, lighter carriage but greater range.  Comparing a 1960s design to a 1930s 155mm is at best irrelevant.Nfe (talk) 11:18, 6 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Content 

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thread_title: File:Snapshot - 3.jpg Nominated for Deletion

message: Reverted deletion, while numbers aren't sourced they don't seem particularly improbable given that this system has been around for over 50 years.  The deleters competance in this area seems slight based on review of contributions.
Raises an interesting wider issue applicable to many pages, are such numbers supposed to represent acquired quantities or current holdings?  Acquired numbers could include double counting from transfers.  There are various sources including Jane's.Nfe (talk) 23:18, 2 April 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Editors have been changing numbers willy-nilly, so we can't trust the numbers. This is an encyclopædia, not a race to produce as much text as possible; content that can't be trusted shouldn't be presented to readers as though it were fact. If you want to add some of this information to the article, feel free to provide sources. bobrayner (talk) 10:28, 3 April 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Numbers 

message: I check pages listed in :Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting to try to fix reference errors. One of the things I do is look for content for orphaned references in wikilinked articles. I have found content for some of :122 mm howitzer 2A18 (D-30)'s orphans, the problem is that I found more than one version. I can't determine which (if any) is correct for this article, so I am asking for a sentient editor to look it over and copy the correct ref content into this article.
Reference named "armstrade.sipri.org":
From List of equipment of the Defense Forces of Georgia: 
From Modern equipment of the Azerbaijani Land Forces: 
From Hezbollah armed strength: 
From Myanmar Army: 
From List of equipment of the Algerian People's National Army: 
I apologize if any of the above are effectively identical; I am just a simple computer program, so I can't determine whether minor differences are significant or not. AnomieBOT⚡ 08:19, 23 August 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Orphaned references in [[:122 mm howitzer 2A18 (D-30)]]