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Why was the gun type changed to howitzer ? Was it only because it has short barrel ? The gun was never classified as howitzer in USSR. Besides, gun with max elevation of 25 degrees firing single-piece ammunition (no option to select propellant load) can hardly be considered howitzer by any standard. Bukvoed ( talk) 06:05, 14 May 2011 (UTC) reply