A claim that the Soviets chose 152 mm guns simply to exceed a German 150 mm calibre is challenged. The answer instead points to gun production facilities based on French manufacturing systems. It connects those facilities and equipment with the imperial Russian inheritance. The explanation emphasizes continuity in production equipment across a change of regime.
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Soviet gun calibres and inherited manufacturing systems
Inherited factories and manufacturing conventions are offered as the explanation for Soviet calibre choices.