990.65 kilograms is the mass of just the barrel and breech added together and ignores things like the muzzle brake and recoil system. On the Gvozdika, the recoiling mass of the 122mm howitzer is 1,440 kilograms, and this excludes the stationary components like the gun cradle, loading assistance device (which could be eliminated), and recoil guard.
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The Vespers War - Ninety years before the Twilight War, there was the Vespers War.
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