Principle Author: Alex "Soul Assassin" Vorobiev
The 2S1 "Гвоздика" (Carnation in Russian) is a Soviet self-propelled howitzer. It's main gun is a 122mm 2A18 mounted on an adapted MT-LB chassis.
Besides Russia, it has plenty of operators World wide, like Algeria, Cuba, Bulgaria, Ukraine or Finland (where it's known as 122 PsH 74).