 In July 1941 these regiment were cancelled.Same fate befell 152-mm howitzers battalions of motorized and armored divisions.Corps artillery units didn't employ 152-mm howitzers early in the war (they did use howitzer-guns ML-20); but from late 1943 the recreated corps artillery included a regiment consisted of five batteries (totaling 20 pieces), equipped, along with other types, with 152-mm howitzers.