 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Hwerengedzo ye75 B-4 howitzers yakarasika kubva pana June 22 kusvikira kuna December 1, 1941, uye dzimwe 105 howitzers dzakavakwa kubva mumafekitari kuti dziite kuti kurasikirwa kuvepo. Pashure pokutanga kweHondo Yenyika Huru, maHowitzer Regiments akabudiswa achienda kumashure kure nokuda kwokudzivirirwa, achingodzoka pana November 19, 1942 apo chirongwa chemazano chakanga chadzorerwa mumaoko eSoviet. Aya mahowitzers aizoramba achiiswa muzvigadzikiso zvamasimba ose kusvikira kumugumo wehondo. 