Artillery
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Annually on November 19, our country celebrates the Day of Missile Forces and Artillery - on the basis of the decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 549 of May 31, 2006 "On the establishment of professional holidays and memorable days in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation." The date of the celebration has a historical reference to November 19, 1942, when
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As you know, you can kill with a stone from a slingshot and a shell from a howitzer. However, a slingshot and a set of lead balls can be hidden in a pocket, and a howitzer requires a tractor, and turning it around is a "fool", on the battlefield it is not at all easy. So any weapon is always a compromise, between its cost and
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It also happens often that some technical device first comes into fashion and then goes out of it, as, incidentally, happens with many other things. For example, everyone has heard of such a weapon as a mortar. Trunk-pipe, bipedal support, plate - that's, in fact, all weapons. Rate of fire
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Today, when the development of science and technology has reached such a level that an effective armored car can be made from an ordinary truck, and a mobile artillery or rocket launcher from an ordinary pickup (even the term "pickup war" has appeared) it is interesting to see, but what about fantasy
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Soviet divisional 76-mm guns, intended for solving a wide range of tasks, primarily fire support for infantry units, suppressing firing points, destroying light field shelters. However, during the war, divisional artillery guns had to fire at enemy tanks
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The very first weeks of the war revealed the great need of the Red Army for mobile anti-tank and anti-aircraft self-propelled guns. Therefore, on July 1, 1941, the People's Commissar of Armament Vannikov signed an order as follows: “In view of the urgent need for anti-tank and anti-aircraft self-propelled artillery means
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The history of creation The self-propelled anti-tank gun 2S25 "Sprut-SD" was created in the early 90s. on the extended (by two rollers) base of the BMD-3 airborne combat vehicle by the Volgograd Tractor Plant Joint-Stock Company, and the artillery unit for it - at the artillery plant N9 (g
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"Artillery is not just a roar, but also a science!" Peter I The Second World War and the subsequent armed conflicts around the world marked the beginning of a victorious march on the battlefields of self-propelled artillery. This led to the fact that many experts began to predict the imminent disappearance
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For over a century, the best anti-tank ammunition has been the fast-flying scrap. And the main question that gunsmiths are fighting over is how to disperse it as quickly as possible. It's only in films about the Second World War that tanks explode after being hit by a shell - after all, it’s a movie. In real life, most
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There is a discussion among the network "experts" of the leaked information that it seems that OKB-9 of JSC "Plant No. 9" in Yekaterinburg is in full swing work on a new towed 152-mm howitzer-gun based on the 2A88 system, in turn installed in the ACS 2S35 "Coalition-SV". "Coalition"
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The Russian Ministry of Defense and the French company Sagem Defense Securite (SAFRAN group of companies) will discuss possible purchases of the SIGMA 30 fire control system (FCS) for the modernization of Russian artillery and multiple launch rocket systems during the Technologies in Mechanical Engineering 2010 exhibition in Moscow
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Crew positions are located in a computerized control module, which is located in the nose of the chassis. The crew, consisting of 2 people, exercises full control over the processes of loading, aiming and firing. The control module is equipped with onboard tactical systems
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The U.S. Army has awarded a $ 5 million contract with Alliant Techsystems for the first phase of development of the Army's Accelerated Precision Mortar Initiative (APMI) with GPS. The geolocation technology has fallen in price so much that now it can be used even in
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The E-10 was a representative of a new concept of tanks, the design of which was designed to unify production as much as possible. The E-10 was considered as a test platform for the entire generation of E-index tanks, primarily engines, as well as transmission and suspension components
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The Lockheed Martin company announced the successful third firing tests of the new version of the AGM-114R Hellfire anti-tank guided missile. The tests were carried out using a ground launcher configured to simulate a launch from an unmanned aerial vehicle
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Opponents of the USSR and the Warsaw Pact countries spent the entire Cold War in anticipation of an avalanche of tanks from the East. To repel a very real threat, more and more effective anti-tank artillery systems were created. But this was clearly not enough. Fend off the steady growth of fire
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The Russian heavy flamethrower system (TOS) "Buratino" destroys the enemy using pressure drops and burns his positions with fire. The combat vehicle hits targets at a distance of up to 8 kilometers. The system consists of a T-72 tank chassis, on which a launcher is located instead of a turret
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An interesting artillery system, created in the shortest possible time, but, unfortunately, not released in a large series, and therefore did not make a significant contribution to the victory over the European team. The German mobility of mechanized and tank units at the beginning of the war immediately revealed the need of the Red Army for funds
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The real combat effectiveness of an automatic cannon of an armored combat vehicle in a number of situations can be increased by using the so-called. projectiles with a programmable fuse capable of providing an air blast at a given moment in time. Due to this, the maximum possible will hit the target
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The combat effectiveness and survivability of a self-propelled artillery installation directly depends on its mobility and mobility. A noticeable increase in efficiency can be obtained by ensuring the transfer of equipment by air with landing or parachute dropping. Similar issues have been actively addressed in the past
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The mortar is a purely Russian military invention. It is believed to have been created by the Russian officer and engineer Leonid Nikolayevich Gobyato. At the same time, there are other candidates in Russian historiography, but they are all somehow connected with the siege of Port Arthur. Defense of the fortress quickly
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The Rheinmetall company has begun a marketing campaign to promote the RWG-52 (Rheinmetall Wheeled Gun) Rino 155-mm self-propelled howitzer with a 52 caliber barrel on the world market. first of all for
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The PLA is developing a family of long-range MLRS that will provide artillery units with the ability to engage enemy targets at "strategic" ranges, complementing the niche typical of short-range ballistic missiles
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In recent years, Ukraine has been making attempts to create its own models of weapons and military equipment. The existing industrial potential significantly limits the real possibilities of the country, so every success in the development of new weapons is widely publicized. So, in the last
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GRAU experts believe that the missile forces and artillery in the future will be able to retain the title of the main fire and strike force of the Ground Forces. Today and in the near future, the most significant components of the missile and artillery armament (RAV) system will remain:
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At present, Russia continues to work on improving and building up the combat capabilities of multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS). Russian military experts believe that this class of artillery weapons is the best fit for the new military doctrine of our state
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For effective work, artillery units need accurate target designation and control over the results of firing. The solution of these tasks is entrusted to the scouts and spotters, who may need specialized armored vehicles. In the past, the US Army consisted of
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Since the early 1980s, Western countries began to consider mortars as a potential means to combat Soviet armored vehicles. Development in Western countries of mortar and artillery guided ammunition capable of hitting main battle tanks, infantry fighting vehicles, armored personnel carriers and other armored vehicles from above
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The history of world tank building, and indeed military equipment in general, is replete with many amazing events. Events that, according to the logic of things, should not have happened, but for some reason history made it so that these events happened and even became, to some extent, a turning point
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The branch of acoustics, the subject of which is artillery acoustic devices, as a branch of military knowledge arose in the first decade of the XX century. The most rapid growth was observed towards the end of the First World War 1914-1918. In subsequent years, in all large armies, issues of design and combat
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One of the most promising and promising directions in the field of military technology is the creation of promising self-propelled mortar guns on car chassis. This technique enjoys a certain popularity in the international market, and new developments of this class should be offered
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War often disturbs our understanding of formal logic. Agree, even the most incredible things, which simply cannot be, are quite commonplace in war. An artillery crew, which held the road all day with one gun and did not let the enemy tank column pass. The pilot who is
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We have repeatedly written that the war is simply teeming with miracles and deeds that sometimes change the outcome of a battle, battle, war in general. And sometimes the war changes the well-known proverbs. Something like this happened in the life of our next hero. Remember the classic "if the mountain does not go to Mohammed …"?
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According to open sources, the Turkish ground forces are armed with almost 1,100 self-propelled artillery units of various types. One of the most numerous examples of such equipment is the T-155 Fırtına ACS. This self-propelled gun was developed on the basis of a foreign combat vehicle, which was led
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As noted, the Russo-Japanese War became the impetus for the use of sound intelligence. Artillery acquired the ability to shoot at long distances, at invisible targets. At the same time, the artillery became invisible to the enemy. It was then that the idea came to my mind to use sound for reconnaissance
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The obstacles to the development of sound intelligence were great. But they did not detract from the role of sound intelligence. Some people questioned the work of sound reconnaissance under the condition of firing with the use of flame arresters, as well as in conditions of a battle saturated with a large number of artillery
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Car-mounted artillery systems were initially perceived as "the poor man's choice", but their simplicity, mobility and relative cheapness are increasingly attracting the attention of the military, seeking to balance their firepower. CAESAR was developed by Nexter
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As a rule, the beginning of artillery education in Russia dates back to Peter I. If the beginning of education in general and artillery education in particular is believed to be at the foundation of schools, then this is true. But should not the beginning be attributed to the period when the production of weapons and their use in battle acquire some
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Artillery is not in vain called the god of war, but this capacious definition still had to be earned. Before becoming the decisive argument of the warring parties, artillery has come a long way of development. In this case, we are talking not only about the development of the artillery systems themselves, but also about the development of the used
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On March 15, 1969, fire arrows cut through the sky over Damansky Island, they crossed the Ussuri River and hit the Chinese coast, covering the territory on which the Chinese units were located with a sea of fire. So in the border armed conflict around Damansky Island, a fat