Artillery 2024, November

The 107mm B-11 recoilless cannon is intended for: - defeat / destruction of tanks, armored and unarmored enemy ground vehicles; - defeat / destruction of enemy personnel and weapons, located both in shelters and outside shelters; - defeat / destruction of various types

The 152 mm D-20 howitzer cannon was designed at the Yekaterinburg OKB-9 under the leadership of Petrov. Serial production began in 55 at the plant number 221 in Volgograd (now FSUE "Barrikady"). The D-20 howitzer has a barrel, the length of which is about 26 calibers, consisting of

The Slammer self-propelled howitzer was developed by the Soltam company together with the Israeli factories MABAT and ELTA in the early 80s. The self-propelled guns were created based on the requirements of the Israel Defense Forces artillery corps. The first prototype was ready by mid-1983. Tests ACS "Sholef" in the IDF

The first Chechen warPTP D-48 caliber 85 mm was developed in the second half of the 40s by a team of designers under the leadership of Petrov. In the design of the new cannon, some elements of the 85-mm D-44 divisional cannon were used, as well as the 100-mm cannon of the 1944 model

The 85 mm D-44 anti-tank gun was designed by the design bureau of Plant No. 9 (Uralmash). This weapon can hit tanks, armored personnel carriers, self-propelled artillery guns, as well as other enemy armored vehicles. It can also be used to fire at

In the descriptions of the Iraqi armed forces and in military conflicts with the participation of Iraq, now and then there is a mention of the self-propelled gun mounts "Al-Fao" and "Majnun", but there is very little information on this technique. This article will bring together the few information that is available on the ACS on

The 57-mm anti-tank gun Ch-26 was designed under the direction of Charnko in OKBL-46 in 46-47. The barrel is a monoblock with a screw-on breech. The muzzle brake of high power on a length of 1150 millimeters had 34 windows. The brake, which is screwed onto the barrel, is a continuation of its rifled

During preparations for the invasion of Great Britain - Operation Sea Lion - the German command took into account the possibility of a collision with heavy British tanks. First of all, the Mk IV Churchill tanks caused concern, a number of modifications of which were equipped with serious 76 mm cannons. These

The 57-mm anti-tank gun LB-3 was designed in the design bureau of plant number 92. Its prototype was made in the second half of 1946. The LB-3 was supposed to replace the ZIS-2 anti-tank gun. The LB-3 barrel was manufactured as a monoblock with a two-chamber muzzle brake and a screw-on

On the website vlg-media.ru of the information company "Volga-Media" of the Volgograd region administration, a report appeared about the new 122-mm multiple launch rocket systems 9K51M "Tornado-G", which entered service with the 20th Separate Guards

Artkom GAU in 1945 sent TTT to design bureaus and factories for a new 57-mm anti-tank gun, which was supposed to replace the ZIS-2. The main difference between the new cannon was that it had less weight than that of the ZIS-2, while retaining its ammunition and ballistics

German captured anti-tank guns 75/55 mm RAK.41 made a strong impression on the Soviet designers. In OKB-172, TsAKB Grabin, OKB-8, as well as other design bureaus, they created several experimental barrels with a conical channel. However, in the Soviet Union, not a single cannon with

From the very beginning of the North African campaign of the Wehrmacht, complaints began to come from the soldiers-artillerymen. The soldiers were dissatisfied with the natural conditions of the theater of military operations. Often they had to fight on the sandy plains. For tanks and self-propelled guns, it was not scary. But for towed guns

Battery of 152 mm D-1 howitzers of 1943 model. firing at the defending German troops. Belarus, summer 1944. A very famous photograph, thanks to the figure of a wounded officer in the foreground. In Soviet photo albums, the photo is called "Stand to the Death"

The main purpose of the complex is to destroy lightly armored vehicles and enemy targets with a guided shot from self-propelled and towed artillery systems and 122mm guns of the 2S1 or D30 type. The target is hit using the laser illumination of the target designator rangefinder. The main

A set of guided weapons of domestic production KM-8 "Gran" for smooth-bore and rifled mortars of 120 mm caliber is intended for the destruction / destruction of single and group targets or objects of unarmored, armored design and fortifications. Basic

Without waiting for the end of World War II, the new leadership of France announced their requirements for promising military equipment. In March 1945, de Gaulle's government ordered work to begin on a new tank. It was originally supposed to be designed and delivered in

The Saumur Museum (France) houses an interesting exhibit of armored vehicles - the ELC BIS airborne tank. This is a prototype of a French tank of 1955, designed to move it by air and provide anti-tank cover for French troops. For control and combat use

In the next update, which has already become a cult, the game "World of Tanks" there will be a rare German self-propelled gun "Dicker Max". We present to you the history of this weapon. The essence of the German strategy "blitzkrieg" was the rapid breakthroughs of mechanized formations in the weak spots of the enemy's defenses. Hitlerites

For the first time, they started talking about the Belarusian self-propelled ATGM "Karakal" made by Beltech with the participation of the Kiev design bureau "Luch" after the exhibition "IDEX-2011", where it was first demonstrated on February 20-24, 2011. According to the developers of the company, in Abu Dhabi they signed a contract for the supply

Studying captured German guns, the designers under the leadership of F. Petrov developed a new layout of the artillery gun - two sliding monitors were replaced by three monitors, the chassis was made on the upper machine. Base frame fixed, two others

At the end of the Civil War, the Red Army had a small number of special and high-powered guns. The main mass was made up of foreign-made guns. Most of them are morally and technically outdated, the ability to maintain these weapons in combat readiness was limited

The heaviest of the Soviet field guns during the Second World War was the 203-mm howitzer of the 1931 model, bearing the designation B-4. This weapon was very powerful. However, the main disadvantage of the howitzer was its very large mass. This howitzer was one of the few guns that were installed on

Exactly 71 years ago, at the Comintern plant in Voronezh, the first 2 BM-13 combat mounts, better known as "Katyusha", were assembled. Such a love nickname was given to them by Soviet soldiers. Most likely, the installation received such a name in the wake of the song of the same name, popular at that time. Also title

History of creation Versailles is a name that in the 1920s. was associated primarily not with a luxurious palace complex in the vicinity of Paris, but with the peace treaty of 1918. One of the results of the First World War was the elimination of the military might of Germany. The winners took care of this. Special

At the end of last week, on the website of the press service of the Eastern District, a material was published about the successful execution of live firing by a special task unit of a brigade of ships for the protection of the coastal area. The shots were fired from the coastal PDRBK DP-62 "Dam" and grenade launchers DP-61 "Duel". Battle trials

The American aircraft manufacturer Lockheed Martin presented a unique solution - the EAPS kinetic interceptor missile, which is capable of completely changing the armament of air defense. In the creation of "EAPS" the designers used a miniature technology "hit-to-kill"

45-mm anti-tank gun mod. 1937 was the main weapon of the Soviet army during the initial stage of the Second World War. In the design of the gun, the development line continues, which begins with the 37-mm anti-tank gun, which was acquired from a German company, which was adopted by the Red Army in February of the 31st of the year

The public has not yet recovered from the shock of the "double knockout" from the Ministry of Defense of Russia - after reports of the possibility of creating a joint venture in the Russian Federation for the assembly of Italian combat vehicles Centauro / Freccia, as well as after the statement of the chief of staff, General Makarov, that Russia could

One of the main problems in tank building from the very appearance of this area of technology was the gas contamination of the fighting compartment. Time passed, new tanks, engines, guns and other systems appeared. But there was no dramatic improvement in conditions in the fighting compartment. Of course, appearing at the beginning of the second

In 1947, at the Omsk plant No. 147, the production of the SU-100 self-propelled artillery unit (ACS) was stopped, where its production was transferred from the Uralmash plant at the beginning of 1946. In accordance with the decree of the Council of Ministers of the USSR dated June 22, 1948, the design bureau of the Omsk plant No. 174 (head

The 37-mm anti-tank airborne gun of the 1944 model had a unique design of an almost recoilless gun. The recoillessness of the gun was achieved in two ways: thanks to the powerful muzzle brake, which is typical for anti-tank guns; due to the original system, which

The high efficiency of the use of self-propelled 152-mm guns during the Great Patriotic War made this type of equipment one of the most promising. In the eyes of some specialists and military self-propelled guns with large-caliber guns, they have become a universal miracle weapon. Therefore, at the end

The Chinese CAO "Type 05" or "PLL05", put into service with the PLA recently, is a light gun mount on a wheel base. The first official mention of the new Chinese-made ACS is 2001. The NORINCO company demonstrated a new combat vehicle with a 120 mm cannon for foreign

Thanks to the beginning of the Cold War, weapons and military equipment in the fifties of the last century developed in accordance with the Olympic motto: faster, higher, stronger. Airplanes began to fly faster and further, bombs began to destroy targets over large areas, and artillery began to hit much further. V

In the first few months of the Great Patriotic War, many advantages and disadvantages of Soviet weapons and military equipment were manifested. Something showed excellent results, and the performance of other types in a combat situation did not live up to expectations. For example, existing tanks, including

2 С31 "Vienna" - Versatility Representative of the domestic military-industrial complex of the new millennium - 120 mm self-propelled gun 2 С31 "Vienna". First of all, we note that domestic mortars are called guns due to the versatility of performing tasks - they can play the role of both a mortar and a howitzer

For obvious reasons, there is still very little data on the S-500 anti-aircraft missile system being developed. This is quite understandable, because the development is still underway and the bulk of the details are secret, and part of the design work has not yet been completed. However, some aspects of the project are already known that

ACS PzH-2000 (the abbreviation PzH - from Panzerhaubitze, the number "2000" indicates a new millennium) is designed to destroy various point and area targets, primarily fire weapons (including tanks and other armored vehicles), fortifications, as well as live enemy forces. From

MLRS "Fadjr-5" is designed to destroy the following targets: - communication and control points; - missile launch sites; - artillery positions; - radar detection equipment; - administrative and political centers. x years