Artillery 2024, November

The Great Patriotic War, as well as the Second World War in general, is often called the war of engines. Indeed, the appearance in the troops of a huge number of motorized equipment radically changed the tactics and strategy of the war. One of the classes of new technology was the tank. The emergence of more powerful engines

The coastal defense artillery system "Bereg" is designed to destroy surface ships of small and medium displacement with speed characteristics up to one hundred knots, with a detection radius of up to 35 kilometers and a range of up to 22 kilometers. It is also possible to use this artillery system for

If you use the terms of Darwinism, humanity initially, from the first day of its existence, began to undergo natural selection. In each tribe there was the best hunter, among the people - the leader, in the village - the farmer, and in the city - the best potter. This was no exception in the era of modernity

The M36 Slugger is a medium-mass US self-propelled artillery installation during the Second World War, belongs to the class of tank destroyers. It was created in 1942-1943 on the basis of the M4 Sherman tank. It was mass-produced from November 1943 to September 1945, during which time it left the factory workshops

The Chinese self-propelled gun of 122 mm type 89 (you can hear another name for the self-propelled gun - PLZ-89) was designed and created for the Chinese armed forces in the 80s, for the first time this technique was shown to the public in 1999. Somewhat earlier, the Type 89 howitzer was put into service

The self-propelled artillery mount M10 Wolverine had the abbreviated designation GMC (3-in. Gun Motor Carriage) M10 and belonged to the class of tank destroyers. In the American army, this self-propelled gun received its unofficial nickname Wolverine, which was borrowed from

The artillery mount, or as it was also called, the launcher of self-propelled active rockets, was designed according to the closed tube scheme. Work on the design of the ACS begins in 1963 at OKB-9 of the Sverdlovsk Art Plant No. 9. F. Petrov supervised the design work. TO

The Swedish self-propelled gun for more than a dozen years has been proof that not only world leaders in the production of weapons can create unique pieces of equipment. Neither the USSR-Russia nor the United States have such SPGs. Swedish designers have outstripped in this area of creating military equipment of all and

Georgian President M. Saakashvili, together with the head of the military department B. Akhalaya, at the beginning of March, took part in field tests of the first model of the MLRS of his own production. The vehicle was demonstrated at a base near Tbilisi - Vaziani. A multi-barrel rocket launcher uses 122 mm

The main problem of mortars at all stages of their existence was mobility. The calculation could not have time to fold and leave the position and because of this fall under enemy fire. With the development of technology, it became possible to install mortars on self-propelled chassis, but this was also less useful than we wanted

The main purpose of the tank is to provide the Austrian armed forces with their own anti-tank action vehicle capable of performing assigned tasks in mountainous and hilly terrain. The beginning of the design - 1965, the development is carried out by the company "Saurer-Werke". The first prototype was released in

The transition of the Red Army to active offensive operations at the end of 1942 demonstrated the need to equip it with mobile artillery of special power. Sometimes it wasn't even enough to fight powerful bunkers and destroy fortified buildings during urban battles

The need for the creation and development of self-propelled artillery was determined by the views of Soviet military science in the 1930s. Their essence boiled down to the fact that in order to conduct successful hostilities, tank and mechanized formations of the Red Army may need to increase firepower. Since towed

AT-1 (Artillery Tank-1) - according to the classification of tanks of the mid-1930s, it belonged to the class of specially created tanks; according to the modern classification, it would be considered an anti-tank self-propelled artillery installation of 1935. Work on the creation of an artillery support tank at the base

In September 1931, the government of the USSR assigned the state union enterprise Spetsmashtrest the task of preparing a mechanical mobile base for artillery of large caliber and high power. The history of the creation of this organization had to be reported to

Self-propelled artillery unit (SAU) is a self-propelled artillery gun capable of performing artillery fire missions from both closed and open firing positions. After a fundamental change in the Great Patriotic War, self-propelled guns began to appear in all the belligerent armies. V

Object 416 is one of the attempts of Russian designers to create a tank with a minimal silhouette. During the design process, it turned out that the mechanisms used do not yet allow the construction of a tank with a minimum silhouette. Therefore, during the implementation of the project, the requirements for the machine were reduced, and

SU-100 - Soviet self-propelled gun of the Second World War, belongs to the class of tank destroyers, average in weight. The self-propelled gun was created on the basis of the T-34-85 medium tank by the designers of Uralmashzavod in late 1943 and early 1944. In essence, it is a further development of the SU-85 ACS. Developed for

The self-propelled anti-tank gun for airborne purposes was built on the original chassis designed at OKB-40. Tests at the ASU-57 range are held in April 49. In June of the same year, the vehicle undergoes military trials. The ASU-57 series was launched in 51. Installation tools

September 44. The Uralmashzavod plant begins serial production of SU-100 self-propelled guns - one of the best medium guns of WW2. The caliber of a combat weapon is 100 mm, maneuverability and armor protection are not bad for their time. There were also disadvantages that are so characteristic of self-propelled guns of this type. Departure

In December 1942, the ChKZ design bureau (Chelyabinsk Kirovsky plant) received a task to develop a heavy assault gun. In record time, in just 25 days, the plant staff presented a finished prototype of the machine, which has the factory designation U-11. ACS was created on the basis of the KV-1S tank

SU-122 is a medium-weight Soviet self-propelled gun of the assault gun class (with minor restrictions it could play the role of a self-propelled howitzer). This machine became one of the first self-propelled guns, which were adopted in large-scale production in the USSR. The incentive for the creation of an ACS was the need

A 152 mm caliber gun, model 37, known as the ML-20 and indexed 52-G-544A - a domestic howitzer-gun used during WW2. G-P was mass-produced from 37 to 46. Used (and is used) by many countries of the world. Used in almost all military

The Red Army entered the Second World War without having a single serial version of the self-propelled guns in the army, which could be used both to support the infantry in the offensive and to fight enemy tanks. Introduced into service in the late 1930s, the SU-5 self-propelled guns, created on the basis of a light tank

Following the tradition, which was formed in the early years of World War II and consisted in the use of tanks in service to create on their basis self-propelled guns by mounting a larger-caliber cannon on their chassis, German designers immediately saw in the new heavy tank PzKpfw VI "Tiger II"

Almost forgotten guns - Soviet and German When it comes to weapons and military equipment of the Second World War, they often talk about tanks, aircraft, divisional and regimental guns, mortars, rifles, machine guns and machine guns

The Jagdpanther was by far the best conversion option for the Pz.Kpfw V Panther medium tank. According to experts, she became one of the best anti-tank self-propelled guns of the Second World War. In many respects, it surpassed all the Allied self-propelled guns. Despite this excellent German

By the decree of the Council of Ministers of the USSR of March 4, 1968, it was required to create a new tactical missile system for hitting point targets deep in the enemy defense. The required accuracy of hitting the target is reflected in the title of the topic: "Point". Kolomenskoye was made the main contractor of the project

In the middle of the war, the Wehrmacht, in dire need of as many tank destroyers as possible, forced the German designers to improvise. Some of the improvisations were successful, some were not. One of the hasty attempts to create a tank destroyer was the adaptation of a self-propelled gun carriage, which

AU A-220M is a modernization of the universal AU A-220. In 1967, work began on the design of the universal AU A-220 of 1x57 mm caliber. By 68, the Central Research Institute "Burevestnik" completed work on the draft design. In 1975-77, the prototype of the installation was tested at the proving ground. Tests are recognized

After the development of a number of improvised and not always successful light tank destroyers, German designers in 1943 managed to develop a very successful vehicle that combined a low silhouette and light weight, fairly strong armor and effective weapons. New

At the beginning of March 1943, the Krupp company presented its own project of a self-propelled assault gun with a caliber of 305 mm to the specialists of the German armament department “Wa Pruef 6”. The barrel of the gun had a length of 16 calibers. 1943 was full of amazing projects for

IA "Arms of Russia" proposed for consideration new ratings of military weapons and equipment, in which foreign and domestic samples of weapons participate. At this hour, an assessment of MLRS of different manufacturing countries has been carried out. The comparison was made according to the following parameters: - the power of the object: caliber, range

The self-propelled mortar itself is not new. For the first time, self-propelled mortars on the chassis of tanks and armored personnel carriers found combat use in World War II in the armies of Germany and the United States. However, the vast majority of foreign self-propelled mortars were conventional muzzle-loading field mortars

The Falanga anti-tank complex was demonstrated to the leadership of the armed forces on August 28, 1959, after which, even before the state tests were completed, the military decided to purchase 1,000 ATGMs and 25 launchers based on the BRDM-1 combat vehicles. Factory tests of the new ATGM began on 15

The Lynx is an economical multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) designed to fire 122 to 300 mm missiles mounted on a highly mobile 6x6 chassis. This fully self-contained launcher can be recharged in 10 minutes. MLRS Lynx can

Today, mortars as a military weapon are firmly held in the niche of weapons due to their enormous efficiency and low cost. They are still one of the main types of weapons to support infantry fighting. And in hard-to-reach and difficult areas are almost

In 1976, a design team from the Czechoslovak company Konštrukta Trenčín Co. completed work on a new 152-mm self-propelled artillery unit. By that time, the weapon had several unique features that put this howitzer on a small list of the most modern in the world

Some aspects of the development of our artillery, but it is really forgotten. As evidenced by the pages of newspapers and magazines, television and radio broadcasts. If they are dedicated to the army and navy of Russia, then, as a rule, we are talking about the Strategic Missile Forces and aviation, air defense and naval forces … But before starting a conversation on

For some reason, few people are greatly surprised by the anxiety of the "independent military review" about modern anti-tank missile systems. The NVO newspaper drew attention to the depressing pattern in the field of anti-tank defense. What is really happening, let's try to understand this