Artillery 2024, November

Modern means of shipborne air defense and missile defense in the fleets of the leading countries of the world every year increase their combat potential both in high-altitude and long-range and in production parameters; the flight characteristics of interceptor missiles are also becoming more perfect, just like the systems

From "Bal" to the ship … Last year, the coastal missile system "Bal" entered service with the Pacific Fleet, designed to destroy enemy ship groupings. This state-of-the-art missile system has replaced the outdated Redoubt, which is going on a well-deserved rest, by faith

What do we know about the first multiple launch rocket systems? The legendary Katyushas are the first thing that comes to mind. However, there were also Nebelwerfer (with German - "foggun") - which together with the Soviet "Katyusha" were the first massively used multiple launch rocket mortars. However, in history

So, long before the start of the First World War, the military of the European armies, based on the experience of the Russian-Japanese and Anglo-Boer wars, decided that they needed new six-inch guns to work on the enemy's front line. It seemed to the majority that such a weapon should not be a cannon, but a howitzer. Her

First of all, let us ask ourselves the question, what is a “non-standard caliber”? After all, since there is a gun, it means that its caliber is recognized as standard! Yes, this is so, but it so happened historically that the standard in the armies of the world at the beginning of the twentieth century was considered to be a multiple of one inch. That is 3 inches (76.2 mm)

It is hardly necessary to remind once again that the task of artillery is to transfer as much explosives as possible to the enemy. Of course, in a tank, say, you can "fire up" a solid "blank", and this will destroy it, but it is best to shoot at enemy fortifications with something that

Probably, there are no such people in our country who at least once have not seen our impressive guns on a tracked transport cart of three calibers at once: 152-mm (Br-2), 203-mm (B-4) and 280-mm (Br- 5) - a cannon, a howitzer and a mortar. However, the idea of putting a heavy weapon on a tracked track was born long before

It has always been and always will be that need is both the best "teacher" and a stimulator of technical creativity, including military. For example, during the First World War, troops "buried" in trenches were not far from each other, often at a grenade throw distance. But still, it is not always so

Probably everyone has seen aerial footage showing Syrian cities that have become the arena of hostilities. At first glance, everything is terrible - broken glass, demolished brick walls and partitions. But take a closer look: the houses themselves are standing! The roofs are intact! I put new walls, I glazed the windows

Some time ago on the pages of "VO" there was an article about a Swedish self-propelled mortar. What is the history of this type of weapon and, most importantly, what are its prospects? What original technical solutions were proposed by the designers of self-propelled mortars? This is what the story will be about now

Life is still a funny thing. Recently, at the request of his wife, he climbed into the sofa, where a heap of papers was gathering dust, in order to throw away all this waste paper and found there a number of old "tank-workshop" materials and … decided to "drive" them into the Antiplagiat system. I drove it and saw that they had a high level of novelty. That is

The 107-mm cannon of the 1910/30 model is a heavy Soviet artillery gun of the interwar period. It was a modernization of the 107-mm cannon, which was created with the participation of French designers for the tsarist army back in 1910. In the Soviet Union, the gun was produced until the mid-1930s

During 1940, British engineers from the Petroleum Warfare Department, Lagonda and others worked on projects for the Cockatrice family of self-propelled flamethrowers. Two models of such equipment went into series and were used by the troops in order to protect airfields from

On Sunday, June 5, in the suburbs of Astana, the exhibition of weapons and military equipment KADEX-2016 ended. The list of participants is more than representative. Representatives of 316 companies from around the world, including Russia, China, France, arrived in Kazakhstan to demonstrate their developments

The massive saturation of units and formations of modern armies with tanks and other armored vehicles ultimately led to the fact that they became one of the most important on the battlefields. Therefore, the confrontation of anti-tank weapons (PTS) with them, as shown by a number of local wars of the twentieth century, is the main

A brief overview of the tractor and self-propelled artillery of the Entente powers during the First World War. The main draft means during the First World War was the horse. The horse moved packs, carts, tools. A pair of horses freely carried a load weighing a ton, a four - two tons, and an eight - up to 3.2

The anti-ship complex ensures control of territorial waters and protection of coastal areas at a long distance So, for the transformation of Russia into an economically developed and

The current mantra for any gunner is to reduce indirect losses. This is especially true for ground artillery, but with the rapid return of fire support for ground forces by naval artillery, these sacred words are increasingly heard in the naval forces of different countries