Artillery

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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"

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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The idea of creating a new anti-tank gun belongs to the engineer G. Donner. A feature of the new gun is the location of the barrel at the wheel travel level. This gave the gun excellent stability during the production of a shot and a fairly low silhouette, which achieved minimal visibility on the field

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The 122mm M-30 howitzer, known in the West as the M1938, is a staunch veteran. The howitzer was developed back in 1938, and its serial industrial production began a year later. Produced in large quantities and widely used during the Great

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In the late forties of the last century, a heavy tank IS-7 was created in the Soviet Union. It had excellent armament for its time and a solid booking. However, a number of circumstances associated with the emergence of new armor-piercing ammunition and the peculiarities of the country's road network led to the closure

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The 420mm Gamma Mörser mortar was designed and built by Krupp before WWI as a super heavy siege howitzer. During WWI, siege howitzers were used in the capture of the Kovno fortress. After the end of WWI, all but one of the siege howitzers were dismantled. During the Second World War 420mm

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Howitzer 2A61 is one of the newest artillery pieces of the Russian army. The howitzer was developed by the State Unitary Enterprise (State Unitary Enterprise) "Plant No. 9". The first data on 2A61 were published in 97th year. The weapon owes its appearance to the fact that after the transfer of NATO field artillery to

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The howitzer was developed in the 1990s for fire support of armored vehicles of combined arms units. The howitzer was created as a modern technology capable of performing assigned tasks, while possessing the necessary modern combat and mobile characteristics. When developing

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Developer - OKB-9. Project manager - F.F. Petrov. It was put into service on 23.12.1954 by the decree of the Council of Ministers of the USSR No. 2474-1185ss. The prototype was manufactured in 1950. The tests were carried out from 1953 to 1955. Serial production began in 1956 of the Soviet Army in the late 1940s

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On April 23, 1946, the Art Committee issued tactical and technical requirements for the design of a corps duplex consisting of 152- and 130-mm cannons on a single carriage, which should replace the 122-mm A-19 cannons, as well as the 152-mm ML-20 howitzers. Work on us was authorized

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The widespread use of high-precision weapons (WTO) has become the key to victory in military conflicts of recent decades, and its intensive development is the general line for the development of weapons of warfare in the leading countries of the world

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Several different warfare strategies were developed between the two world wars. According to one of them - it will clearly show its effectiveness in the future - tanks were to become the main striking means of the army. Due to the combination of driving and fire performance, as well as

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After the end of the Second World War, a large number of captured weapons and equipment fell into the hands of the Soviet military. On the basis of some of them, the USSR is beginning to develop its own analogues. Thus, the captured 75mm PaK 41 anti-tank gun interested Soviet military specialists

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Despite the fact that the S-23 gun of 180 mm caliber was noticed in 1955, the history of the creation of this gun remains very vague to this day. Most likely, the S-23 is a naval weapon or a coastal defense weapon converted into a large-caliber land artillery system

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Rosoboronexport, together with NPO Splav and the Indian Ministry of Defense, signed a Memorandum of Cooperation in New Delhi on August 27, 2012 in the field of organizing the production and after-sales service of rockets for the Smerch MLRS in India. Technologies

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Panzer II was withdrawn from active units and transferred to service and rear units at the beginning of 1942. This step made it possible to use the chassis of this vehicle to create self-propelled guns Marder II and Wespe. The latter was developed by Alkett in the middle of 1942, and it was the prototype of this

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Sturmpanzer 38 (t), officially named Geschützwagen 38 (t) für s.IG.33 / 2 (Sf) or 15 cm s.IG.33 / 2 auf Panzerkampfwagen 38 (t), as well as Grille (transliterated as Grille - " Cricket ") - German light SPG of the class of self-propelled howitzers during the Second World War

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15 cm Panzer-Haubitzer 18/1 auf Fahrgestell GW III / IV Hummel / Sd.Kfz.165 / "Hummel" part

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The main purpose of the "SKIF" complex is the destruction of mobile and stationary armored vehicles of the enemy, provided with combined, spaced, monolithic armor protection. This includes armored vehicles with dynamic protection, helicopters and bunkers. The portable ATGM is

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For the mechanized units of the Wehrmacht, a version of the schweres Wurfgeraet 40 (Holz) was developed, which could be mounted on half-track armored personnel carriers. The most common modification was the Sd.Kfz.251 / 1 half-track armored personnel carrier with six projectiles mounted on the sides

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The ground forces of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces are beginning to receive the newest Type 12 anti-ship coastal missile system. The new Japanese BKRK is designed to replace the Type 88 BKRK equipped with SSM-1 anti-ship missiles. BPKRK "Type 12" developed in a research