Artillery
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Around the 15th century, a new type of artillery appeared on the battlefields of Europe. They had a short, large-caliber barrel, "looking" upwards. The weapon called the mortar was intended for shelling enemy cities in such a way that nuclei, stones or other ammunition flew over
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The self-propelled gun was developed on the basis of the T-IV tank in 1942. The components of the T-III tank are widely used in the design. For a self-propelled installation, the chassis of the tank was rearranged: the fighting compartment is located at the back, the power plant is located in the center of the hull, and the drive wheels, transmission and compartment are located in the front
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09.21.12 years. A military parade was held in the Iranian capital in honor of the 32nd anniversary of the start of the war with Iraq and the so-called "Week of Sacred Defense". The parade was attended by representatives of various units of the IRGC and copies of standing and entering service military equipment. One of the representatives
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The T-122 "Sakarya" multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) is designed to destroy manpower, military equipment, fortifications, command posts, administrative and inhabited localities of the enemy when firing from closed firing positions at any time of the day, at any
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In the mid-70s of the XX century, new requirements for anti-tank weapons were identified. The SPTP was supposed to be mobile, be able to participate in counterattacks and hit tanks at considerable distances from the firing position. Therefore, by the Decision of the military-industrial complex of the USSR of May 17, 1976, the group of enterprises was
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Self-propelled gun mount "Krab" is a licensed version of the British self-propelled gun mount "AS-90" on the chassis of a modified T72, which belongs to the class of howitzers. The basic version "AS-90" was created in the early 1980s by the company "Vickers". Purpose - replacement of self-propelled gun mounts type
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At the end of the eighties of the last century, the military leadership of Iran took care of updating the fleet of multiple launch rocket systems. The Arash and Falaq-1 complexes available in service generally suited the military, but had a number of disadvantages. First of all, the claims were caused by the small radius of action
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On October 5, 2012, a military parade was held in Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia, followed by a public exposition of various weapons adopted by the Indonesian Armed Forces. There, for the first time, the multipurpose modular MLRS ASTROS II Mk 6, created by the Brazilian company Avibras, were demonstrated
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On October 8, a conference dedicated to the past and future of Russian artillery was held at the Cultural Center of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. The event was timed to coincide with the 630th anniversary of its appearance. As happens at such conferences, the matter was not limited to reports alone. During
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Build KV-1 tanks of the 116th Tank Brigade. The Shchors tank has a cast turret, the Bagration tank has a welded turret. The picture shows a member of the tank crew behind a turret anti-aircraft machine gun DT. The crew of the Shchors tank: tank commander junior lieutenant A. Sundukevich, driver-mechanic senior sergeant M. Zaikin, gunner-radio operator
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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 struggling with is how to disperse it as quickly as possible. It's only in films about World War II that tanks explode after being hit by a shell - after all, cinema. In real life, most
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In the seventies of the last century, several ideas appeared in the leading countries of the world that determined the further development of tank building. The new main tanks were equipped with powerful combined armor and smooth-bore guns. In addition, the first models of reactive armor systems appeared. All this
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The heavy flamethrower system (TOS) created in Omsk terrified those who were not lucky enough to fight against the Soviet army, and then units of the Russian armed forces. Currently, TOSs are also in service with the armies of Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Iraq. It is expected that based on
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Nowadays, part of the barreled artillery of the ground forces of foreign states includes towed and self-propelled guns, which are called "howitzers", since their main purpose is to conduct mounted fire from remote closed positions. At the same time, most of the modern howitzers
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All modern self-propelled guns are designed to inflict short-term high-intensity fire strikes with a subsequent change of position (the safe time spent on the fire is 1 min.). Taking into account the constant growth of automation of fire control systems, improvement of radar reconnaissance means, time
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For the first time, it became known back in 2006 about a promising Russian self-propelled artillery installation being developed within the framework of the "Coalition-SV" theme. The site already has several articles on this topic, but I would like to talk in more detail about this project and the latest news about
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The US Army has already received a high-precision mortar mine from Orbital ATK under the APMI program and is currently awaiting a long-term solution to be obtained through the HEGM program
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Not all countries are able to produce or acquire military equipment with the required capabilities and characteristics in a timely manner. As a result, they have to look for alternative ways to update the fleet of combat vehicles. One of the obvious ways to modernize the army is perestroika
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М109А7 - the newest version of the 155-mm howitzer, which first entered service with the American army in 1963. Among the main innovations - the unification of the chassis with the M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicles and electric turret drives. Self-propelled artillery has many advantages over towed artillery. To them
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Before continuing the mortar theme, we want to say a few words to those who read carefully. Yes, we are not professional mortars, but we know perfectly well what a mortar is, and we have tested its work in practice. On myself. In different places. Therefore, they took up this topic, maybe with
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Many remember the old bearded anecdote about the would-be artillerymen who really wanted to shoot at Moscow from their grandfather's cannon? Only now the caliber of the projectile was slightly larger than the caliber of the barrel. So the godfathers decided to hammer the shell with a sledgehammer. The result is predictable. Do you remember the end of this anecdote? "Well godfather, if
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On May 9, at the Museum of Russian Military History, the guests were solemnly shown the SU-85 self-propelled artillery unit, restored by the museum staff, Russian restorers and assistants. The uniqueness of this self-propelled gun lies in the fact that it is one. It is currently the only one in
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A series of articles on mortars would not be complete if we did not talk about one of the most famous products - the universal 120-mm Nona gun. We will not repeat the reasons for the success of mortars as such. But one reason still needs to be voiced. It's simple. Mortar and, most importantly, ammunition for it
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Continuing the theme of modern mortars, we continue to delve into the flower bed. Needless to say, our gunsmiths have subtle humor. All these "Carnations", "Acacia", "Peonies", "Hyacinths", "Lilies of the Valley", "Cornflowers", "Tulips" … List everything that
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Talking about the mortars of the world, we quite logically left on the topic of rocket artillery. Whatever one may say, the famous "Katyusha" and similar systems bore the proud name of rocket launchers. At the same time, it is rather difficult to speak of the world's reactive systems as mortars. It is quite
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Speaking in the previous article of the cycle that there were many interesting and instructive pages in the history of our artillery, even the word "detective" was used. We would like to introduce you to one military "almost detective". At least there will be plenty of spy tricks in it. The history of wars knows
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We paid quite a lot of attention to samples of foreign weapons, especially artillery, which the Red Army inherited from tsarist Russia. And finally, the time has come to talk about a truly Soviet weapon of the pre-war era. A weapon that even today commands respect for its size and power
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How the designer Vasily Grabin managed to create a weapon that became the most massive in the history of world artillerySoviet soldiers, primarily artillerymen of divisional and anti-tank artillery regiments, for its simplicity, obedience and reliability called it affectionately - "Zosia". In other parts for the rate of fire and
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High-speed tank destroyer The inability to install a 75-mm howitzer on the chassis of a light tank M3 Stuart upset the American military, but did not lead to abandonment of the desire to get a high-speed armored vehicle with good firepower. At the end of 1941, the T42 project appeared, during which it was planned
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The history of Russian artillery goes back more than six centuries. According to the chronicle, during the reign of Dmitry Donskoy, Muscovites in 1382 used "cannons" and "mattresses" when repelling the next raid of the Golden Horde Khan Tokhtamysh. If the "guns" of that period, the well-known historian of artillery N.Ye
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After a series of articles about the history of creation and about the mortars themselves, in fact, several readers immediately turned to us, ardent fans of artillery. With the demand to continue the historical series of stories about Russian artillery in general. About the first cannons, about the first guns, about the first victories and
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Self-propelled howitzer, designed on the basis of the M3 medium tank, and later on the M4. This vehicle was designed to provide mobile fire support for tank divisions. In February 1942, Terms of Reference 2 was standardized as M7 HMC. Serial production was started in April 1942
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The 105-mm self-propelled howitzer M7B2 Priest was the last production version of the famous American self-propelled gun during the Second World War. This modification was in service longer than others, the American army used this self-propelled gun during the Korean War. In the post-war years, various options
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It is difficult to imagine a modern armed conflict that does not use improvised military equipment of handicraft production. Various armed formations, preparing for battles, install available weapons of one kind or another on available civilian vehicles. For some time now
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The hardest thing is to talk about the tools that have been heard for a long time. In the pre-war period, according to this indicator, the first place should be given, without hesitation, to the 122-mm divisional howitzer of the 1910/30 model. Probably, there is no military conflict of that time, where these howitzers did not appear. Yes, and on
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The M-30 howitzer is probably known to everyone. The famous and legendary weapon of the workers 'and peasants', Soviet, Russian and many other armies. Any documentary film about the Great Patriotic War almost necessarily includes footage of the firing of an M-30 battery. Even today, despite its age, it is
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In the early thirties, Soviet specialists began to work out the appearance of promising self-propelled artillery installations. Various options for such a technique have been proposed, considered and tested, and some of them, having confirmed their potential, have found application in practice. Others were
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I want to start an article quite frivolously. Finally we got there! Not to Berlin, as the heroine of our story, but to the history of the creation, construction and combat use of one of the first large-caliber artillery systems, created by Soviet designers. So, the most famous unknown hero
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The SU-100 self-propelled anti-tank artillery mount was created on the basis of the T-34-85 medium tank by the Uralmashzavod design bureau in late 1943 - early 1944 and was a further development of the SU-85. By that time, it had already become clear that the 85 mm SU-85 gun was not worthy
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We are already accustomed to talking about pre-war artillery systems in excellent tones. Every system is a masterpiece of design thought. But today we are talking about a howitzer, which does not cause such admiration. Howitzer, which came to the Red Army from the distant 1909. But nevertheless, with honor