Artillery 2024, November

For effective work, artillery units need accurate target designation and control over the results of firing. The solution of these tasks is entrusted to the scouts and spotters, who may need specialized armored vehicles. In the past, the US Army consisted of

At present, Russia continues to work on improving and building up the combat capabilities of multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS). Russian military experts believe that this class of artillery weapons is the best fit for the new military doctrine of our state

GRAU experts believe that the missile forces and artillery in the future will be able to retain the title of the main fire and strike force of the Ground Forces. Today and in the near future, the most significant components of the missile and artillery armament (RAV) system will remain:

In recent years, Ukraine has been making attempts to create its own models of weapons and military equipment. The existing industrial potential significantly limits the real possibilities of the country, so every success in the development of new weapons is widely publicized. So, in the last

The PLA is developing a family of long-range MLRS that will provide artillery units with the ability to engage enemy targets at "strategic" ranges, complementing the niche typical of short-range ballistic missiles

The Rheinmetall company has begun a marketing campaign to promote the RWG-52 (Rheinmetall Wheeled Gun) Rino 155-mm self-propelled howitzer with a 52 caliber barrel on the world market. first of all for

The mortar is a purely Russian military invention. It is believed to have been created by the Russian officer and engineer Leonid Nikolayevich Gobyato. At the same time, there are other candidates in Russian historiography, but they are all somehow connected with the siege of Port Arthur. Defense of the fortress quickly

The combat effectiveness and survivability of a self-propelled artillery installation directly depends on its mobility and mobility. A noticeable increase in efficiency can be obtained by ensuring the transfer of equipment by air with landing or parachute dropping. Similar issues have been actively addressed in the past

The real combat effectiveness of an automatic cannon of an armored combat vehicle in a number of situations can be increased by using the so-called. projectiles with a programmable fuse capable of providing an air blast at a given moment in time. Due to this, the maximum possible will hit the target

An interesting artillery system, created in the shortest possible time, but, unfortunately, not released in a large series, and therefore did not make a significant contribution to the victory over the European team. The German mobility of mechanized and tank units at the beginning of the war immediately revealed the need of the Red Army for funds

The Russian heavy flamethrower system (TOS) "Buratino" destroys the enemy using pressure drops and burns his positions with fire. The combat vehicle hits targets at a distance of up to 8 kilometers. The system consists of a T-72 tank chassis, on which a launcher is located instead of a turret

Opponents of the USSR and the Warsaw Pact countries spent the entire Cold War in anticipation of an avalanche of tanks from the East. To repel a very real threat, more and more effective anti-tank artillery systems were created. But this was clearly not enough. Fend off the steady growth of fire

The Lockheed Martin company announced the successful third firing tests of the new version of the AGM-114R Hellfire anti-tank guided missile. The tests were carried out using a ground launcher configured to simulate a launch from an unmanned aerial vehicle

The E-10 was a representative of a new concept of tanks, the design of which was designed to unify production as much as possible. The E-10 was considered as a test platform for the entire generation of E-index tanks, primarily engines, as well as transmission and suspension components

The U.S. Army has awarded a $ 5 million contract with Alliant Techsystems for the first phase of development of the Army's Accelerated Precision Mortar Initiative (APMI) with GPS. The geolocation technology has fallen in price so much that now it can be used even in

Crew positions are located in a computerized control module, which is located in the nose of the chassis. The crew, consisting of 2 people, exercises full control over the processes of loading, aiming and firing. The control module is equipped with onboard tactical systems

The Russian Ministry of Defense and the French company Sagem Defense Securite (SAFRAN group of companies) will discuss possible purchases of the SIGMA 30 fire control system (FCS) for the modernization of Russian artillery and multiple launch rocket systems during the Technologies in Mechanical Engineering 2010 exhibition in Moscow

There is a discussion among the network "experts" of the leaked information that it seems that OKB-9 of JSC "Plant No. 9" in Yekaterinburg is in full swing work on a new towed 152-mm howitzer-gun based on the 2A88 system, in turn installed in the ACS 2S35 "Coalition-SV". "Coalition"

For over a century, the best anti-tank ammunition has been the fast-flying scrap. And the main question that gunsmiths are fighting over is how to disperse it as quickly as possible. It's only in films about the Second World War that tanks explode after being hit by a shell - after all, it’s a movie. In real life, most

"Artillery is not just a roar, but also a science!" Peter I The Second World War and the subsequent armed conflicts around the world marked the beginning of a victorious march on the battlefields of self-propelled artillery. This led to the fact that many experts began to predict the imminent disappearance

The history of creation The self-propelled anti-tank gun 2S25 "Sprut-SD" was created in the early 90s. on the extended (by two rollers) base of the BMD-3 airborne combat vehicle by the Volgograd Tractor Plant Joint-Stock Company, and the artillery unit for it - at the artillery plant N9 (g

The very first weeks of the war revealed the great need of the Red Army for mobile anti-tank and anti-aircraft self-propelled guns. Therefore, on July 1, 1941, the People's Commissar of Armament Vannikov signed an order as follows: “In view of the urgent need for anti-tank and anti-aircraft self-propelled artillery means

Soviet divisional 76-mm guns, intended for solving a wide range of tasks, primarily fire support for infantry units, suppressing firing points, destroying light field shelters. However, during the war, divisional artillery guns had to fire at enemy tanks

Today, when the development of science and technology has reached such a level that an effective armored car can be made from an ordinary truck, and a mobile artillery or rocket launcher from an ordinary pickup (even the term "pickup war" has appeared) it is interesting to see, but what about fantasy

It also happens often that some technical device first comes into fashion and then goes out of it, as, incidentally, happens with many other things. For example, everyone has heard of such a weapon as a mortar. Trunk-pipe, bipedal support, plate - that's, in fact, all weapons. Rate of fire

As you know, you can kill with a stone from a slingshot and a shell from a howitzer. However, a slingshot and a set of lead balls can be hidden in a pocket, and a howitzer requires a tractor, and turning it around is a "fool", on the battlefield it is not at all easy. So any weapon is always a compromise, between its cost and

Annually on November 19, our country celebrates the Day of Missile Forces and Artillery - on the basis of the decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 549 of May 31, 2006 "On the establishment of professional holidays and memorable days in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation." The date of the celebration has a historical reference to November 19, 1942, when

75 years ago, on June 21, 1941, one day before the start of the Great Patriotic War, the BM-13 rocket artillery combat vehicle ("combat vehicle 13") was adopted by the Workers 'and Peasants' Red Army (RKKA), which later received the name "Katyusha ". BM-13 was one of the first

Ukraine needs military assistance all the time. It seems that this state will persist for many years to come. However, most European countries, including Germany and France, refused to officially supply weapons to the Ukrainian Armed Forces. But the United States openly donates military equipment to the country. Moreover, according to

An important place in the defense of Donbass was taken by the so-called "pocket artillery", a typical representative of which was the 9P132 Grad-P single-barreled rocket system, which has a second name - "Partizan". It is noteworthy that the Soviet Army was not armed with such systems, although the "Partizan" from 1966

The story about the artillery of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has to begin with the traditional thesis about the general low level of training of personnel and the unsatisfactory condition of the guns. From the very beginning of the notorious ATO, artillery reservists were called up to the troops, who were largely poorly versed in this kind

In addition to the tangible damage to the enemy, the cannon, with a thunderous sound, is capable of causing harm to the gun crew in the form of acute acoustic trauma. Of course, in the arsenal of artillerymen there are many methods of protection: close your ears with your palms, open your mouth, plug your ear canal with your finger, or simply press the ear tragus

Like many other realized utopian ideas, an unenviable fate awaited the supergun: the Germans destroyed all the guns and technical documentation immediately after the conclusion of peace, which automatically transferred it into the category of legends. The difficult birth of the Colossal gun began in 1916, when the professor

The simplest fragmentation projectiles are only capable of natural fragmentation, that is, the random scattering of fragments under the action of a high explosive. Such shells will be present in the arsenals of the warring parties for a very long time, but the requirements of the time and the tastes of buyers require new, more

The specificity of the military strategy of imperial Japan affected the appearance of the armed forces and the characteristics of various equipment. So, until a certain time, the Japanese army did not have self-propelled artillery installations designed to combat enemy tanks. Repeatedly

During the battles for Damansky Island in 1969, the Soviet side used the then secret BM-21 Grad multiple launch rocket systems. This moment of armed conflict had several consequences, both political (China almost completely stopped provocations on the border) and

The simplicity of the device and the use of the mortar, combined with good fighting qualities, quickly ensured widespread use of this type of weapon. More than a hundred years have passed since the appearance of mortars. During this time, they retained their popularity and continued to improve. Now the development of new

One of the most important qualities of field artillery is mobility. As the practice of wars in the first half of the 20th century has shown, sometimes it becomes necessary to quickly transfer cannons from one defense sector to another. Moving guns in a combat situation is a rather complicated procedure, which

The Battle of Stalingrad, which became the turning point of the Great Patriotic War, clearly showed how difficult it is to conduct hostilities in the city with the help of weapons and equipment designed to work in large open spaces. In addition, the importance of

The 122mm A-19 cannon became one of the symbols of the Red Army during the Great Patriotic War. Very often, photographic and film materials are used, on which these guns, lined up in a row, fire at the enemy. Memorable appearance of a cannon with a long barrel and characteristic front