The Armed Forces celebrates the Day of Missile Forces and Artillery

Today, the Russian Armed Forces celebrates the Day of Missile Forces and Artillery (RViA).

This day refers to a similar date in 1942, when the Red Army launched a counterattack near Stalingrad, stunning the enemy with volleys of literally thousands of artillery mounts and guns. The counterattack involved the impressive forces of the Don, Stalingrad, South-West, left wing of the Voronezh fronts. They were assisted by fighters of the Volga flotilla.

On November 19 on November 1942, the operation began, which is today known under the code word “Uranus”. The intention of the command was to inflict a massive strike on units and formations of the enemy at Serafimovich and Kletskaya, as well as from Sarpinsky Lakes.

The task: the defeat of the Nazi troops, covering the flanks of the main group of the Wehrmacht and its allies. In the development of the plan, which in the 1943 year led to the victory of the Red Army near Stalingrad, the legendary military commander Georgy Zhukov (at that time the army general) was directly involved.

Artillery played a crucial role in the overall success of the operation near Stalingrad. The command of the troops and the political leadership of the country decided to note this role. So, in October 1944, on the basis of the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, a prototype of this holiday appeared. Over time, the holiday of artillerymen expanded due to the festival of rocket launchers combined with it.

To date, the RV&A include the corresponding formations in the Ground Forces of the RF Armed Forces, the artillery of the coastal component of the Navy, as well as the artillery units of the Airborne Forces.

According to the Ministry of Defense, the equipment of missile forces and artillery was carried out by more than 50%. Last year alone, the M&A received over half a thousand samples of the latest weapons and military equipment. Among other things, these are such effective weapons as the OTRK Iskander, MLRS Tornado-G, Tornado-S, self-propelled howitzers Msta of the latest modifications (Msta-SM) and not only.

Particular attention is paid to improving the combat readiness of troops in the Far North - in the strategically important Arctic region. For this purpose, equipment is created with special performance characteristics, on special platforms that allow it to be efficiently operated and used in extremely low temperatures, with icing and other related factors in a harsh region.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation published a video for today's holiday of missile and artillerymen.

Military Review congratulates all military personnel and veterans of missile forces and artillery on their professional holiday!

Comments

[Rurikovich]

All army rocket launchers and artillerymen on holiday !!! Hurray, comrades !!! Hooray, hooray, hooray !!!
As well as myself and the 9k72 Elbrus missile system, on which I served in a technical battery, in a transportation platoon

[Uncle lee]

Happy Holiday!

[asv363]

Happy holiday to all gunners and rocket launchers!

[tihonmarine]

Quote: asv363

Happy holiday to all gunners and rocket launchers!

Gunners! Stalin gave us an order!

[Alexander Suvorov]

In the original, the chorus begins with the words:
Gunners Stalin gave the order ...
Not only did they take away his name, famous all over the world, from the city of Stalingrad, they also try to extinct him from the anthem of the gunners. I am ashamed comrades.

[Million]

Tex song curve. It should be like this: Gunners,Stalin gave the order!

[Essex62]

In the original source "Stalin gave the order" and this is important.
Happy holiday Pushkari!

[Siberian 66]

Transbaikalia, Kabanovsky regiment, Kyakhta. 8k14! It's like a password)

[Blacksmith 55]

Happy holiday to all artillerymen and rocket launchers.
Primorsky Territory p. Smolyaninovo, BUAR.

[kind]

173 missile brigade, Transnistria, the city of Bender, 14th Guards OA, Air Defense Forces 1990-93! Happy colleagues!

[Alexander Suvorov]

Happy Holidays to all! But why no one remembered which date this holiday is dedicated to? Today is the 77th anniversary of the start of Operation Uranus. 77 years ago, on this day, artillery volleys began an operation to encircle the 6th Army of the Wehrmacht at Stalingrad, which began a turning point in the bloodiest battle of that war.
My grandfather Puzanov Korney Alekseevich, senior lieutenant, commander of the battery of 122-mm howitzer guns then began this great battle. Eternal memory to him! Eternal memory to all those who survived and fell in that meat grinder, but who won!

Gunners Stalin gave the order!

[Mountain shooter]

Happy holiday to all involved! Well, a little bit of me. Anti-tank artillery.

[Alexander Suvorov]

Mountain shooter (Eugene)
Happy holiday to all involved! Well, a little bit of me. Anti-tank artillery. good

Of course, you too, Eugene! I understand that you served later, but let us also recall the famous "forty-five" glorious worker of the Second World War.
Today it is obligatory "front-line 100 grams" for the grandfather and for all those involved!

[Mountain shooter]

Quote: Alexander Suvorov

Of course, you too, Eugene! I understand that you served later, but let us also remember the famous "forty-five" of the glorious worker of the Second World War

T-12 and ATGM ... We would have caught these Fritz but even on the "Tigers" ...

[Alexander Suvorov]

Yes, the T-12 is power! At 1000 meters with a sub-caliber, you could have laid the "Mouse", in a good scenario, "Tigers" would have been your teeth.

[Doliva63]

Quote: Alexander Suvorov

Mountain shooter (Eugene)
Happy holiday to all involved! Well, a little bit of me. Anti-tank artillery. good

Of course, you too, Eugene! I understand that you served later, but let us also recall the famous "forty-five" glorious worker of the Second World War.
Today it is obligatory "front-line 100 grams" for the grandfather and for all those involved!

Father at the front was just a "magpie". So yes, the "People's Commissars" are a must!

[Andrey Zhdanov-Nedilko]

Happy holiday, colleague! And I am in the past an anti-tank operator (Rapier system or MT12B) - 1984/86. military unit 22314, Voroshilovgrad (aka Lugansk), Ukraine.

[Blacksmith 55]

On November 19, Operation Uranus began, encircling German troops at Stalingrad.
Happy holiday!

[Mcar]

To all who serve and served in the missile forces and artillery, as well as those who created and are creating these weapons, Happy Holidays born in Stalingrad!

[rotmistr60]

It remains to wish to hit not after the "fork", but immediately on target!

[Anatole Klim]

Congratulations to all on the occasion of the Day of Missile Forces and Artillery! Greetings to the current military personnel and veterans of the GRAU and the RAW service. Hi Penza and Tula. Oh, it’s a pity the working day, I have to go to work, but in the evening I’ll definitely raise a glass for the holiday and remember those who are not with us.

[Amurets]

To date, the RV&A include the corresponding formations in the Ground Forces of the RF Armed Forces, the artillery of the coastal component of the Navy, as well as the artillery units of the Airborne Forces.

On the occasion, everyone who wore and wears artillery buttonholes: the Strategic Missile Forces, the Air Defense Forces and the Air Force of the Russian Air Force.
We are all united when it is necessary to defend the Homeland.

[Ross xnumx]

Congratulations to all the commanders and commanders on their professional holiday. Separate congratulations to the 131st infantry fighting detachments and those serving in military unit 11883. All the best to you!

[Nikolaevich I]

I congratulate all the "colleagues", all the colleagues in the OTR missile brigade and myself, my beloved on the holiday!

[Scud]

Dear fighters!
I sincerely congratulate you on such a dear holiday. We have every right to roll 100 mm ... oh mlg. And, nehai, deftly be in the middle!
HF 59000 Belarus, the commander of the unit p_k Sharokhin, Passed the whole war.

[Alien From]

All involved - happy holiday !!!!!! Let thunder and lightning be only on exercises !!!!!!)))))

[rocket757]

By a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of October 21, 1944. [4] The date of November 19 was chosen for the following reason: November 19, 1942 with the powerful artillery preparation of the South-Western and Don Fronts of the Red Army, the Uranus operation began - the Soviet counterattack during the Battle of Stalingrad, the beginning of a radical change during the Great Patriotic War and the entire Second World War .

We will be worthy of the deeds of our ancestors!
Happy holiday comrades.

[The leader of the Redskins]

Happy holiday, Gods of War!

[Lelik76]

I join in the congratulations. PSABr on 2C5, senior calculator of the division.

[Sky strike fighter]

Today, the Russian Armed Forces celebrates the Day of Missile Forces and Artillery (RViA).

HAPPY !!!
You protect the Fatherland
and in your hands is a formidable force
because it’s your country,
because you are RUSSIA.

Well, a classic.
Can we fuck it? Be sure to bang, the whole world is in dust, but later.

[businessv]

All colleagues involved in the holiday, Happy Holiday !!! Health, happiness and peaceful sky!

[SERGEY SERGEEVICS]

All involved with the holiday !!!

[Andrey Zhdanov-Nedilko]

Happy holiday, colleagues of the God of war!

[Masha]

Happy Holiday! Hooray!!!

[Mouse]

For them, Katyusha sang songs,
God favored them,
We managed to survive in the battles
At the borders of the home country
Gunners! And today
Guarding the borders of the State
Covered with glory nationwide
They are with the missile forces
From enemy intrusions ....
For service and hard work
We send them congratulations today !!!

[midshipman]

Happy holiday artillerymen and rocket launchers.
My father, an artilleryman, major, died on the Leningrad Front on 27.12/1941. XNUMX year. He was buried in a separate grave at the Theological Cemetery.

[Tolik_74]

Guys, all a happy holiday !!!! Senior radar operator, military unit 92851 KP of the S-200 group of divisions. DMB-87

[Resistance]

Quote: Rurikovich

All army rocket and artillerymen with the Holiday

And not army, then not rocket-gunners?
Artillery! Happy Holiday!

[Tavrik]

All involved in the missile forces and artillery - a happy holiday!

[pogis]

All the holiday!
town. Robin military unit 22116, ML-20m.

[bk316]

Happy Holidays!
Gun commander 2a36.

[The Siberian barber]

Happy Holiday, God of War!)
Separately, warhead-2!))

[georggy]

Join.
All involved with the holiday. Health.

[pogis]

SWAKU 111 1987 g. Song on an evening walk, though in the original was China, not Europe and the ending is different.

[Old26]

Everyone involved in the holiday, Happy Holiday !!! Health, happiness and peaceful sky
Ten minutes ago he congratulated his father on his holiday.
He was called up in the fall of 42 after the 1st year of the Institute of Railway Engineers. How a student got into artillery. Anti-tanker. First on the ZIS-2, then on the BS-3 (100 mm), he ended the war in Poland (after the capture of Koenigsberg). Then the service. Academy, military adviser in Mongolia. In 1972 he went into reserve, lieutenant colonel, commander of the howitzer division of the famous 25th division named after Chapaev. A year after his dismissal, he received a colonel ...
Despite the fact that they are already over 90, in 2017 the veterans were brought to the exposition of the equipment standing on the square. So I got into the "Mstu". As he said later, we would have such equipment and such devices

Once again, all a happy holiday !!!

[nnz226]

The same Zhukov, already near Berlin, said the famous phrase: "With three hundred guns per kilometer of the front, the enemy is not reported!" Confirming Stalin's expression: "Artillery is the god of war!"