Antitank capabilities of Soviet 76,2 mm self-propelled artillery mounts
Soviet self-propelled artillery installations, armed with 76,2 mm caliber guns, made a significant contribution to the victory over Nazi Germany. But by the time the mass production of the SU-76 was established ...
Soviet self-propelled guns against German tanks in the initial period of the war
As of June 22, 1941, the Red Army had a very small number of self-propelled artillery installations, and their anti-tank potential was low ...
Faceted bore gun
Antique cannon with a bore of the barrel channel. What kind of gun is this, who created it? ...
Successes of the Coalition-SV program: tracked self-propelled guns in the troops, wheeled on trials
The armed forces received the first batch of 2S35 “Coalition-SV” interspecies artillery complex. In the near future, this equipment will go into mass production ...
Ukraine wants to catch up with Russia in the creation of MLRS
At the end of April 2020, the Ukrainian military tested new missiles for the Grad MLRS. The shells of the Typhoon-1 family, created by the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau specialists, are characterized by an increased to 40 ...
God of War. SPG 2S19 "MSTA-S": more than 30 years in the army
One of the foundations of Russian self-propelled artillery is the 2S19 Msta-S divisional self-propelled gun. In the ranks there are about 500 such combat vehicles of several modifications ...
New Chinese self-propelled 155 mm howitzer PLC-181
Chinese television first showed in detail the new Chinese 155mm self-propelled howitzer on a wheeled chassis, known as the PLC-181. The export version of this howitzer is called SH-15. First ...
The concept project of the artillery complex AFAS / M1 - FARV / M1 (USA)
In the eighties, the United States worked on the creation of a new howitzer self-propelled guns. One of the earliest projects of this kind suggested building self-propelled guns on the chassis of the M1 Abrams tank ...
"Malka" with a new engine will go to the troops
The industry completed the tests of the modernized self-propelled gun 2S7M Malka. The first updated model of equipment is already ready for transfer to the customer. Full-scale modernization will start soon ...
DPRK continues testing 600 mm MLRS
North Korea develops its artillery. As part of this program, tests are being conducted of a promising super-large-caliber missile system - a long-range MLRS ...
Object 326: self-propelled howitzer "Washer"
The cylindrical shape of the turret (gun mounts and armored stacking of shots) was due to the shape of the carousel. Forty-six shells and charges were placed in pairs in a single drum, ...
100 km and more. New shells are created for Russian self-propelled guns
Russian industry is developing promising ultra-long-range artillery shells. With the help of new ammunition, the existing self-propelled guns will be able to fire at a distance of more than 100 km ...
Ultra-long-range gun SLRC: real project or pure science?
In the United States, a new artillery gun is being developed with a firing range of more than 1000 nautical miles. A project called Strategic Long Range Cannon could be a real revolution in the field of barrel ...
The artillery bombardment of Paris in 1918
In late March 1918, explosions began to be heard on the streets of the French capital. Excited city dwellers used to face an aerial bombardment, but this time, no one was visible in the sky ...
"Tsar Cannon" from Britain. Mortira Malleta
If you thought that “Tsar Cannon” was exclusively a Russian toy, then you were mistaken. Attempts to create a tool that would surpass all the others were carried out by many designers. One of them was ...
Modular MLRS "Tamnava" (Serbia)
Serbia offers foreign customers several types of MLRS. The newest model of this kind is the "Tamnava" modular system for shells of caliber 122 and 267 mm ...
Chinese anti-tank guns on display at the Military Museum of the Chinese Revolution
The Military Museum of the Chinese Revolution has a large collection of artillery pieces that took part in the Sino-Japanese war, in the fighting with the Kuomintang and the war in Korea ...
Based on an unguided aircraft missile. Belarus showed MLRS "Flute"
The original MLRS “Flute” model was created on the basis of ready-made components and uses well-known principles, which gives it certain advantages ...
Long-range "Krasnopol-D" in artillery duels with Western self-propelled guns. Should you expect triumph
Equipping large towed howitzers and self-propelled guns with high-precision corrected OFSs is a significant help to friendly artillery units in intensive counter-battery duels on ...
"Big Brothers": 127 mm and 155 mm ammunition of a potential enemy
Expensive, difficult and effective: something like this can be said in three words about the existing and promising artillery guided shells of NATO countries and allies ...
Smart Gauges to Combat Asymmetric Threats
Trends in the global artillery weapons industry bring ABM (Air Burst Munition) ammunition to the forefront, capable of replacing a wide range of weapons up to ...
New Malki modernization: self-propelled gun as part of the complex
Self-propelled gun 2S7M "Malka" has a respectable age and needs to be updated. A similar project is already ready and will soon move to the stage of serial work. In the meantime, the experimental equipment is being tested ...
What do the new XM1299 self-propelled guns show?
Recently, new photos of the experienced American XM1299 self-propelled guns have appeared in the public domain. It is noteworthy that they were not published by official services, but by some unknown foreigners ...
On any technique. Jet mortars of the Nebelwerfer family (Germany)
In the arsenal of Nazi Germany consisted of several rocket launchers / multiple launch rocket systems of the Nebelwerfer family. Such systems could be transportable, towed, and also applied on ...