On the truck. Interesting niche in artillery

On the truck. Interesting niche in artillery

The advantage of towed guns is a small mass. In most cases, they are easier to maintain. The main limitation is that they must be towed by a tractor, as a rule, a tactical ...
Nikolay Makarovets and his “atmospheric” weapon

Nikolay Makarovets and his “atmospheric” weapon

31 March 2019 of the year, designer Nikolai Makarovets passed away at 81. Under his leadership in our country was organized the production of weapons, which to this day is the main fire ...
Projectile that changed the artillery

Projectile that changed the artillery

A great step forward in enhancing artillery capabilities was the invention of British officer Henry Shrapnel. He created a new ammunition, the main purpose of which was the fight against manpower ...
Grad MLRS combat debut - fifty years

Grad MLRS combat debut - fifty years

Damansky Island. 15 March 1969 of the year. The sky was suddenly cut through by fiery arrows, which crossed the Ussuri and hit the Chinese coast. Salts of the MLRS "Grad" transferred the known conflict to a fading stage ...
Stories about weapons. M18 Hellcat

Stories about weapons. M18 Hellcat

The story and show of the remarkable self-propelled gun M18 from the collection of the UMMC museum in Verkhnyaya Pyshma ....
New self-propelled artillery on IDEX-2019

New self-propelled artillery on IDEX-2019

At the IDEX exhibition several countries, including Russia, showed modern developments in the field of self-propelled artillery. Several projects of this class first came to a foreign exhibition and now ...
M981 FIST-V Mobile Artillery Intelligence Point (USA)

M981 FIST-V Mobile Artillery Intelligence Point (USA)

In the past, the artillery parts of the United States were armed with a mobile reconnaissance point M981 FIST-V. This self-propelled machine was designed to monitor the battlefield, search for targets, then ...
81-mm guided mine Merlin

81-mm guided mine Merlin

The development of mortar and artillery guided munitions capable of striking the main battle tanks, infantry fighting vehicles and armored personnel carriers from above, was supposed to increase the anti-tank defense of NATO armies ...
50 mm Waste Mortar "Wasp"

50 mm Waste Mortar "Wasp"

The mortar is a Russian military invention. It is believed that it was created by Russian officer Leonid Gobyato. There are other candidates in Russian historiography, but they are all related to the siege ...