Shells with controlled undermining. Way to the troops
The Russian army uses many artillery systems caliber 30 mm. For them, created new shells with a controlled fuse. In the near future, such ammunition will be tested, and then ...
Mortar variety. What to choose?
The light and heavy mortars served by the calculations can be called “pocket artillery” of infantry units. These systems, as a rule, can quickly take up a position and withdraw from it ...
Stories about weapons. ISU-122: the difficult path of a front-line soldier
Non-defensive weapon ISU-122 ...
Stories about weapons. SU-122: unfairly in the shadow of descendants
The story of the actual first ACS, originally planned to support tanks ...
RUAG Cobra (Switzerland): futuristic-looking mortar
A promising mortar RUAG Cobra was introduced several years ago, and over time has passed the necessary tests. In the near future, the first production samples should arrive at ...
Weapon stories. SU-76i: the first assault
Continuing the theme of manufacturing self-propelled guns based on captured technology
Stories about weapons. SAU SG-122: the first trophy experience
The story of the first ACS, made on the basis of the captured machine ...
Stories about weapons. Strange SAU SU-100Y
Peculiar to the strangeness and strange in its originality self-propelled gun ...
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
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
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 ...
From the history of artillery education in Russia. H. 3
Set in 1756, at the head of the Russian artillery, P. I. Shuvalov drew attention to the need to have educated people and was forced to take up artillery schools ...
Stories about weapons. Combat "Sexton:" self-propelled guns "Sexton Mk-I (II)"
The sexton is like a half-time priest. But not in our case ...
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 ...
From the history of artillery education in Russia. H. 2
Schools established by Peter I did not provide trained personnel in general or artillery terms. Therefore, sending young people to study abroad was practiced ...
Stories about weapons. Evil devout: M7 and M7B1 Priest self-propelled howitzers
How to make a candy from a known substance? This is our story ...
Stories about weapons. Wolverine Achilles
"Wolverine" can be very nibbled. Achilles is a hero outside the categories. And Sherman ...
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 ....
From the history of artillery education in Russia. H. 1
When do trained specialists working in the field of artillery education appear? Artillery science originated in Russia much earlier than the era of Peter I ...
From the history of the development of artillery acoustics. H. 3
In the Red Army, sound metering issues began to be dealt with in 1922, when a group of sound specialists was created under the Artillery Directorate ...
Stories about weapons. ZIS-30. Very bad luck
The story of the anti-tank self-propelled ZIS-30, which did not go into the series for a number of reasons ...
Self-propelled artillery installation T-155 Fırtına (Turkey)
The Turkish army has several types of self-propelled artillery systems. One of the newest and most sophisticated designs of this class is the T-155 Fırtına ACS, created on the basis of ...
From the history of the development of artillery acoustics. H. 2
Acoustic intelligence acquired particular development during the First World War ...
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 ...