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 ...
From the history of the development of artillery acoustics. H. 1
The acoustics section, the subject of which is acoustic artillery instruments, as a branch of military knowledge arose in the first decade of the 20th century ....
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 ...
Prospects for the development of rocket and artillery armament of the Land Forces of the Russian Federation
Experts believe that artillery and rocket troops will retain the title of the main fire and strike force of the ground forces in the future. But the tactical and technical characteristics of many models have reached ...
MLRS "Grad" with mechanized charging package guides
Russia continues to work on increasing the combat capabilities of multiple rocket launchers. This class of artillery weapons meets the new military doctrine of the state ...
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"
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 ...
The project MLRS "Vilha": excessive optimism
Ukrainian industry is trying to create its own models of weapons and equipment. Every success is strongly advertised. Today, Ukrainian officials talk a lot about the Vilkha MLRS ...
Projectile with Orbital ATK / Northrop Grumman Mk 310 PABM-T Programmable Fuse (USA)
The use of a projectile with a programmable fuse can have a great influence on the effectiveness of an automatic cannon fire. The typical representative of this class of ammunition is the American ...
XM104 Self-Propelled Artillery (USA)
At one time, US experts were working on different versions of highly mobile self-propelled artillery installations. One of the most interesting results of this program was an easy ACS of the XM104 type, ...
D-400: who are you and why?
D-400 - new towed howitzer cannon for the Russian army? ...
Cluster munitions: the good intentions of the American military
The Pentagon plans to keep cluster munitions in its arsenal until they are actually replaced with similar, but safer weapons for striking areas. And these plans ...
Increase the range of barrel artillery. ERCA Program (USA)
The key parameter of the artillery system is the firing range, and all the leading countries are working to improve it. In the United States, such tasks are solved within the framework of the ERCA program. Already exists...
The concept of 155-mm active-missile from Nammo
A modern artillery piece must be distinguished by high range and precision of fire. For this, he may need new projectiles with special capabilities. A curious version of artillery ...
The development of the "Coalition". Towed implement in addition to self-propelled
In the future, the army will be able to get a new towed howitzer caliber 152 mm. The Ministry of Defense has launched the development of a new version of the 2А88 gun. This time it will be installed on the towed ...
OCD "Sketch": self-propelled mortar will be released on state tests
Next year, major events are planned in the context of the rearmament of the Airborne Forces. A prospective self-propelled mortar 2C41 "Drak" should go to state tests. After the necessary checks, he ...
Russia will have a new way to destroy the "big guns"
The new Russian artillery reconnaissance complex "Penicillin" successfully coped with state trials. On the eve of this, the American edition of The American edition gave its assessment to ...
Gods of war in the Donbass. "Point-U" and not only. Ending
Moral and technically obsolete weapons of the Armed Forces of Ukraine forced the country's leadership to look for new equipment abroad. Artillery systems were no exception ...
A drone for "Tornado". Reconnaissance complex completes testing
In the near future, the range of ammunition MLRS "Smerch" will be replenished with a new product of an unusual purpose. Prospective rocket projectile carries a special warhead, the main element of which ...