In the conflicts of the last decades, improvised military equipment assembled from available samples plays a crucial role. But what will happen if a similar machine is developed from scratch? The answer is ...
The thundering sound of a cannon can harm gun crews in the form of acoustic trauma. In 1949, the main research artillery range was tasked to develop ...
In Russia, there is now SU-85. The only copy in the world in combat. However, the second SU-85 has already appeared, restored by enthusiasts to working condition ...
In an era when science fiction stories were written about rockets, ultra-long guns were engaged in delivering explosives to the front line, one of which was the Colossal ...
Today, as the name implies, it will be about the mortars of the middle of the last century. About those models, which began with large caliber mortars ...
What man destroys his own kind? The record holder is our AK-47, but it's not about records. The point is efficiency and value for money. Speech about small-caliber mortars ...
The artillery of the Russian artillery consists of guns of various calibers up to 203 mm. The most powerful model of such weapons is the self-propelled 2C7M “Malka” cannon ...
Self-propelled artillery has many advantages over towed artillery. This is the best tactical mobility, increased crew protection, on-board ammunition and the ability to automate ...
Universal and widespread fragmentation ammunition can destroy everything that is not protected by water, concrete and thick armor. Modern shells possess the beginnings of intelligence ...
If there is nothing to buy new equipment, you should rebuild the old one. The project of the Ministry of Defense of Peru on AMX-13D30 Vulcano is aimed at obtaining new SAU, assembled from existing tanks and howitzers ...
High-precision mortar mines are attracting increasing attention from the US military, who see such advantages as increased accuracy, reduced indirect losses, and simplified ...
During the Second World War, there was a steady tendency to increase the caliber of anti-tank artillery. So, the American army entered the war with 37-mm cannons, and ended it with guns ...
The history of the Soviet light self-propelled artillery installations is inextricably linked with the city of Gorky, the current Nizhny Novgorod. It was here that artillery systems were developed and built, which ...
Having created a universal chassis for lightweight self-propelled artillery self-propelled guns, NORINCO Corporation developed a combat vehicle with a universal weapon. An all-terrain vehicle with a gun-howitzer-mortar was presented under ...