To successfully accomplish combat missions, units of the armed forces need modern means of detection for various purposes. In particular, radar stations of artillery reconnaissance are required ...

The early projects of dynamite guns, developed by David M. Mefford, Edmund Zalinsky and other American gunsmith engineers, had a common characteristic flaw. These guns used ...

In the interwar period, the most active development of armored vehicles was observed, which provoked the development of new anti-tank systems. After the outbreak of World War II, similar trends ...

By the end of the eighties of the 19th century, the American artillery officer Edmund Louis Gray Zalinsky brought his projects of dynamite guns to a condition suitable for use by the armed forces. The first ...

In 1883, Fort Hamilton, which defended the New York Harbor, became a testing ground for an experienced dynamite gun designed by David M. Mefford. The sample submitted for verification was based on ...

At the end of the XIX century, the emergence of new technologies led to a significant increase in the characteristics of artillery weapons. Attempts to use new ideas, solutions and technologies led to the emergence ...

The 152-mm howitzer "Msta-B" (GRAU index - 2А65) can be considered the last in a long series of post-war field howitzers of Soviet development. At the same time, much less is known about it than about 152-mm ...

We can hardly imagine a battlefield without the “god of war” - barreled artillery. In the Second World War, it was the share of artillery fire, and not the bombs and small arms that had the most affected ...

Since September 6, the Patriot park near Moscow receives visitors to the Army-2016 forum. The main purpose of this event is to demonstrate the latest domestic developments in the field of armaments and ...

At the end of World War II in Europe, Nazi Germany was forced to struggle with numerous problems. A special place among all the difficulties encountered was the lack of military equipment ...

In recent years, one of the main directions of development of artillery is the creation of self-propelled systems. New samples of self-propelled vehicles with one or another weapon are regularly demonstrated. In the end...

In the past 20 years, many armies in the world have chosen the 120 caliber mm for their heavy mortars. In some units, a heavy mortar is used as artillery weapons ....

Mortars are part of the field artillery. They are intended for mounted shooting at concealed targets, as well as for destroying field fortifications and differ from guns firing at direct targets ...

In 1941, the army of Hitler's Germany began operating the newest light armored personnel carrier Sd.Kfz.250. This semi-tracked vehicle could carry four fighters with weapons, protect them from ...

After the US Army met with the Wehrmacht on the battlefield, it quickly became clear that the United States simply did not have an effective means to defeat heavy German tanks. Main...

Self-propelled artillery of various classes is of great interest to all armies in the world, since it has a number of characteristic advantages over towed systems. This interest leads to the appearance of ...

Probably everyone saw the footage shot from the air, which shows the Syrian cities that have become the scene of hostilities. At first glance, everything is terrible - broken glass, broken brick walls and ...

For a long time, the protection of state borders was based on a system of strong points - fortresses, fortified areas, lines of defense. But the Second World War showed that positional defense on land, ...

75 years ago, on June 21, 1941, a day before the start of the Great Patriotic War, the BM-13 rocket artillery combat vehicle was adopted by the Workers 'and Peasants' Red Army (RKKA) ...

As you know, the civil war in the United States has become a "testing ground" for many types of weapons and military equipment, including tower battleships, submarines, ...

Local conflicts in recent decades have had a noticeable effect on the development of weapons and military equipment. For use in specific conditions and on different landscapes, systems with ...

Continued joint exercises of the NATO forces Saber Strike 2016. As part of this event, military personnel of several countries of the North Atlantic Alliance in the conditions of landfills in the territory of a number ...

In September 1944, the German industry released the latest self-propelled guns such as 15cm sIG 33 (Sf) auf Pz.Kpfw.38 (t) Ausf.M Grille. The cessation of their production was due to ...

The Tsar Cannon, which is one of the symbols of the Moscow Kremlin, is familiar to many as one of the iconic sights of the Russian capital. However, to take part in the hostilities of this ...