New Chinese modular MLRS SR5

New Chinese modular MLRS SR5

At the IDEX 2013 military exhibition, a new Chinese modular MLRS has been demonstrated called SR5. The SR5 medium range salvo jet fighting vehicle is ...
China has adopted a new ACS

China has adopted a new ACS

IHS Jane's Defense Weekly reports that a new self-propelled artillery mount has been adopted by the People's Liberation Army of China. The first batch of new combat vehicles known as...
Artillerymen, calling the Motherland of us!

Artillerymen, calling the Motherland of us!

On November 19, the Russian Armed Forces celebrate the 69th anniversary of the establishment of the Day of Missile Forces and Artillery. Looking back at the past of Russia's military history, it should be noted that ...
Multiple launch rocket system LARS-2

Multiple launch rocket system LARS-2

The "Lars-2" (Leichtes Artillerie-Raketen-System) multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) is designed to destroy advanced crews of military equipment, dispersed manpower ...
Ukrainian modernization of the MLRS

Ukrainian modernization of the MLRS

The Ukrainian military-industrial complex offers a number of options for modernizing Soviet MLRS: the modernization of the BM-21 Grad to the Bastion-1 (2) option, and the 9K54 Uragan to ...
Little David Mortar - the largest caliber gun in the world

Little David Mortar - the largest caliber gun in the world

At different times in different countries, the designers started a fit of gigantomania. Gigantomania manifested itself in various directions, including in artillery. For example, in 1586 in Russia from ...
Domestic anti-tank self-propelled artillery. 2-Part I

Domestic anti-tank self-propelled artillery. 2-Part I

After the war, several types of anti-tank self-propelled guns were developed in the USSR after the war to combat the new medium and heavy tanks that appeared in the United States and Great Britain. In the middle of 50 began ...
American experienced SAU T92

American experienced SAU T92

T92 - one of the most powerful self-propelled artillery mounts mid-XX century. Developed in the USA at the end of the Second World War. Serially this 240-mm SAU was never produced, everything was ...
Domestic anti-tank self-propelled artillery. 1-Part I

Domestic anti-tank self-propelled artillery. 1-Part I

Before the war in the USSR, numerous attempts were made to create various self-propelled artillery installations (SAU). Dozens of projects were reviewed, prototypes were built for many of them ....
German Tornado: "Rocket System 80"

German Tornado: "Rocket System 80"

At the beginning of the 70-s, the Germans tried to create their long-range MRL of a decent caliber to partially replace the LARS-1 MLRS. I strongly suspect, by the way, that her main task ...
Multiple launch rocket system LARS-1

Multiple launch rocket system LARS-1

During the Second World War, German troops had the opportunity to see the high effectiveness of the Soviet MLRS BM-13 and BM-31. There were installations of the MLRS and in the German army. It is therefore not surprising that ...
"Pinocchio" on "Sunshine"

"Pinocchio" on "Sunshine"

During the Vietnam War, American gunsmiths proposed a new type of ammunition: a bomb sprayed around a combustible liquid, and then set it on fire. The explosive combustion of the fluid hit the target ...
Self-propelled mortar 2B1 "Oka"

Self-propelled mortar 2B1 "Oka"

The cold war pushed the Soviet defense industry to the development of unique types of weapons, which even after 50 years can excite the man in the street. Anyone who would ...
Soviet post-war anti-tank artillery

Soviet post-war anti-tank artillery

After the end of the war, anti-tank artillery was in service in the USSR: 37-mm airborne cannons of the 1944 model of the year, 45-mm anti-tank guns arr. 1937 year and arr. 1942 ...
Self-propelled gun "Condenser-2P" (index 2А3, USSR)

Self-propelled gun "Condenser-2P" (index 2А3, USSR)

The self-propelled gun "Condenser-2P", index GRAU 2А3 - heavy self-propelled unit weighing 64 tons, capable of sending 570 kilogram projectile at a distance of 25,6 kilometers. Serially not ...
Tank destroyer Type 89 / PTZ-89 (China)

Tank destroyer Type 89 / PTZ-89 (China)

In the seventies of the last century, several ideas emerged in the leading countries of the world that determined the further development of tank design. New main tanks were equipped with powerful combined armor and ...
Chrysanthemum-C - anti-tank flower

Chrysanthemum-C - anti-tank flower

It is possible that people who occasionally communicate with the military from armored forces have heard a strange catch phrase: “In order for the enemy’s broken tanks to be overgrown with chrysanthemums.” Yes,...