American 155-mm self-propelled howitzer XM2001 Crusader

American 155-mm self-propelled howitzer XM2001 Crusader

Crusader 155-mm self-propelled howitzer was developed for the US Army to replace Paladin. It was assumed that the United States Army would need some 800 self-propelled guns. Crusader program in ...
Soviet assault howitzer

Soviet assault howitzer

SG-122 is a medium-mass Soviet self-propelled artillery unit (SAU) of self-propelled howitzer class based on the German Pz Kpfw III and SAU StuG III captured by the Red Army. Production...
Artillery tank in finnish

Artillery tank in finnish

Even during the so-called "Winter Warriors" 1939-40. among other trophies of the Finnish army got a certain number of Soviet high-speed tanks - BT. However, despite the fact that their fellow ...
Perspectives of towed artillery

Perspectives of towed artillery

Nowadays, a part of the barrel artillery of the ground forces of foreign countries includes towed and self-propelled guns, which are called "howitzers", because their main purpose ...
An alternative to mortar?

An alternative to mortar?

The battalion artillery appeared during the First World War, as an infantry escort artillery, designed to suppress suddenly appeared machine guns and other open and hidden gunfire ...
South Korean "Thunder"

South Korean "Thunder"

The company Forecast International, Inc., engaged in research and analysis of the arms market, after examining the market of self-propelled artillery installations, concluded that in the next ten years the most ...
The birth of "bitches"

The birth of "bitches"

How many derogatory nicknames got trudupe SU-76. A “dredge”, “a mass grave of four tankers”, “pulnul-escaped”, “cardboard armor” - it would seem that there is no place for anything good among them. AND...
Soviet Hetzers

Soviet Hetzers

Hardly any of the fans of the BTT, at the mention of the name "Hetzer", will understand what kind of car we are talking about. This short "coffin", armed with a powerful 75-mm gun, has become one of the most successful combat vehicles ...
From F-22 to Viper

From F-22 to Viper

End of 1920's in the USSR, there was marked a recovery in the industry, which was also hibernating due to the consequences of the four-year internecine and global division of the property of the former Russian ...
Heavy self-propelled SU-14

Heavy self-propelled SU-14

17 September 1931 Mr. Spetsmashtrest was given the task to develop a means of mechanization of artillery large and special power. In particular, it was proposed before 1 in May 1932 to submit projects to Arthurvol ...
Perspective MLRS MCL, or About quantity and quality

Perspective MLRS MCL, or About quantity and quality

In February, the international exhibition of weapons and military equipment IDEX-2013 was held in Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates). She did not remember any major contracts or unique ...
Airborne self-propelled gun ACS-85

Airborne self-propelled gun ACS-85

ASU-85 is an airborne self-propelled artillery unit, developed on the basis of the PT-76 light amphibious tank. The installation was intended to accompany tank and motorized rifle units, ...
SAU high power. 2C7 "Peony" (2C7M "Malka")

SAU high power. 2C7 "Peony" (2C7M "Malka")

The high-power ACS (or rather, increased power) has already been described in the article “Peony is the seventh flower in an artillery bouquet and its unified heirs” (“TiV” No. XXUMX / 12). In it was ...
Vigilant eye of Polish artillery

Vigilant eye of Polish artillery

The station of artillery radar reconnaissance has become an integral element of modern control and reconnaissance of artillery fire. Modern armies have ground reconnaissance stations with ...
Infantry support squad

Infantry support squad

An important component of the armored system of the Red Army in the period of the confrontation of the USSR with Hitler's Germany and its satellites was self-propelled artillery. As is known, in the part of the Red Army ...
God of war with nuclear goodies - SAU 2C7 "Peony"

God of war with nuclear goodies - SAU 2C7 "Peony"

“Peony” (also known as “Malka”, GRAU index - 2С7) - Soviet SAU, armed with 203-mm 2А44 cannon. The self-propelled artillery mount was put into service in the 1975 year, in the 1983 was ...