15 cm Panzer-Haubitzer 18/1 auf Fahrgestell GW III / IV Hummel / Sd.Kfz.165 / "Hummel" The self-propelled howitzer is structurally similar to the Nashorn self-propelled anti-tank gun, but in ...

Sturmpanzer 38 (t), officially named Geschützwagen 38 (t) für s.IG.33 / 2 (Sf) or 15 cm s.IG.33 / 2 auf Panzerkampfwagen 38 (t), as well as Grille (transliterated as Grille - " Cricket ") —...

Panzer II at the beginning of 1942 was removed from the operating units and transferred to service and rear units. This step made it possible to use the chassis of this machine to create self-propelled guns ...

On August 27, 2012, Rosoboronexport, together with the NPO Splav and the Indian Ministry of Defense, signed a memorandum of cooperation in the field of ...

15 April 1943 was signed by the State Defense Committee Decree on the strengthening of anti-tank defense. It was necessary to create an anti-tank gun that would be able to pierce ...

One of the main qualities of field artillery is mobility. As the practice of the wars of the first half of the 20th century has shown, it is sometimes necessary to quickly transfer guns from one sector ...

Despite the fact that the gun C-23 caliber 180 mm was seen in 1955 g., The history of the creation of this tool so far remains very vague. Most likely, the C-23 is a maritime weapon ...

For centuries, fast-moving scrap has remained the best anti-tank ammunition. And the main issue over which gunsmiths are fighting is how to disperse it quickly. This is only in movies ...

The built prototype of the C-40 gun was successfully shot out at the factory and field tests that took place in the 1947 year. Accuracy and armor penetration of substaber armor-piercing ammunition was higher than that of ...

The inability to install a 75-mm howitzer on the chassis of a light tank M3 Stuart upset the US military, but did not lead to the abandonment of the desire to get a high-speed armored car with good firepower. AT...

In the period between the two world wars, several different combat strategies were created. According to one of them - in the future it will clearly show its effectiveness - the main shock ...

The widespread use of high-precision weapons (WTO) was the key to victory in the military conflicts of the last decades, and its intensive development is the general line of development of the means of armed ...

Art Committee 23 April 1946 issued tactical and technical requirements for the design of the hull duplex consisting of 152- and 130-millimeter cannons on a single carriage, which should change ...

The battle of Stalingrad, which became a turning point in the Great Patriotic War, clearly showed how difficult it is to conduct military operations in the city with the help of weapons and equipment intended for ...

The most famous German self-propelled gun of the Second World War "Ferdinand" owes its birth, on the one hand, to intrigues around the heavy tank VK 4501 (P), and on the other ...

At the end of the 1940, the Soviet Army needed to replace the X-NUMX-mm A-122 cannon (М19 / 1931), which was developed in a hurry and was produced in small quantities until 37. A-1945 was ...

The howitzer was developed in 1990-ies for fire support of armored vehicles of combined-arms units. The howitzer was created as a modern technology, capable of performing its tasks, ...

By the end of 1943, the command of the Wehrmacht, it became clear that the light anti-tank SAU family "Marder" is not fully meet their objectives. This was due to the appearance of ...

Howitzer 2A61 is one of the newest artillery pieces of the Russian army. The howitzer was developed by the State Unitary Enterprise (State Unitary Enterprise) "Plant No. 9". The first data on 2A61 were published in ...

The fighting in Afghanistan, in which the United States and its allies took an active part, clearly showed that the towed artillery systems in service are rather cumbersome and bad ...

420mm Mortar Gamma Mörser was developed and built by Krupp before the start of the PRC as a heavyweight siege howitzer. During the WWI, siege howitzers were used during the capture of the Kovno ...

In the late forties of the last century in the Soviet Union a heavy tank, the EC-7, was created. He had excellent for his time armament and solid booking. However, a number of circumstances related to ...

The 122 millimeter howitzer M-30, which is known in the West as M1938, is a persistent veteran. The howitzer was developed back in 1938, and a year later its serial industrial production began ...

The first tests of a prototype of a new anti-tank gun begin in the middle of the 1943 year. By the end of the year, the main work on the prototype had come to an end, they began to plan a serial production ...