Airborne Forces - B-11 recoilless gun
The development of the recoilless gun of the 107mm caliber began at the end of the 1940-s under the direction of B.Shavyrin in SKB-4. The work was carried out on the basis of the B-10 gun, a similar design and principle was used ...
X-NUMX mm gun howitzer D-152 (20-P-52)
The 152 mm D-20 howitzer cannon was designed at the Yekaterinburg OKB-9 under the leadership of Petrov. Serial production began in 55 at plant number 221 in Volgograd (now FSUE ...
Heavy self-propelled howitzer "Slammer" (Sholef) caliber 155 mm
Self-propelled howitzer guns made on the basis of a modified chassis of the main Israeli tank "Merkava". On the chassis installed tower part with a caliber 155mm. Barrel length 52 caliber ....
Post-war anti-tank artillery. 85 mm PTS D-48
PTP D-48 caliber 85 millimeters developed in the second half of the 40-s team of designers under the leadership of Petrov. In the design of the new gun, some elements were used ...
Post-war anti-tank artillery. 85 mm PTS D-44
Anti-tank gun D-44 caliber 85 millimeters designed in the design office of the plant number 9 ("Uralmash"). This gun can hit tanks, armored personnel carriers, self-propelled artillery guns, ...
Armament of the armed forces of Iraq - self-propelled howitzers 155mm "Majnoon" and 210mm "Al Fao"
The first public appearance of the new ACS is the spring of 1989. Two prototypes were transported from Spain to Iraq on the An-124 transport aircraft, to the second international exhibition of military equipment, ...
Post-war anti-tank artillery. 57 mm anti-tank gun H-26
The X-NUMX-millimeter anti-tank gun X-57 was designed under the guidance of Charnko in OKBL-26 in 46 — 46. The barrel is a monoblock having a screwed breech. Muzzle brake high power on the length of 47 ...
Stubbornness will not bring to good: SAU Sturer Emil
In preparation for the invasion of the UK - Operation Sea Lion - the German command took into account the possibility of a collision with heavy British tanks. First of all, anxiety caused ...
Post-war anti-tank artillery. 57-mm anti-tank gun LB-3
The 57-mm anti-tank gun LB-3 was designed in the design bureau of the plant number 92. Her prototype was made in the second half of 46. LB-3 was supposed to replace ...
MLRS "Tornado-G" in the 20th Motorized Rifle Brigade
On the website vlg-media.ru of the information company "Volga-Media" of the Volgograd region administration, a report appeared on the new 122-mm 9K51M multiple launch rocket systems ...
Post-war anti-tank artillery. 57 mm anti-tank gun M16-2
In 1945, the Artcom GAU sent out a new 57-mm anti-tank gun to the design bureau and TTT plants, which was to replace the ZIS-2. The main difference between the new gun was ...
Post-war anti-tank artillery. 45 mm anti-tank gun M-5
German captured anti-tank guns 75 / 55-mm PACK.41 on the Soviet designers made a strong impression. In OKB-172, TsAKK Grabin, OKB-8, as well as other design offices created ...
German howitzer on the French chassis. SAU SdKfz 135 / 1
From the very beginning of the Wehrmacht North African campaign, artillery soldiers began to receive complaints. The fighters were unhappy with the natural conditions of the theater of operations. Often it was necessary ...
Howitzer D-1 model 1943 year
The main purpose of the 152 mm howitzer was to arm the Red Army in order to be able to overcome various obstacles by infantry units. The D1 howitzer was required in the corps units ...
122 mm KM3 "Kitolov-2M" artillery guided weapons complex
The main purpose of the complex is to defeat light-armored vehicles and enemy objects with a guided shot from self-propelled and towed artillery systems and 122mm caliber guns such as 2C1 ...
Increasing the capabilities of 120 mortars - KM-8 "Edge"
The KM-8 “Edge” domestic-made guided weapon set for smooth-bore and rifled mortars of caliber 120 mm is intended for destruction / destruction of single and group targets ...
First SAU of liberated France: AMX 50 Foch
Without waiting for the end of the Second World War, the new leadership of France announced its demands for promising military equipment. In March 1945 of the year, de Gaulle's government ordered ...
Two prototypes of one ELC AMX tank
In the Somur museum (France) there is an interesting exhibit of armored vehicles - an airborne tank ELC BIS. This is a prototype of the French tank 1955 of the year, designed to move it by air ...
SAU Dicker Max: a successful failure
The essence of the German “blitzkrieg” strategy was the rapid breakthroughs of mechanized formations in the weak points of the enemy’s defenses. The Nazis preferred not to attack in the forehead especially fortified objects, and ...
Belarusian-Ukrainian Mobile ATTM "KARAKAL"
The main purpose of the new complex is to defeat an armored vehicle of a potential enemy, even equipment equipped with dynamic armor, defensive and protective structures, surface ...
Regional wars - we need assault guns
New military and political realities: the collapse of the USSR, the loss of the USSR and Russia of the role of a superpower, the movement of NATO to the borders of Russia, the emergence of threat centers on its southern borders, the strengthening ...
X-NUMX mm A-122 gun: unparalleled
One of the symbols of the Red Army during the Great Patriotic War was the X-NUMX mm A-122 cannon. Photo and film materials on which these guns, lined up, lead, are very often used ...
Soviet howitzer D-30 caliber 122 mm
This howitzer was widely distributed not only in the Army of the Soviet Union, but also in the camps of the Warsaw Pact and allied camps. The howitzer was created in the USSR and under license in a number of states ....
Br-2 - 152 mm gun model 1935 of the year
At the end of the Civil War, there was a small number of special and high-powered weapons in the Red Army. The bulk were foreign-made tools. Most of them are moral and ...