EAPS Kinetic Interceptor

EAPS Kinetic Interceptor

The main purpose of the EAPS system is to intercept and destroy single targets such as a projectile / mine, creating a kind of umbrella over the protected unit, which will weaken firing actions according to ...
Experimental SAU "Object 327". Cannon outside the tower

Experimental SAU "Object 327". Cannon outside the tower

One of the main problems in tank building from the very emergence of this area of ​​technology was the pollution of the fighting compartment. As time went on, there were new tanks, engines, guns and other systems ....
Self-propelled artillery installation SU-122-54

Self-propelled artillery installation SU-122-54

In 1947, at the Omsk Plant No. 147, the SU-100 self-propelled artillery (SAU) was discontinued, where its production at the beginning of 1946 was transferred from Uralmashzavod. In accordance with the decree ...
37-mm airborne PTP model 1944 of the year (CHK-M1)

37-mm airborne PTP model 1944 of the year (CHK-M1)

The 37 mm anti-tank airborne cannon of the 1944 model of the year had the unique design of a nearly recoilless cannon. The recoillessness of the gun was achieved in two ways: thanks to the powerful ...
Domestic battalion cannon 1915 — 1930

Domestic battalion cannon 1915 — 1930

In Russia, anti-tank guns appeared in the fall of 1914. No, this statement is not a typo or the author’s desire to prove that Russia is the “birthplace of elephants”. Just PTP had in it ...
SAU "Object 268": Tsar "Hypericums"

SAU "Object 268": Tsar "Hypericums"

The high efficiency of use of self-propelled 152-millimeter guns during the Great Patriotic War made this type of equipment one of the most promising. In the eyes of some professionals and military ...
“Luka” and “Katyusha” against “Vanyusha”

“Luka” and “Katyusha” against “Vanyusha”

or a story about how “Katyusha” became “Katyusha” and ousted from the history of an important hero “Luka” with an indecent but quite front-line “last name” About “Katyusha” - multiple launch rocket launchers, ...
Armor is strong and our tanks are fast

Armor is strong and our tanks are fast

25 June 1941 - the fourth day of the war. In the book of notes, the chief of the German general staff, Colonel General Halder, one after another, the victorious reports and suddenly after talking on ...
HM70 and M98 hybrids howitzer and mortar

HM70 and M98 hybrids howitzer and mortar

Thanks to the beginning of the Cold War, weapons and military equipment in the fifties of the last century developed in accordance with the Olympic motto: faster, higher stronger. Aircraft began to fly faster and ...
Mysterious C-500: known details

Mysterious C-500: known details

For obvious reasons, there is still very little data on the C-500 anti-aircraft missile system under development. This is quite understandable, because the development is still underway and most of the details are secret, and ...
ISU-152-1 and ISU-152-2: Supergatters

ISU-152-1 and ISU-152-2: Supergatters

The Great Patriotic War, as well as World War II as a whole, is often called the war of engines. Indeed, the appearance in the army of a huge number of motorized equipment radically changed the tactics ...
Onshore Mobile Artillery Complex A-222 "Bereg"

Onshore Mobile Artillery Complex A-222 "Bereg"

The coastal defense system "Bereg" is designed to destroy surface ships of small and medium displacement with speed characteristics up to one hundred knots, with a detection radius of up to 35 ...
170 mm super-range ACN M1989 Koksan

170 mm super-range ACN M1989 Koksan

М1978 "Koksan" (cor. 곡 산포; the western name given to the car in honor of the city in which it was first noticed) is the North Korean 170-mm self-propelled artillery unit of the class of self-propelled howitzers ....
American PT-ACS since the war (part 3) - M36 Slugger

American PT-ACS since the war (part 3) - M36 Slugger

The M36 Slugger is a medium mass self-propelled artillery unit from the USA during the Second World War, belongs to the class of tank destroyers. It was created in 1942-1943 year on the basis of the tank M4 "Sherman" ....
Type 89 Chinese Self-Propelled Howitzer

Type 89 Chinese Self-Propelled Howitzer

The Chinese self-propelled gun caliber 122 mm type 89, or you can hear another name for self-propelled guns - PLZ-89, was designed and created for the Chinese armed forces in 80 years, the first time this technique ...