Many probably noticed that mentions of various weapons systems appear in the "wave mode." For example, last fall, there was another wave of talk about heavy flamethrowers ...
M18 Hellcat (English witch) - 76-mm self-propelled artillery installation class fighter tanks of the Second World War. This American PT-ACS is lightweight, unlike most ...
The M10 Wolverine self-propelled artillery mount had the abbreviation GMC (3-in. Gun Motor Carriage) M10 and belonged to the class of tank destroyers. In the American army, this self-propelled gun ...
Artillery installation or as it was also called, the launcher of active projectiles of self-propelled type was designed according to the scheme of a closed pipe. Design work on ACS begins in ...
For decades, Swedish SAU has been proof that not only world leaders in the production of weapons can create unique models of equipment. Neither the USSR-Russia has such SAUs, nor ...
In the USSR, after the Great Patriotic War, work was intensified on the development and creation of new types of military equipment and weapons, airborne equipment and transport aircraft for the airborne forces. New direction also ...
Georgian President M. Saakashvili, together with the head of the military department B. Akhalai, in early March took part in the ground tests of the first model of the MLRS of its own production. Car ...
The Germans had the best in the world ACS or not - a moot point, but the fact that they managed to create one that left an indelible memory for all Soviet soldiers is for sure. It's about hard ...
The main problem of mortars at all stages of their existence was mobility. The calculation could not have time to curl up and leave the position and because of this fall under enemy fire. With the development of technology appeared ...
The main purpose of the tank is to provide the Austrian armed forces with their own anti-tank action machine, capable of performing tasks in a mountainous and hilly area ....
The transition of the Red Army to the conduct of active offensive actions at the end of 1942 of the year demonstrated the need to equip it with mobile artillery of special power. To combat the powerful pillboxes and ...
The need for the creation and development of self-propelled artillery was determined by the views of the Soviet military science 1930-s. Their essence was reduced to the fact that for successful combat operations tank ...
AT-1 (Artillery tank-1) - according to the classification of tanks of the middle 1930-s belonged to the class of specially created tanks, according to modern classification would be considered anti-tank self-propelled ...
In September 1931 of the year, the government of the USSR assigned the State Union Enterprise “Spetsmashtrest” with the task of preparing a mechanical mobile base for large-caliber artillery and ...
Self-propelled artillery unit (SAU) is a self-propelled artillery weapon capable of performing artillery fire missions, both from closed and open firing positions. After...
ISU-152 is the Soviet heavy SAU of the final period of the Great Patriotic War. In the name of the self-propelled gun, the abbreviation ISU means that the ACS was created on the basis of a new heavy IC tank. Adding a letter ...
The 416 object is one of the attempts of domestic designers to create a tank that has a minimal silhouette. During the design it turned out that the mechanisms used do not yet allow the construction of a tank with ...
SU-100 - Soviet SAU of the Second World War period, belongs to the class of tank destroyers, average in mass. The self-propelled gun was created on the basis of the medium tank T-34-85 by the designers of Uralmashzavod in ...
The self-propelled anti-tank gun of the airborne purpose was built on the original chassis, designed by OKB-40. Tests at the ASN-57 test site are held in April 49. In June of the same ...
September 44 of the year. The Uralmashzavod plant starts the serial production of self-propelled guns SU-100 - one of the best medium guns 2МВ. The caliber of 100 mm guns, good maneuverability for its time ...
In December, 1942, ChKZ Design Bureau (Chelyabinsk Kirovsky Zavod) was assigned the task of developing a heavy assault gun. In record time, in just 25 days, the plant team presented ...
SU-122 - medium mass Soviet self-propelled guns of the assault gun class (with minor restrictions could play the role of a self-propelled howitzer). This car was one of the first self-propelled guns that were ...
The gun of caliber 152 mm, model 37 of the year, known as the ML-20 and received the index 52-G-544А - domestic howitzer gun, used in the period 2MB. Gp mass produced from 37 to 46 year ....
In the Second World War, the Red Army entered, without having in the army a single serial version of the ACS, which could be used both to support infantry in the offensive, and to fight against tanks ...