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7 records found on category [Artillery]
Gigantic artillery of the Third Reich by Sakhal
[b][fl]280-millimeter Kanone 5 [E][/fl][/b][p] The Allied troops that the 22nd January 1944 landed in Anzio had not thought that the German resistance would be so tenacious. There has been controversy about the behavior of General Lucas, about how Operat...
[ Date: 2018-11-22 | Length: 16 Kb | Update: 2020-12-07 ]
[b][fl]280-millimeter Kanone 5 [E][/fl][/b][p] The Allied troops that the 22nd January 1944 landed in Anzio had not thought that the German resistance would be so tenacious. There has been controversy about the behavior of General Lucas, about how Operat...
[ Date: 2018-11-22 | Length: 16 Kb | Update: 2020-12-07 ]
Railway artillery by Sakhal
Max E The Schiffskanone L/35 Max Eisenbahn und Bettungs Gerust of caliber 380 millimeters was a naval cannon adaptable to any railroad or to a barbette, as the ones used for coastal defense, and the Max E was the Eisenbahn or railway version. When ...
[ Date: 2015-06-23 | Length: 14 Kb | Update: Never ]
Max E The Schiffskanone L/35 Max Eisenbahn und Bettungs Gerust of caliber 380 millimeters was a naval cannon adaptable to any railroad or to a barbette, as the ones used for coastal defense, and the Max E was the Eisenbahn or railway version. When ...
[ Date: 2015-06-23 | Length: 14 Kb | Update: Never ]
Artillery on the 20th century by Sakhal
Future military historians that would look backward to the 20th century could easily think that it was the zenith of artillery. Due to the huge diversity of types and multitude of designs, it seems that will never be seen again anything like the artil...
[ Date: 2015-06-19 | Length: 15 Kb | Update: Never ]
Future military historians that would look backward to the 20th century could easily think that it was the zenith of artillery. Due to the huge diversity of types and multitude of designs, it seems that will never be seen again anything like the artil...
[ Date: 2015-06-19 | Length: 15 Kb | Update: Never ]
Soviet rocket artillery - From BM-13 to BM-27 by Sakhal
During several decades the Soviet Union deployed the most powerful multiple-rocket artillery systems, a tendency that led to the huge BM-30 Smerch which as 2018 goes by is currently in service, along with the BM-27 Uragan, with the Russian Army. The diffe...
[ Date: 2015-06-18 | Length: 10 Kb | Update: 2018-02-07 ]
During several decades the Soviet Union deployed the most powerful multiple-rocket artillery systems, a tendency that led to the huge BM-30 Smerch which as 2018 goes by is currently in service, along with the BM-27 Uragan, with the Russian Army. The diffe...
[ Date: 2015-06-18 | Length: 10 Kb | Update: 2018-02-07 ]
German ballistic contraptions of the Second World War by Sakhal
Recoilless cannons for aircraft The "Davis cannon" was a recoilless cannon for aircraft introduced in the Royal Naval Air Service during the last weeks of the First World War, with the purpose of hitting ships and submarines. The problem to solve was...
[ Date: 2015-06-10 | Length: 31 Kb | Update: Never ]
Recoilless cannons for aircraft The "Davis cannon" was a recoilless cannon for aircraft introduced in the Royal Naval Air Service during the last weeks of the First World War, with the purpose of hitting ships and submarines. The problem to solve was...
[ Date: 2015-06-10 | Length: 31 Kb | Update: Never ]
Soviet rocket artillery - From Katyusha to Smerch by Sakhal
Two Russian state-owned corporations, SPLAV and Rosvoorouzhenie, presented in the shooting range at Orenburg, ending the 20th century, an improved version of the multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) BM-21 "Grad", a system in use in Russia and in other...
[ Date: 2015-01-16 | Length: 15 Kb | Update: 2015-01-16 ]
Two Russian state-owned corporations, SPLAV and Rosvoorouzhenie, presented in the shooting range at Orenburg, ending the 20th century, an improved version of the multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) BM-21 "Grad", a system in use in Russia and in other...
[ Date: 2015-01-16 | Length: 15 Kb | Update: 2015-01-16 ]
ZSU-57-2 and ZSU-23-4 anti-aircraft artillery by Sakhal
ZSU-57-2 The ZSU-57-2 was the first Soviet self-propelled anti-aircraft artillery system that entered service in large scale after the Second World War (in 1955-56). It was introduced in the Red Army to provide anti-aircraft defense to the armored fo...
[ Date: 2015-01-14 | Length: 8 Kb | Update: Never ]
ZSU-57-2 The ZSU-57-2 was the first Soviet self-propelled anti-aircraft artillery system that entered service in large scale after the Second World War (in 1955-56). It was introduced in the Red Army to provide anti-aircraft defense to the armored fo...
[ Date: 2015-01-14 | Length: 8 Kb | Update: Never ]