7.62 mm M4 M1931 Assembly plant: Тульский оружейный завод (Tula, USSR) Chief engineers: Khairem Maksim (UK) and Fyodor Tokarev (USSR) Years of production: 1928-1945 Production: 12,000 Crew: 3 Rate of fire: 2400 rpm Muzzle velocity: 740 m/s Fire range: 1600…

9A31 Strela-1. Classification GRAU: 9K31. NATO reporting name: SA-9 “Gaskin” The 9K31 Strela-1 (Russian: 9К31 «Стрела-1»; English: arrow) is a highly mobile, short-range, low altitude infra-red guided surface-to-air missile system. The system consists of…

150 mm M31: Hungarian heavy howitzer Military Museum (Belgrade)

The 75 mm Howitzer Motor Carriage M8 was a self-propelled howitzer vehicle of the United States in use during World War II. It was developed on the chassis of the M5 Stuart tank and was equipped with a M116 howitzer in an M7 mount. 1,778 of the Howitzer Motor…

Cannone Anticarro da 47/32 Model 1935: Italian anti-tank infantry gun Military Museum (Belgrade)

C.A.A. 90/50. Spanish howitzer in Lanjarón. Used by the Spanish Army MADOC.

A Soviet 240 mm mortar (M 240) from WW2. Designed in 1944. Crew – 11, fire range: 9650 m (high explosive fragmentation), 19690 m (rocket assisted projectile), one shot per minute, projectile speed – 158-362 m/s, projectile weight – 130.7 kg

Strategic cruise missiles: the Soviet Meteorite-A. Designed to defeat strategic facilities. Developed in the NPO “Mechanical Engineering”. In 1984, work on the avia version was finished. The sea version had been being developed until 1989, however, due to…

Combat equipment of the USSR: the artillery railway transporter TM-1-180. Developed in 1935. The weight in the fighting position is 160 tons. The range of fire is 38 kilometers. The weight of the projectile is 97 kg. A crew – 40 people. Museum of the Soviet…

A Soviet 85 mm anti-tank gun D-48 N from WW2. Crew – 6, fire range – 18970 m, projectile weight – 9.3 kg

BM-30 Smerch-M (9A52-2) Development: ТулгосНИИточмаш (Tula, USSR) Designer: G. A. Denezhkin Year: 1989 Crew: 4 Fire range: 120 km Weight: 43,509 kg Weight (missile): 850 kg

Artillery of the USSR: the 37 mm automatic air defense gun M1939 (61-K) is a Soviet 37 mm calibre anti-aircraft gun developed during the late 1930s and used during World War II. The main artillery weapon of the USSR during WW II to fight low-flying enemy…

210 mm gun M1939 (Br-17). A Czechoslovak heavy siege gun used by the Soviet Union during World War II. The mass of a projectile is 133 kg. Range of fire – 29400 m. Rate of fire – 1 shot in two minutes

BM-27 Uragan. GRAU index: 9P140 BM-27 Uragan The BM-27 Uragan is capable of launching 220 mm rockets from 16 launch tubes mounted on the rear of a ZiL-135 8×8 chassis. This vehicle is extremely similar to that used in the FROG-7 free flight rocket system.…

A Soviet 85 mm divisional gun SD-44. Crew – 5

The S-300 (NATO classification SA-10 Grumble) is a series of initially Soviet and later Russian long range surface-to-air missile systems produced by NPO Almaz, based on the initial S-300P version. The S-300 system was developed to defend against aircraft…

Guard Crane (4-pounds, 87 mm) Country: Rzeczpospolita (Riga) Year: 1609 Material: bronze Weight: 1206 kg Artillery Museum (Petrograd District, St. Petersburg)

The artillery of the USSR: the coupled anti-aircraft gun 23-2 (23 mm) as part of two anti-aircraft guns. Entered service in 1960. The production was carried out by the USSR, and then by a number of countries including Egypt, China (only for export), Czechoslovakia…

Artillery of the USSR: C-60 antiaircraft gun (57 mm). Soviet anti-aircraft artillery complex using anti-aircraft guns AZP-57 (caliber 57 mm), developed in the mid-1940s and widespread in the world. AZP-57 of the S-60 system was the first Soviet anti-aircraft…

Artillery of the USSR: the anti-tank gun BS-3. Actively used during the Second World War by the Soviet Army against heavy German tanks “Tiger” and “Panther”. Vadim Zadorozhny’s Museum of Equipment, Moscow Years of production: 1944 – 1951 Country of origin:…