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…

2S6 Tunguska. GRAU classification: 2K22. NATO reporting name: SA-19 “Grison” Development of the 2K22 anti-aircraft system began on 8 June 1970. At the request of the Soviet Ministry of Defense, the KBP Instrument Design Bureau in Tula, under the guidance…

76 mm divisional gun M1942 (ZiS-3): Soviet field gun Artillery Factory №92 began designing the ZiS-3 at the end of 1940. The ZiS-3 combined the light carriage from the 57 mm ZiS-2 anti-tank gun and the powerful 76.2 mm barrel from the F-22USV, the previous…

122 mm howitzer 2A18 (D-30) Victory Museum (Moscow) The 122-mm howitzer D-30 (GRAU index: 2A18) is a Soviet howitzer that first entered service in 1960. It is a robust piece that focuses on the essential features of a towed field gun suitable for all conditions.…

152 mm 2S19 Msta-S The 2S19 Msta (Russian: Мста, after the Msta River) is a 152.4 mm self-propelled howitzer designed by the Soviet Union, which entered service in 1989 as the successor to the 2S3 Akatsiya. The vehicle has the running gear of the T-80, but…

203.4 mm B-4M. GRAU: 52-G-625M The design of a wheeled carriage for the 203.4-mm B-4 howitzer was developed at OKB-221 at the Barrikady plant on its own initiative. From 1947 to 1954, the Barrikady plant repaired the entire fleet of howitzers in service with…

GMZ-2: Soviet tracked minelayer GMZ-2 (obyect 118-2) is a second-generation Soviet tracked minelayer, created to replace the GMZ-1. GMZ-2 was adopted by the engineering troops of the Armed Forces of the USSR in 1970. Designed for mechanized anti-tank mining…

PTS-2: Soviet tracked amphibious transport The PTS is a Soviet tracked amphibious transport. PTS stands for Plavayushchij Transportyer – Sryednyj or medium amphibious transport vehicle. Its industrial index was Ob’yekt 65. Introduced in 1965, it is large…

BAT-M The BAT-M (Russian БАТ-М) is a Soviet-made superheavy bulldozer that was mainly used in the military environment of the Warsaw Pact countries. Depending on the body, it is 10.0 m long, 4.78 m wide and 2.95 m high without a crane. The chassis is based…

IMR-2 Obyekt 616 The IMR-2 machine was designed in Omsk at KBTM, and attachments and the development of design, design and technological documentation at the Special Design Bureau SKB-200 of the Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant and Novokramatorsk Machine-Building…

BTM-3 BTM-3 is an army vehicle for quickly laying ditches and trenches in category I-IV soils, that is, the machine is capable of tearing trenches in soils from sandy to frozen. It was created in the USSR in the 1970s for the engineering troops, but has found…

MDK-2 Adopted by the engineering troops of the USSR in 1962. In the future, the MDK-3 was adopted, but the previously released MDK-2 remained in operation. Country: USSR Year: 1962 Crew: 2 Speed of digging: 200 m³/h Max speed: 36 km/h Weight: 27300 kg Artillery…

2B1 Oka (420 mm) An experimental model was ready in 1957. Its chassis (Object 273), was designed and built by the Kirov Plant. Its 20-meter barrel allowed it to fire 750 kg rounds up to 45 km. Due to its complexity of loading it had a relatively low rate…

280 mm M1939 (Br-5) The Br-5 mortar shared the same tracked, box trail carriage as the 152 mm gun M1935 (Br-2) and the 203 mm howitzer M1931 (B-4). By the 1930s the Red Army’s siege artillery consisted of obsolete stocks of 280 mm Schneider M1914/15’s (25…

½ pounder (37 mm) naval gun Made in Izhorsk (Russian Empire) Year: 1841 Material: bronze Weight: 18 kg Artillery Museum (Petrograd District, St. Petersburg)

3 pounder (77 mm) naval cannon Made in Izhorsk (Russian Empire) Year: 1833 Material: bronze Length: 150 cm Weight: 272 kg Artillery Museum (Petrograd District, St. Petersburg)

12 pounder (120 mm) Baumgart Made in Saint Petersburg (Russian Empire) by Engelgardt Year: 1855 Material: bronze Crew: 15 Length: 175 cm Fire range: 1065 m Weight: 522 kg Artillery Museum (Petrograd District, St. Petersburg)

¼-pound (122 mm) horse unicorn from Russian Empire Made in Saint Petersburg (Russian Empire) by Rusin Lafet Year: 1816 Material: bronze Crew: 15 Length: 141 cm Fire range: 1480 m Weight: 320 kg Artillery Museum (Petrograd District, St. Petersburg)

Barrel of a 3-pound (78 mm) experimental unicorn (cannon) Made in Russian Empire Year: 1808 Material: bronze Length: 96 cm Weight: 87 kg Artillery Museum (Petrograd District, St. Petersburg)

¾-pounder (40 mm) cannon Made in Russian Empire Year: 1812 Material: bronze Length: 86 cm Weight: 43 kg Artillery Museum (Petrograd District, St. Petersburg)