Big Guns Go Boom: The Most Fearsome Artillery Systems in Russia's Arsenal
Big Guns Go Boom: The Most Fearsome Artillery Systems in Russia's Arsenal
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On Sunday, Russia marks Missile Forces and Artillery Day, a holiday dedicated to artillery troops. In honor of the celebration, Sputnik has collected a gallery... 19.11.2017, Sputnik International
On Sunday, Russia marks Missile Forces and Artillery Day, a holiday dedicated to artillery troops. In honor of the celebration, Sputnik has collected a gallery of the deadliest, most accurate and most interesting artillery systems in the arsenals of Russia's Armed Forces.
Artillery units have been used by Russia's military since the 14th century, making them one of the oldest branches in the armed forces. Artillery has been used widely and effectively over many centuries, including the many wars fought during the Imperial and Soviet periods. During World War II, the then newly created multiple launch rocket systems were a particularly effective weapon in the war against Nazi Germany, with the legendary Katyusha rocket artillery system proving extremely deadly against the Axis on the Eastern Front. The USSR continued to build and expand its technical know-how and military doctrines behind the WWII-era systems well into the Cold War, with Russian military designers carrying the torch forward into the present day.
a BM-27 self-propelled multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) launching its salvo during artillery drills with the 5th Combined Army at the Sergeevsky range in Primorsky Krai region in Russia's Far East.
A BM-30 Smerch MLRS during a demonstration of military qeuipment at the 9th International Exhibition of Arms, Military Equipment and Ammunition in Nizhny Tagil, Sverdlovsk region, Russia.
A 2S5 Giatsint self-propelled artillery piece fires during tactical drills in the Eastern Military District at the Sergeevsky range in Primorsky Krai region in Russia's Far East.
Soldiers prepare the Iskander-M Tactical Ballistic Missile System, a mobile short-range ballistic missile system, for a demonstration at the ARMY-2017 International Military-Technical Forum at a proving ground in Sverdlovsk region.
Visitors take a look up close at the 2S4 Tulip self-propelled mortar system, featured at a expo of military equipment during the ARMY-2017 Forum at the Alabino training ground.
A veteran BM-21 Grad multiple-launch rocket system, spiritural successor to the legendary Katyusha, during the Indra-2017 joint Russian-Indian inter-service drills at the Sergeevsky training ground in Primorsky Krai.
Russia's newest coastal defense system, the K-300P Bastion, during drills in Primorsky Krai. The new system entered into service in 2016 with units of the coastal defense troops of the Pacific Fleet, and has since been deployed in other regions, including Crimea.
A 2S34 Hosta self-propelled howitzer emerging from a cloud of smoke during a demonstration of new and prospective weapons and special equipment during the ARMY-2017 Forum.
A serviceman stands guard beside a Bal coastal missile defense system as it prepared to launch an anti-ship cruise missile during the joint Russian-Belarusian Zapad-2017 strategic drills in the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad.
A Msta-S self-propelled artillery installatioon at a training ground in the Minsk region in Belarus during the joint Russian-Belarusian Zapad-2017 drills.
The S23 Nona-SKV self-propelled gun, built on the chassis of a BTR-80 armored personnel carrier, during a display of equipment ahead of the ARMY-2015 military technical forum outside Moscow.
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