Škoda VZ 24 – anti-tank gun from 1934

9A33 Osa. GRAU classification: 9K33. NATO code: SA-8 Gecko. Export version: Romb The Osa was the first mobile air defense missile system incorporating its own engagement radars on a single vehicle. All versions of the 9K33 feature all-in-one 9A33 transporter…

9A35 Strela-10. GRAU classification: 9K35. NATO reporting name: SA-13 “Gopher” Vadim Zadorozhny’s museum of equipment (Moscow) The 9K35 Strela-10 (Russian: 9К35 «Стрела-10»; English: arrow) is a Soviet highly mobile, short-range surface-to-air missile system.…

Trunk of ½ pood (157 mm) regimental unicorn Manufacturer: St. Petersburg arsenal (Russian Empire) Year: 1787 Material: bronze Weight: 770 kg Artillery Museum (Petrograd District, St. Petersburg)

RZ-25. GRAU index: 5V11. NATO code: SA-5 Griffon The development of the complex was started in 1955 by a decree of the Council of Ministers of the USSR of March 24, 1955. The project of the new complex was proposed by the chief designer of OKB-301 S. A. Lavochkin.…

SA 37 – a French anti-tank cannon from 1937

90 mm Minenwerfer M17: Austro-Hungarian medium mortar The 9 cm Minenwerfer M 17 (Trench mortar) was a medium mortar used by Austria-Hungary in World War I. It was developed by the Hungarian Gun Factory to meet a competition held on 3 October 1917 to replace…

Volvo HBT Made in Sweden in 1944 Engine: Volvo FCT (6 cylinders) Power: 90 HP Speed: 65 km/h Weight: 4755 kg

305 mm naval railway artillery transporter TM-3-12. Developed in May 1936. Range of firing – 50 km. Rate of fire – 2 shots per minute. The projectile weight is 470 kg. A crew – 50. The Museum of the Great Patriotic War, Moscow

50 mm Panzerabwehrkanone 38 (L/60): German anti-tank gun The 5 cm Pak 38 (L/60) was a German anti-tank gun of 50 mm calibre. It was developed in 1938 by Rheinmetall-Borsig AG as a successor to the 3.7 cm Pak 36, and was in turn followed by the 7.5 cm Pak…

The AMX-30 AuF1 is a French self-propelled gun vehicle currently in use by the armies of France and Saudi Arabia. It replaced the former Mk F3 155mm in French Army service. The AuF1 primary advance is that it incorporates full armor and nuclear-biological…

SAM system S-125-ML (Pechora-ML). Ramenskoye city park

The Sturmgeschütz III (StuG III) assault gun was Germany’s second most-produced armoured fighting vehicle during World War II. built on the chassis of the proven Panzer III tank, replacing the turret with an armored, fixed superstructure mounting a more powerful…

9A330 Tor (torus). GRAU classification: 9K330 NATO reporting name: SA-15 “Gauntlet” The Tor (Russian: Тор) is an all-weather, low-to medium-altitude, short-range surface-to-air missile system designed for destroying airplanes, helicopters, cruise missiles…

122 mm howitzer D-30 of the 1960 model. The mass of the projectile is 2.76 kg. The firing range is 15300 m. The rate of fire is 1-2 shots per minute. A crew – 5 people. Museum of the Soviet Army, Moscow

The BM-21 “Grad” is a Soviet truck-mounted 122 mm multiple rocket launcher.  The BM-21 “Grad” (Russian: БМ-21 “Град”, lit. ’hailstorm’) is a self-propelled 122 mm multiple rocket launcher designed in the Soviet Union. The system and the M-21OF rocket were…

The M44 was an American-made self-propelled 155 mm howitzer based on the M41 Walker Bulldog tank chassis, first introduced in the early 1950s. Flaws in its design prevented it from seeing action in the Korean War, but the type went on to serve in the U.S.…

Canon de campagne de 80 mm modèle 1877 de Bange: French field gun It developed in France by Colonel Charles Ragon de Bange in 1877, and adopted by the French Army that same year. It superseded the earlier Reffye cannon (1870) and the Lahitolle 95mm cannon…

M114 155 mm howitzer The M114 is a towed howitzer developed and used by the United States Army. It was first produced in 1941 as a medium artillery piece called the “155 mm Howitzer M1”. The M114 served with the U.S. Army during World War II, the Korean War…