S-125 Neva “SA-3 Goa” 5V 27D/U The S-125 was first deployed between 1961 and 1964 around Moscow, augmenting the S-25 and S-75 sites already ringing the city, as well as in other parts of the USSR. The S-125 was not used against U.S. forces in Vietnam, because…

Škoda 305 mm Mörser M.11 Made in Austria-Hungary Years of production: 1911-1918 Production: 79 Weight: 20,830 kg Crew: 15–17 Rate of fire: 10–12 rounds/hour Muzzle velocity: 340 m/s Maximum firing range: 11,300 m Military Museum (Belgrade)

The ASU-57 was a small, lightly constructed Soviet assault gun specifically designed for use by Soviet airborne divisions. From 1960 onwards, it was gradually phased out in favour of the ASU-85. The ASU-57 was designed to be a light-weight assault gun that…

9K52 Luna-M The 9K52 Luna-M (Russian: Луна; English: moon, NATO reporting name FROG-7) is a Soviet short-range artillery rocket system which fires unguided and spin-stabilized 9M21 rockets. It was originally developed in the 1960s to provide divisional artillery…

25 mm 72-K: Soviet automatic anti-aircraft gun This gun was developed in late 1939 – early 1940 by the design bureau of plant №8 Kalinin under the leadership of M. N. Loginov, the direct supervisor of the project was L. A. Loktev. As developed by the plant.…

Infantriefahrzeug (If.) 5 Wagen Made in Germany in 1938 Weight: 540 kg Armament: 2 × anti-aircraft gun Zwillingssockellafette (ZwiSoLa) MG 34

Army of China: the Type 63 multiple rocket launcher. A towed, 12-tube, 107mm rocket launcher produced by the People’s Republic of China in the early 1960s and later exported and manufactured globally. Museum of the Soviet Army, Moscow

The 2S1 Gvozdika is a Soviet self-propelled howitzer based on the MT-LBu multi-purpose chassis, mounting a 122 mm 2A18 howitzer. “2S1” is its GRAU designation. An alternative Russian designation is SAU-122 but in the Russian Army it is commonly known as Gvozdika.…

The Matra R422 missile is a semi-active electromagnetically guided surface-to-air missile designed by Matra (France) in the 1950s. The R422 was developed by Matra as part of the French army's SA20 program for long-range surface-to-air (SALP). It was then…

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

The 25pdr SP, tracked, Sexton was a self-propelled artillery vehicle of the Second World War. It was based on Canadian-built derivatives of the American M3 Lee and M4 Sherman tank chassis.

Barrel of a 24-pounder (152 mm) cannon Designer: Bent Olafson Country: Swedish Empire Year: 1559 Material: bronze Weight: 3121 kg Artillery Museum (Petrograd District, St. Petersburg)

2P19 R-11 Zemlya with 8K14 missile. GRAU classification: 9K72. NATO code: Scud-A Like the V-2, the R-11 relied on inertial guidance, and its flight was controlled by four graphite vanes in the engine exhaust, that were active only while the motor was burning.…

203 mm BL Mark IV: heavy howitzer Country: United Kingdom Year: 1917 Muzzle velocity: 457 m/s Rate of fire: 1 shot/minute Fire range: 9820 m Weight: 8152 kg Artillery Museum (Petrograd District, St. Petersburg)

ISU-122 (Obyekt-122) The ISU-122 (acronym of Istrebitelnaja Samokhodnaya Ustanovka-122) was a Soviet assault gun used during World War II, mostly in the anti-tank role. A prototype of the ISU-122 (Russian: ИСУ-122) heavy self-propelled gun was built at the…

100 mm Feldhaubitze M.14: Austro-Hungarian field howitzer Military Museum (Belgrade)