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Most big guns
I'm sure many do not know the difference between a gun, self-propelled guns, howitzers and mortars, so the first bit of clever words.
The gun - artillery gun, shoot at flat trajectory. It features a large extension of the barrel against the mortars and howitzers (40-80 gauge) and a smaller angle of elevation of the barrel.
Howitzer - artillery gun, shooting at hinged trajectory, ie indirect fire. Notional boundary between the howitzer and the cannon barrel is considered the length of 40 calibers.
Mortar - artillery gun with a short barrel (less than 15 caliber) for mounted shooting. Designed to destroy hidden behind walls and trenches, equipment and manpower of the enemy by shooting at hinged trajectory.
ACS - self-propelled artillery, without reference to the type of weapons can be equipped with different types of anti-tank weapon - gun (SU-100) or a howitzer (ISU 152).
Video to introduce the power of 2S3M "Acacia", of course, is not 2S19 "MSTA", but still able to shoot tactical nuclear weapons.
1. Mortar Little David (David Little) 914 mm
Experimental American mortar end of the Second World War. Despite the appearance of a much more modest than, for example, "Shverer Gustav" or "Charles", still holds the record for the large caliber (914 mm or 36 inches) among all modern artillery
2. Tsar Cannon 890 mm
Medieval artillery piece (bombard), cast in bronze in 1586 by Russian master Andrei Chokhov at the Cannon yard. The length of the gun - 5, 34 m, an outer diameter of the trunk - 120 cm in diameter at the muzzle patterned belt - 134 cm, caliber 890 mm, weight - 39, 31 m (2400 pounds).
3. Dora Cannon 800 mm
Superheavy rail cannon. Developed by "Krupp" (Germany) in the late 1930s. It meant for the destruction of the fortifications of the Maginot Line fortifications and on the border of Germany and Belgium. Gun is named after the wife of the chief designer.
4. Mortar Karl 600mm
German heavy self-propelled mortar during World War II. One of the most powerful self-propelled guns of his period. They were used in the storming of fortresses and heavily fortified enemy positions.
5. Tsar Cannon 508 mm (Perm)
The world's largest cast cast-iron cannon, while being an instrument of combat - the 20-inch Perm Tsar Cannon made in 1868 by order of the Ministry of Marine on Motovilikhinsky chugunopushechnom plant. It is not clear why the biggest caliber inferior to Moscow 508 against 890 a barrel, too, 4, 9 to 5, 34.
6. Mortar Big Bertha 420 mm
German 420-mm mortar. Mortar intended to destroy a particularly strong fortifications. Rate of "Bertha" was one shot in 8 minutes, and the flight range of 900-kg projectile 14 km. All three types of shells used at that time had enormous destructive power.
7. Mortar setting 2B2 Oka 420 mm
Soviet self-propelled 420-mm mortar setting. Rate - 1 shot in 5 minutes. Range of shooting - 25 km, active-reactive mine - 50 kilometers. Weight mines - 670 kg. Designed for firing nuclear warheads. When tests revealed that the monstrous returns does not allow for a long time to operate a gun. Then from the serial production declined. The metal remains one single "Eye" of the four released.
8. F / A-Chamond PushkaSen 400 mm
In October 1914, the French government has formed a special committee responsible for creating railway weapons, which, in turn, appealed to the largest weapons development concerns with the proposal of large-caliber guns on railway transporters. Design and construction work took very little time, and in May 1915 there were eight on the front rail guns firm "Schneider-Creusot," and a few months later received a baptism of fire particularly powerful 400 mm howitzer of the company "Saint-Chamond."
9. Rodman Columbiad 381mm
Made in 1863, it had the barrel caliber of 381 mm, and its weight is 22, 6 tons. The Civil War in the United States contributed to the emergence of new types of weapons - armored ships and trains, and the creation of tools to deal with them - smoothbore gun-Columbiad, named after One of the earliest tools of this type.
10. The self-propelled gun 2A3 Capacitor 406 mm
Soviet self-propelled 406-mm gun SM-54 (2A3) for firing nuclear warheads "capacitor". In 1957, ACS 2AZ passed in a parade on the Red Square, and created a furor among local inhabitants and foreign journalists. Some foreign experts have suggested that shown in the parade car - just a sham, designed for deterrent effect. However, it was a real artillery system, shoot on the range.
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The gun - artillery gun, shoot at flat trajectory. It features a large extension of the barrel against the mortars and howitzers (40-80 gauge) and a smaller angle of elevation of the barrel.
Howitzer - artillery gun, shooting at hinged trajectory, ie indirect fire. Notional boundary between the howitzer and the cannon barrel is considered the length of 40 calibers.
Mortar - artillery gun with a short barrel (less than 15 caliber) for mounted shooting. Designed to destroy hidden behind walls and trenches, equipment and manpower of the enemy by shooting at hinged trajectory.
ACS - self-propelled artillery, without reference to the type of weapons can be equipped with different types of anti-tank weapon - gun (SU-100) or a howitzer (ISU 152).
Video to introduce the power of 2S3M "Acacia", of course, is not 2S19 "MSTA", but still able to shoot tactical nuclear weapons.
1. Mortar Little David (David Little) 914 mm
Experimental American mortar end of the Second World War. Despite the appearance of a much more modest than, for example, "Shverer Gustav" or "Charles", still holds the record for the large caliber (914 mm or 36 inches) among all modern artillery
2. Tsar Cannon 890 mm
Medieval artillery piece (bombard), cast in bronze in 1586 by Russian master Andrei Chokhov at the Cannon yard. The length of the gun - 5, 34 m, an outer diameter of the trunk - 120 cm in diameter at the muzzle patterned belt - 134 cm, caliber 890 mm, weight - 39, 31 m (2400 pounds).
3. Dora Cannon 800 mm
Superheavy rail cannon. Developed by "Krupp" (Germany) in the late 1930s. It meant for the destruction of the fortifications of the Maginot Line fortifications and on the border of Germany and Belgium. Gun is named after the wife of the chief designer.
4. Mortar Karl 600mm
German heavy self-propelled mortar during World War II. One of the most powerful self-propelled guns of his period. They were used in the storming of fortresses and heavily fortified enemy positions.
5. Tsar Cannon 508 mm (Perm)
The world's largest cast cast-iron cannon, while being an instrument of combat - the 20-inch Perm Tsar Cannon made in 1868 by order of the Ministry of Marine on Motovilikhinsky chugunopushechnom plant. It is not clear why the biggest caliber inferior to Moscow 508 against 890 a barrel, too, 4, 9 to 5, 34.
6. Mortar Big Bertha 420 mm
German 420-mm mortar. Mortar intended to destroy a particularly strong fortifications. Rate of "Bertha" was one shot in 8 minutes, and the flight range of 900-kg projectile 14 km. All three types of shells used at that time had enormous destructive power.
7. Mortar setting 2B2 Oka 420 mm
Soviet self-propelled 420-mm mortar setting. Rate - 1 shot in 5 minutes. Range of shooting - 25 km, active-reactive mine - 50 kilometers. Weight mines - 670 kg. Designed for firing nuclear warheads. When tests revealed that the monstrous returns does not allow for a long time to operate a gun. Then from the serial production declined. The metal remains one single "Eye" of the four released.
8. F / A-Chamond PushkaSen 400 mm
In October 1914, the French government has formed a special committee responsible for creating railway weapons, which, in turn, appealed to the largest weapons development concerns with the proposal of large-caliber guns on railway transporters. Design and construction work took very little time, and in May 1915 there were eight on the front rail guns firm "Schneider-Creusot," and a few months later received a baptism of fire particularly powerful 400 mm howitzer of the company "Saint-Chamond."
9. Rodman Columbiad 381mm
Made in 1863, it had the barrel caliber of 381 mm, and its weight is 22, 6 tons. The Civil War in the United States contributed to the emergence of new types of weapons - armored ships and trains, and the creation of tools to deal with them - smoothbore gun-Columbiad, named after One of the earliest tools of this type.
10. The self-propelled gun 2A3 Capacitor 406 mm
Soviet self-propelled 406-mm gun SM-54 (2A3) for firing nuclear warheads "capacitor". In 1957, ACS 2AZ passed in a parade on the Red Square, and created a furor among local inhabitants and foreign journalists. Some foreign experts have suggested that shown in the parade car - just a sham, designed for deterrent effect. However, it was a real artillery system, shoot on the range.
Jaroslav via
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