Sunday, February 23, 2020

Global - MLRS





TOP 10 Best Multiple-Launch-Rocket-Systems (MLRS) In The World 2020/ Military Technology & Weapons 2020 

Rocket artillery:

10. SR-5 CHINA
9. Pinaka Mk II INDIA
8. ASTROS II BRAZIL
7. M142 HIMARS | M270 MLRS Lockheed Martin Missiles UNITED STATES
The HIMARS is loaded with six rockets or 1 Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) missiles 270 km, which is very bad compared to the Russian Iskander missile with a range of 500km-5500km
6. T-300 Kasirga TURKEY\CHINA Roketsan
5. Tornado-G\S РСЗО RUSSIA
4. Lynx-EXTRA ISRAEL
3. Polonaise (MLRS) BELARUS
2. AR3 BRE6 CHINA
1. WS-2D (MLRS) CHINA

Friday, February 21, 2020

Germany - PzH2000 / MLRS



Source: Bundeswehr

German 295th Artillery Battalion conducts firing mixing Panzerhaubitze 2000 and Multi Launch Rocket System (MLRS).

Monday, February 17, 2020

NATO - Exercise Dynamic Front 2018



Source: Gung Ho Vids

France, United Kingdom, Germany, and United States artillery units fire various artillery systems during Exercise Dynamic Front 18 at Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany in March 2018. Dynamic Front is an annual exercise focused on the interoperability of U.S. Army, joint service and allied nation artillery units in a multinational environment for field artillery gun crews.

Wednesday, February 12, 2020

US - M198




Source: Jay Baker 

2012 Afghanastan 2008 101st Airborne Division 4/320th FA. My unit took incoming rockets and counterfired. We also took out an illegal checkpoint. This is what a super 8 or the max charge on an M198 Howitzer looks like.

Thursday, February 6, 2020

Russia - BM30 "Smerch"


 
 

The BM-30 #Smerch is designed to defeat personnel, armored, and soft-skinned targets in concentration areas, artillery batteries, command posts and ammunition depots. It was created in the early 1980s and entered service in the Soviet Army in 1989. When first observed by the West in 1983, it received the code MRL 280mm M1983. It is expected to be superseded by the 9A52-4 Tornado.

Type: Multiple rocket launcher
Place of origin: Soviet Union, Russia
In service: 1989 – present

Designer: Splav State Research and Production Enterprise
Designed: 1980s

Specifications
Weight: 43.7 t
Length: 12 m
Width: 3.05 m
Height: 3.05 m
Crew: 3

Caliber: 300 mm
Barrels: 12
Maximum firing range: 90 km

Main armament: 9M55 or 9M528 rockets
Engine: V-12 diesel D12A-525A 525 hp
Suspension: 8×8 wheeled
Operational range: 850 km
Speed: 60 km/h

Chassis: MAZ-543M or MAZ-79111
Emplacement Time: 3 min
Displacement Time: 2 min

Launch Rate
Salvo Time: 12 rounds in 38 seconds
Reload Time: 20 min

Russia - Air Defence Capabilities 2020



Source:    Rumoaohepta7

Russia's Air Defense Capability 2020: TOR-M2DT - S-300 - S-400 Triumf - S-500 Prometheus - Buk-M2 - Pantsir S-2 - Kinzhal (SA-N-9)

TOR-M2DT


S-300
S-400 Triumf
S-500 Prometheus
Buk-M2
Pantsir S-2
Kinzhal (SA-N-9)
TOR-M2DT
S-300FM Fort-M
Kashtan (CADS-N-1)
9M100
9M96M
9K31 Strela-1
Osa-AKM
UKSK-M
Igla-S
9K333 Verba
Russian Air Defence Capabilities 2020