Russia - MLRS -BM-30 / Tornado-G / TOS-1

Source: Military Update

Russian MLRS in action BM-30 Smerch 9K58 300mm/ Tornado-G 122mm/ TOS-1 Buration

BM30-30 Smerch 9K58

Weapon: 12 x 300mm calibre rockets with 243 kg warheads

Purpose: defeat personnel, armoured, and soft targets in concentration areas, artillery batteries, command posts and ammunition depots.

Range: 90 km

Salvo Time: 38 secs Reload Time: 20 mins

Tornado-G 122mm

Weapon: 15 x 300mm calibre rockets with 243 kg warheads

Purpose: defeat personnel, armoured, and soft targets in concentration areas, artillery batteries, command posts and ammunition depots.

Range 70 km

Salvo Time: 20 secs Reload Time: 8 mins

TOS-1 Buratino

Weapon: 30 x thermobaric warheads 

Purpose: Engage military personnel, equipment, and buildings, including fortified constructions. 

Range: 3.5 km (TOS1) / 6.0 km (TOS1A)

Salvo time: 15 secs         Reload Time: 

Russia - Artillery Firepower

 

Source: WarLeaks - Military Blog

UK - FH70

 Source:  Matsimus

The FH70 was a towed 155mm calibre howitzer designed for the 1970s. It is also capable of being fitted with a VW engine and can also operate as a self-propelled gun over short distances. Now phased out with the UK in continues in use around the world. In 1963, NATO agreed a NATO Basic Military Requirement 39 for close support artillery, either towed or tracked. Subsequently, Germany and UK started discussions and design studies and in 1968 established agreed operational characteristics for a towed 155 mm close support gun. Italy became a party to the agreement in 1970.

Key requirements were: - a detachable auxiliary power unit (APU) - an unassisted range of 24 km and 30 km assisted - a burst capability of 3 rounds in 15–20 seconds, 6 rounds per minute for a short period and 2 rounds per minute sustained

-be able to fire all 155 mm munitions in NATO service, plus a new range of ammunition.

The two national authorities had overall responsibility for R&D, and Vickers Ltd was the co-ordinating design authority. They were also the design authority for the carriage and Rheinmetall GmbH was the authority for the elevating mass, including the sights, and for the APU. There was a further breakdown at a more detailed level and production worksharing. The UK Royal Armament Research and Development Establishment (RARDE) was responsible for designing the HE projectile and the charge system. Germany was responsible for Smoke, Illuminating, Minelet and extended range HE, although development of the last two was not completed in the program. The intention was for FH70 to replace the M114 155 mm howitzer and equip general support battalions in German divisional artillery regiments and to equip three (two Territorial Army (TA) British general support medium regiments replacing the 5.5-inch gun. In the event, it actually equipped UK regular regiments in direct support of infantry brigades until after the end of the Cold War, and only replaced the L118 light gun in two TA regiments, 100th (Yeomanry) Regiment Royal Artillery and 101st (Northumbrian) Regiment Royal Artillery (Volunteers) from 1992 to 1999.

UK - L118 Light Gun

  

Source: Matsimus

The L118 Light Gun is a 105 mm towed howitzer. It was originally produced for the British Army in the 1970s and has been widely exported since, including to the United States, where a modified version is known as the "M119 howitzer". The versatile 105mm light gun is used by the parachute and commando field artillery regiments of the British Army. The light gun can be towed by a medium-weight vehicle or carried around the battlefield underslung by a Chinook helicopter. Royal Artillery L118 light guns are fitted with an automatic pointing system (APS), which enables the gun to be unlimbered and in action in 30 seconds. APS is based on an inertial navigation system, operated via a touch screen, it replaces the traditional dial sight. The light gun entered service with the British Army in 1976. The new weapon was heavier than its predecessor, but new and more capable helicopters such as the Puma and Westland Sea King, which could carry the new weapon, were entering service at the same time. A new vehicle, the Land Rover 101 Forward Control ("Land Rover, one-ton"), was designed as the prime mover in the field for the light gun (and the Rapier air-defence missile launcher). Since the end of the 1990s, the British Army has used Pinzgauer ATVs as their gun tractors. In Arctic service, and elsewhere, the gun is towed by the Hägglunds Bv 206 and is fitted with skis when over snow. In 1982, the light gun saw use in the Falklands War. Five batteries (30 guns) were deployed to the Falkland Islands. During the final phases of the battles around Port Stanley, these guns were firing up to 400 rounds per gun a day, mostly at "charge super", the most powerful propellant charge for which they were designed. They were a significant factor in the British victory. Since then, British forces have used the light gun in combat in the Balkans, Sierra Leone, Iraq and Afghanistan.

Serbia - M77 OganJ Exercise Usad 2020

 Serbian M77 OGANJ multi launch rockets systems firng on the Joint Tactical Warhead Exercise "Usad 2020" at the Peshter Temporary Range.

   

Source: Kerim UYKUN