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The Russian cannon were murderous, recalled a survivor. "All this time the formidable artillery of the redoubts in the center of the enemy's line was working such fearful havoc in our ranks." The ...
This article was originally published by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and is reprinted with permission. A clunky Soviet-designed off-road ...
After the US and Soviet Union became capable of Mutually Assured Destruction, safeguards were put in place to prevent World ...
NATO members have pledged to bring defense spending to 5% of GDP, with NATO's chief saying that will be used for a fivefold ...
A steel gray fuselage with a bright red star painted on the side tail was about as ornate as the Soviets got when painting ...
Both Russia and Ukraine use ex-Soviet artillery like the D-30 Lyagushka towed gun with a range of 13.6 miles (22 km) and the 2A36 Giatsint-B giant howitzer with a range of 25 miles (40 km), as ...
Today, artillery is again in short supply, but since the Great Northern War, the technology for producing artillery barrels has, to put it mildly, changed a tad. Therefore, the Russians must now ...
Artillery was a key weapon in the Soviet Red Army's counter-offensives against the Nazi Germany's army during World War II. Sovfoto/Universal Images Group via Getty Images ...
Artillery was a key weapon in the Soviet Red Army's counter-offensives against the ... Had Russia invaded Western Europe during the Cold War, artillery would have provided much of the firepower ...
Had Russia invaded Western Europe during the Cold War, artillery would have provided much of the firepower for a thrust toward the Rhine River. ... Russia has fielded a menagerie of Soviet-era and ...