"Russian Museum of Artillery - a great day out" Topic
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| yarkshire gamer | 04 Nov 2014 2:48 p.m. PST |
link I was lucky enough to be in St Petersburg, Russia recently and spent an afternoon at the Artillery Museum there, I have been interested in military kit since I was a boy but there was loads of stuff I didnt recognise, including one particulary massive SP gun, lots of pics to enjoy, please help me to id stuff, I would be ready greatful. Regards, Ken yarkshiregamer.blogspot.co.uk |
| tuscaloosa | 04 Nov 2014 8:29 p.m. PST |
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| Krieger | 05 Nov 2014 5:58 a.m. PST |
Pic 3 looks like the IRM, not much on the web about it.
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| Barin1 | 05 Nov 2014 9:58 a.m. PST |
pic3 – definitely one of the IRM modifications:
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pic7 looks like one of the "Giazint" or "Pion" modifications:
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I've been in this museum for the first time in 1986 when I was still in the army ;) Found it on museum wiki – 203 mm SP gun Pion
link pic 9 looks like a modification of BTM-3
You can buy one here for less than 10K pounds ;) link pic 14 – "Uragan" MLRS, another pic 14 are 152 mm howitzers ( seen these a lot, some of them were still used in 80s. |
| yarkshire gamer | 05 Nov 2014 10:27 a.m. PST |
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| GeoffQRF | 06 Nov 2014 6:03 a.m. PST |
I was last there in 2000… does'nt look like it has changed much! Pic 3; IRM or IPR:
Pic 7; hull doesn't look right for a 2S7, or is that a vehicle parked in front? |
| GeoffQRF | 06 Nov 2014 7:03 a.m. PST |
Pic 7: "the 420mm Oka is awesome" Thats the one…
" Its 20 meter barrel allowed it to fire 750 kg rounds up to 45 km. Due to its complexity of loading it had a relatively low rate of fire—one round every five minutes. Field tests showed various drawbacks of the entire design (the recoil was too strong for many components: it damaged drive sprockets, tore the gear-box away from its mountings, etc.) and the sheer length rendered it incredibly difficult to transport. Its development continued until 1960, when the idea of such overpowered guns (along with the 2A3), was abandoned in favor of tactical ballistic missiles, such as the 2K6 Luna." The BTM-3 is indeed a 'rapid entrenching tool: link
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