We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2010 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/01/thinking_outsid.html Sat, 24 Mar 2012 15:45:12 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2012 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification The Russians have always been a fan of artillery. And they've been pretty competent users of it, as well. They also think differently from us, and take novel approaches to things. There's some pictures of a putative new Russian artillery piece making the rounds, and it's shown up in my email box a couple of times. It looks to be a derivative of this SP artillery piece, the 2S19 "Mstas". Artillery by Beretta... this thing, called 'Koalitcia-SV', or Coalition, hit the web over at the Cannon, Machine Guns and Ammunition website (which is a treasure trove of stuff, btw). Murdoc... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/01/thinking_outsid.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/01/thinking_outsid.html Sun, 07 Jan 2007 08:47:05 -0600 Mmmm...Tankerporn... For the sake of decorum, I wisely decided to edit out the obligatory lascivious slappity sounds to accompany that. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/01/thinking_outsid.html#comment-54912 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/01/thinking_outsid.html#comment-54912 Wed, 10 Jan 2007 12:08:21 -0600 such lovely beasties. each and every one of them is beautiful in its own way. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/01/thinking_outsid.html#comment-54831 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/01/thinking_outsid.html#comment-54831 Mon, 08 Jan 2007 08:54:29 -0600 http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:IS3.jpg]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/01/thinking_outsid.html#comment-54822 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/01/thinking_outsid.html#comment-54822 Mon, 08 Jan 2007 00:48:18 -0600 A WWI modeling site called "Land Ships" has quite a bit of good info the "Tsar Tank", in english too. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/01/thinking_outsid.html#comment-54820 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/01/thinking_outsid.html#comment-54820 Sun, 07 Jan 2007 23:38:34 -0600 Minor spelling note: Msta-S. I noted some of the to/froing about the sights and such. It appears me that at best, the photos show the new guns as mounted in a standard 2S19 turret. This is not necessarily actual prototype. Also, the 2S19 turret is mounted on a T-80 chassis, and powered by a T-72 engine. Other combinations are not correct. Cheers http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/01/thinking_outsid.html#comment-54817 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/01/thinking_outsid.html#comment-54817 Sun, 07 Jan 2007 20:41:36 -0600 Click here and try yourself.]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/01/thinking_outsid.html#comment-54806 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/01/thinking_outsid.html#comment-54806 Sun, 07 Jan 2007 13:26:37 -0600 http://www.mk.ru/numbers/2289/article79754.htm]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/01/thinking_outsid.html#comment-54805 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/01/thinking_outsid.html#comment-54805 Sun, 07 Jan 2007 13:19:10 -0600 Doh! What was I thinking? "If it's over .50 cal, alert Donovan. If it's over .50 cal, alert Donovan. If it's over .50 cal, alert Donovan." Forgot it this time. I'll try to do better in the future. Thanks for the link! http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/01/thinking_outsid.html#comment-54799 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/01/thinking_outsid.html#comment-54799 Sun, 07 Jan 2007 10:38:08 -0600 I've often found it mildly humorous that folks attribute "More is Better" to we Americans. Russian designs have almost always been overloaded with so much "More more more" More guns, more engines, more wheels, more armor, more weight, than almost any design I can think Not to say we design perfection everytime...we don't. But on a 1 to 10 scale I give the Russkies a 9 for creativity and about a 3 for actual use compared to the amount of things they have scrapped over the years because "Hell it looked good on paper! Lets add some more to it!" A close friend once made the remark "The Russians are the Alabama Redneck Inventors of the World" Heh. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/01/thinking_outsid.html#comment-54795 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/01/thinking_outsid.html#comment-54795 Sun, 07 Jan 2007 10:14:36 -0600