A little gunner zen.

By The Armorer on June 2, 2007 | | Comments (4)

The Russians built themselves some interesting artillery pieces - and still do.

But the B2/B19 series of 152mm howitzers and 203mm guns have always been in my fave list.

B2 152mm howitzer.

A side view, here.

The Museum of Artillery, Engineers, and Signal Corps, in the old Arsenal in Saint Petersburg is a place I need to get to before I die.

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By Rivrdog on June 2, 2007 10:13 AM
Interesting thing about that 203 mikemike gun, it still looks serviceable, and dispite being displayed outdoors, seems to be continually maintained.
 
By Justthisguy on June 3, 2007 4:42 AM
I like that smaller piece they had in the 70s, with the three-legged shoot-in-any-direction carriage. For people who have historically been badly governed and invaded by every bunch of horsed archers who ever lived, and are famously bloody-minded yahoos who drink too much, the Russkis have sure made some cool artillery pieces. I note that the nuts were not painted red on the piece in the picture. Jtg- dispensing light-hearted silliness on the Internet since 1997.
 
By Harvey on June 3, 2007 10:06 AM
It's like the beta version of ED-209 :-)
 
By J.M. Heinrichs on June 3, 2007 3:50 PM
JtG D-30 122mm gun plus there's the 2A45 Sprut-B 125mm AT gun Cheers