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 2003-2007 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/a_little_gunner_1.html Sun, 03 Aug 2008 16:30:14 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2008 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification 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. 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.... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/a_little_gunner_1.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/a_little_gunner_1.html Sat, 02 Jun 2007 09:51:01 -0600 JtG D-30 122mm gun plus there's the 2A45 Sprut-B 125mm AT gun Cheers http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/a_little_gunner_1.html#comment-60697 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/a_little_gunner_1.html#comment-60697 Sun, 03 Jun 2007 15:50:12 -0600 ED-209 :-)]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/a_little_gunner_1.html#comment-60686 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/a_little_gunner_1.html#comment-60686 Sun, 03 Jun 2007 10:06:06 -0600 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. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/a_little_gunner_1.html#comment-60684 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/a_little_gunner_1.html#comment-60684 Sun, 03 Jun 2007 04:42:15 -0600 Interesting thing about that 203 mikemike gun, it still looks serviceable, and dispite being displayed outdoors, seems to be continually maintained. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/a_little_gunner_1.html#comment-60663 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/a_little_gunner_1.html#comment-60663 Sat, 02 Jun 2007 10:13:17 -0600