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The SU-76M was the second most produced Soviet AFV of World War II, after the T-34 medium tank. Developed under the leadership of chief designer S.A. Ginzburg (1900–1943). This infantry support SPG was based on the lengthened T-70 light tank chassis and armed with the ZIS-3 76-mm divisional field gun.
The former Soviet Union developed a wide array of machine guns and cannon for use by fighter aircraft and bombers. Many of these weapons remain in use by Russia, the CIS and former Warsaw Pact nations.
However the most notable change was the addition of larger defensive guns in the turret, using the 12.7 mm (0.5 in) UBT machine gun in place of the earlier 7.62 mm (0.3 in) weapons. In addition, it was found that the gunners were attacked first, so blocks of armor were placed around the gunner positions.
Category: Machine guns of the Soviet Union. 12 languages. Azərbaycanca; Català ... ShKAS machine gun; SIBEMAS; Y. YakB-12.7 machine gun
The Soviet state – and party administration – responded to these challenges by the introduction of additional higher ranks, as well as by reintroducing the traditional Russian rank insignia. A new rank group at OF-9 level (equivalent to the general of the branch in the Wehrmacht and the Imperial Russian Army ) was introduced, named marshal ...
Here is a list of aircraft used by the Soviet Soviet Air Forces ... 7.7-mm (0.303-inch) Vickers K machine gun; 7.62-mm (0.30-inch) M.1919 Browning machine gun ...
Rocket research aircraft. Mikoyan-Gurevich I-270: 2 – n/a: 1945 rocket interceptor, cancelled. Mikoyan Project 1.44: 1 – Flatpack: Technology demonstrator. Mil V-12: 2 – Homer: Prototype helicopter. Myasishchev M-50/M-52: 2 – Bounder: Cancelled intercontinental bomber. OKB-1 EF 140: 1 – – Junkers jet bomber development. Sukhoi Su-47 ...
The task of converting the aircraft to a bomber was formidable and included redesigning the center fuselage to accommodate the gunner/navigator immediately aft of the pilot and provision of two 7.62-millimetre (0.3 in) ShKAS machine guns, one for the gunner and the other fixed in the nose. The rear decking of the fuselage was hinged to pivot ...