Soviet_big_7.jpg


Summary

Description
English: Sourced from: http://www.dodmedia.osd.mil/ ( link to image )

Details:

  • ID: DAST8512646

Service Depicted: Other Service

Command Shown: A0102

A composite view of Soviet combat equipment known as the "Big 7." Shown are:

  1. A ZSU-23-4 armored anti-aircraft weapon,
  2. A T-72 tank ,
  3. An SA-8 Gecko surface-to-air missile system mounted on a three-axle amphibious vehicle,
  4. An Mi-24 Hind -D gunship with one nose machine gun and four anti-tank missiles,
  5. A BMP-1 amphibious armored infantry combat vehicle with a 73mm smoothbore gun and an anti-tank missile,
  6. An M-1974 122mm self-propelled gun,
  7. An M-1973 152mm self-propelled gun.
Date Shot: 1 Sep 1981
Source Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons. Transfer was stated to be made by User:vinhtantran .
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This image is a work of a U.S. military or Department of Defense employee, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government , the image is in the public domain in the United States.

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КЛАССИФИКАЦИЯ
"БОЛЬШАЯ СЕМЁРКА" РОССИЙСКОЙ ФЕДЕРАЦИИ
СЕНТЯБРЬ 2013
ИСТОЧНИК: Мин Обороны РФ.
ЗСУ-23/4
ON CARRIAGE FIRE CONTROL
ARMORED ANTIAIRCRAFT WEAPON
FOUR 23mm AA GUNS ON A COMMON MOUNTING.
FOUR GUNS FIRE TOGETHER FOR MAXIMUM VOLUME OF FIRE.
EMPLOYED AS LOW-LEVEL AA TROOP PROTECTION.
T-72 TANK
REPORTED TO BE THE SUCCESSOR TO THE T-62 TANK.
HIGHLY MOBILE WITH IMPROVED ARMOR PROTECTION.
SA-8 GECKO
SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILE
FOUR SA-8 MISSILES ARE CARRIED ON A THREE-AXLE
AMPHIBIOUS VEHICLE.
THE ENTIRE SYSTEM, FIRE CONTROL RADAR AND
MISSILE LAUNCHER, IS MOUNTED ON ONE VEHICLE.
THE SA-8 MISSILE’S RANGE IS 10–15 km.
MI-24 HIND-D GUNSHIP
A POTENT WEAPONS SYSTEM THAT POSES A
SIGNIFICANT THREAT IN ANY TACTICAL
SITUATION.
        ARMAMENT:
1 NOSE MACHINE GUN
4 SWATTER ANTITANK MISSILES
4 PODS (EACH WITH THIRTY-TWO
  57mm ROCKETS)
BMP
AMPHIBIOUS ARMORED INFANTRY COMBAT VEHICLE
MOBILITY, FIREPOWER AND TROOP PROTECTION EXCELLENT BY U. S. STANDARDS.
               ARMAMENT:
73mm SMOOTHBORE GUN AND AN ANTITANK MISSILE.
CARRIES CREW OF 3 AND 8 INFANTRYMEN.
122MM SP GUN
M-1974
REPORTED TO BE THE REPLACEMENT FOR
THE 122mm TOWED HOWITZER D-30.
HIGHLY MOBILE AND AMPHIBIOUS.
152MM SP GUN
  M-1973
REPORTED TO BE THE REPLACEMENT FOR TOWED 152mm GUN HOWITZER.
HIGHLY MOBILE.

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  • 2006-12-09 23:53 Nick Dowling 639×480×8 (56080 bytes) '''Sourced from:''' http://www.dodmedia.osd.mil/ '''Details:''' ID: DAST8512646 Service Depicted: Other Service Command Shown: A0102 A composite view of Soviet combat equipment known as the "Big 7." Shown are: 1. A ZSU-23/4 armored anti-aircraft weap
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Captions

A pictorial, published by the US Department of Defense in 1981, illustrates seven tactical weapons that were considered the biggest threats to United States forces

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