152 mm howitzer 2A65 Msta-B
The 2A65 "Msta-B" is a Soviet towed 152.4 mm howitzer. The "B" in the designation is an abbreviation for Buksiruyemaya, which means towed. This weapon has been fielded in Soviet and Russian forces since at least 1987 and as of 2022 is currently in service with Russian front and army level artillery units, as well as the militaries of six other countries, most of them former Soviet republics.
2A65 "Msta-B" artillery pieces of Russia's 90th Guards Tank Division.
Image: Черговий етап змагань на кращу артилерійську батарею Сухопутних військ 07
Image: Черговий етап змагань на кращу артилерійську батарею Сухопутних військ 06
Image: Черговий етап змагань на кращу артилерійську батарею Сухопутних військ 05
Nuclear artillery is a subset of limited-yield tactical nuclear weapons, in particular those weapons that are launched from the ground at battlefield targets. Nuclear artillery is commonly associated with shells delivered by a cannon, but in a technical sense short-range artillery rockets or tactical ballistic missiles are also included.
Upshot–Knothole Grable, a 1953 test of a nuclear artillery projectile at the Nevada Test Site (photo depicts an artillery piece with a 280 mm bore (11 inch), and the explosion of its artillery shell at a distance of 10 km (6.2 mi))
Weapons designers and a full-size W48 155 mm artillery shell mockup
280 mm "Atomic Annie" firing the Shot GRABLE, May 25, 1953
280 mm 'Atomic Annie' at the Virginia War Museum
