203 mm howitzer M1931 (B-4)
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203 mm howitzer M1931 was a 203 mm Soviet high-power heavy howitzer. During the Second World War, it was under the command of the Stavka's strategic reserve. It was nicknamed "Stalin's sledgehammer" b
203 mm howitzer M1931 (B-4) in Great Patriotic War museum, Minsk, Belarus.
A battery in use, 3rd Belorussian front, summer 1944
B-4 howitzers depicted in a USSR stamp commemorating the 30th anniversary of the Red Army.
280 mm mortar M1939 (Br-5)
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The 280 mm mortar M1939 was a Soviet heavy artillery piece used during World War II, it was the Red Army's heaviest field piece during the war.
203 mm howitzer M1931 (B-4)
…152 mm gun M1935 (Br-2) shared same carriage 280 mm mortar M1939 (Br-5) shared same carriage 8 inch Howitzer M1 approximate United States equivalent…
Br-5 in Saint Petersburg Artillery Museum.
Br-5 mortar crewmen taking a smoke break between shells
A Br-5 mortar and crew in East Prussia, November 1944