File:Soviet big 7.jpg

Original file(3,000 × 2,253 pixels, file size: 964 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

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.
Author

Licensing

Public domain
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.

العربية  català  čeština  Deutsch  Ελληνικά  English  español  eesti  فارسی  suomi  français  galego  हिन्दी  hrvatski  magyar  italiano  日本語  한국어  македонски  മലയാളം  Malti  Nederlands  polski  português  português do Brasil  română  русский  sicilianu  slovenčina  slovenščina  српски / srpski  ไทย  Türkçe  українська  Tiếng Việt  中文  中文(简体)  中文(繁體)  +/−

Image text

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. 

Original upload log

The original description page was here. All following user names refer to en.wikipedia.
  • 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
Annotations
InfoField
This image is annotated: View the annotations at Commons

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

Items portrayed in this file

depicts

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current21:02, 24 April 2009Thumbnail for version as of 21:02, 24 April 20093,000 × 2,253 (964 KB)HohumCleaned noise.
22:14, 14 April 2008Thumbnail for version as of 22:14, 14 April 20083,000 × 2,253 (2.66 MB)Xyzzy n
02:27, 5 December 2007Thumbnail for version as of 02:27, 5 December 2007639 × 480 (55 KB)File Upload Bot (Magnus Manske) {{BotMoveToCommons|en.wikipedia}} {{Information |Description={{en|'''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
The following pages on the English Wikipedia use this file (pages on other projects are not listed):

Global file usage

The following other wikis use this file:

Metadata