Russian Artillery Fire Commands

[DevilDog (Teufelhund)]

I'm looking for some help please. Would anyone know of a source that would give the fire commands for a Russian artillery crew? Specifically, I'm looking for the loading, charging, priming, reading commands.

Or maybe they didn't have them at all..... If anyone has a manual or other info I'd appreciate the help. My last resort is to use the commands we used in the marine arty, but it will most likely not be the same.

Thanks!

 

[Shurek]

Teufel,

Short of contacting a Russian artilleryman directly, you might be able to start here in regards to terminology. It is in Russian.

http://www.weltkrieg.ru/info/artillery/

 

[Bolt]

I had a look at that Weltkrieg page, no useful information for DevilDog there, I think.
Here's what says Artillery manual from 1938. The context was about infantry gun firing at a tank.

По правому танку.

Гранатой.
Прицел 24. Огонь!"

"At the right tank.
Grenade.
Aim 24.
Fire!"

That "grenade" word is possibly HE, during the war (I'm judging from memoirs I've read, I have two books about artillery crews), they used "бронебойный" (AP) or "фугасный" (HE), just like in modern days.

"По головному танку.
Ориентир 2.
Бронебойной гранатой.
Прицел 900. Упреждение полтанка".

Here's AT gun firing at the tanks.

"At the leading tank.
Target reference point 2.
AP grenade.
Aim 900.
Упреждение [Dunno the right word - means, one has to lead the target] half tank."

http://www.artilleria.narod.ru/glava12.htm#075

 

[Nestor Makhno]

Rather than have these commands automatically generated when a 1-man crew fires it might be good to have a spotter calling these instructions, calling targets, giving directions on range and lead etc.

Similar to the mortar spotter in CC - or is that what you already have in mind?

 

[thedonster]

"At The Lair Of The Fascist Beast, Fire!"

 

[Bluehawk]

"Baikal, baikal!" is all I remember from the older RO messages

 

[Bolt]

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=XuwBSgL-D_s

At 1.30 they start to give firing commands. Teufel, I have a question. You need commands for AT guns or heavy artillery pieces?

 

[DevilDog (Teufelhund)]

Teufel, I have a question. You need commands for AT guns or heavy artillery pieces?

It would be for a heavy artillery piece with seperate loading ammunition. The commands you translated may actually help. I wanted to use them in the KV-2. Since it was an artillery piece in a tank turret, I thought they may use a combination of tank and artillerly commands.

 

[mlespaul]

Great movie clip.

Notice the gunners are looking through PG-1's?

What movie is this from?

 

[Bolt]

That's "The Burning Snow" movie.

I'm going to translate this clip and one more (with subtitles, I mean) in the close future and put it on youtube. So stay tuned.

 

[$piTfirE<*F!N*>]

That's "The Burning Snow" movie.

I'm going to translate this clip and one more (with subtitles, I mean) in the close future and put it on youtube. So stay tuned.

Great Bolt, thank you. Looked like a very good movie, from what I saw

 

[Shadrach]

Man those old russki war movies sure look great!