From the History of the Development of Design Ideas and Views on the Combat Use of the Battalion Artillery of the Red Army in the 1920–1930s

The article deals with the historical aspect of the formation, formation and development in the RSFSR/USSR of constructive thought and views on the combat use of the Red Army battalion artillery in the 1920–1930s. Attention is focused on the factors that influence the adoption by government and military authorities of specific measures aimed at developing artillery samples of small calibers, the introduction of battalion artillery into batch production and its acceptance into service in the Red Army. It is noted that military-scientific thought in the 1920–1930s contributed immensely to the development of military theory. Its Soviet political and military elite carried out a complex of measures to strengthen the country’s defense capability, including carrying out the modernization of the standard armament and military equipment, and simultaneously developing new models on the basis of domestic production, which enabled the Red Army to achieve high results in armed conflicts 30th years of XX century.

1. Dyatlov V. V. History of artillery in military confl with the participation of the Red Army (1929–1940): Doctoral Dissertation. Irkutsk, 2014. 472 p. (In rus)

2. Golovko L. I., Postnikov A. G. The formation and development of the artillery of the Red Army in the 1920s-1930s // Collection materials of the international conference «Actual issues of studying the history of the formation and development of the Red Army and the Red Army» [V sb. materialov mejdunarodnoi konferencii «Aktualnie voprosi izucheniya istorii formirovaniya i razvitiya RKKA i RKKF»]. P. 1. SPb. : MVAA, 2018. (In rus)

3. Elizarov N. M. Battalion artillery in the battle of infantry. M.-L., 1932. (In rus)

4. Kapshitar V. G. Historical features of the formation of the military-industrial complex of the USSR in the 1920–1950’s // Collection of materials of the interuniversity scientifi actical conference “Problems of integration of civil and military sectors of the economy in the interests of ensuring military security”. SPb. : Kopi-R Group, 2014. P. 116–121. (In rus)

5. Losik A. V., Cherentsova K. V. The activities of the Commission of Special Artillery Experiments on the development of mortar armaments (1918–1927) // Historical, philosophical, political and legal sciences, cultural studies and art criticism. Questions of theory and practice. 2016. N 12–3 (74). P. 89–93. (In rus)

6. Lushin A. I., Chernukhin V. A., Shcherbakov Yu. V. Analysis of the historical experience of the activities of state and military government in solving problems of technical rearmament of the Red Army artillery in the 1930s // Administrative consulting [Upravlencheskoe konsul’tirovanie]. 2017. N 5 (101). P. 142–149. (In rus)

7. Nabokov Yu. A. Design and production of armor-piercing ammunition for artillery of the USSR Armed Forces (20–60th years of the XX century) // Geopolitics and Security [Geopolitika i bezopasnost’]. 2015. N 4 (32). P. 145–149. (In rus)

8. Soldatova O. N., Bogdanova E. S. Creation of weapons for the Red Army: 1920–1945. V. 2. Samara, 2015. (In rus)

9. Chernuhin V. A. The artillery control system of the Red Army in the interwar years (1921–1941): development problems and the search for optimal solutions // Collection materials of the international conference «Actual issues of studying the history of the formation and development of the Red Army and the Red Army» [V sb. materialov mejdunarodnoi konferencii «Aktualnie voprosi izucheniya istorii formirovaniya i razvitiya RKKA i RKKF]. Part 1. St. Petersburg: MVAA, 2018. (In rus)

10. Chernukhin V. A. From the history of the celebration of the 500th anniversary of Russian artillery // Clio. 2013. N 8 (80). P. 70–71. (In rus)

11. Shalkovsky A. G. The formation of the Soviet design hull artillery armament and the training of highly skilled workforce in the late 20’s — early 30›s of the last century // War and Arms. New research and materials. Proceedings of the Seventh International Scientific and Practical Conference, St. Petersburg: VIMAIViVS, May 18–20, 2016. P. 5. P. 359–374. (In rus)

12. Shirokorad A. B. The Genius of Soviet Artillery: The Triumph and the Tragedy of V. Grabin. M. : AST, 2002. (In rus)

13. Shirokorad A. B. Encyclopedia of Soviet artillery / Under the general. Ed. A E Tars. Minsk : Harvest, 2000. (In rus)

14. Shcherbakov Yu. V. The experience of historical analysis in the decision by the political and military leadership of the USSR of the problem of mobilization planning and further increasing the combat readiness of the Red Army (1921–1941) // Administrative consulting [Upravlencheskoe konsul’tirovanie]. 2014. N 11 (71). P. 158–167. (In rus)

15. Shcherbakov Yu. V. Historical experience of the staffing of the Workers ‘and Peasants’ Red Army in the 1920–1930s (on the example of the Moscow and Petrograd military districts): dissertation. Cheboksary, 2018. (In rus)

16. Scherbakov Yu. V. Change of the system of military construction in the USSR in the 1930s: transition from the mixed to the staffing principle of manning the Red Army // Universum: Social Sciences. 2016. N 10 (28). P. 7–13. (In rus)