Museum of Military and Labor Glory (Saratov). Part 5.
If there are aircraft, then there must be anti-aircraft weapons somewhere. We looked at barrel anti-aircraft artillery at the beginning, and now it’s the turn of rocket artillery.
Initial report: Museum of Military and Labor Glory (Saratov). Part 1.
Previous report: Museum of Military and Labor Glory (Saratov). Part 4.
Let’s start with stationary ones. The S-75 is a long-standing and frequently encountered acquaintance, so I’ll describe it briefly.
Whenever I see the S-125 system, which happens quite often, I always think back to my student years and the military department where I was trained to be a launch platoon commander. I can’t remember anything else about this complex.
So let’s move on to mobile systems. The Kub air defense missile system launcher is likely familiar to many.
I know about it because I built a model of it. Nothing more. But I saw the second component of the complex for the first time.
As well as the third.
Transporter-loader vehicles are a rare sight on museum sites. And that’s a shame, as they add a certain completeness to the complex’s structure.
The lack of explanatory plaques for the exhibits in the report isn’t always my fault. Sometimes museum staff screw up, too. Like, for example, with the Krug air defense system. I’m providing a photo as proof, so as not to be unfounded.
Since I have such a kit for assembly, I examined the prototype in a little more detail.
I never paid attention to the fact that the “extra” planes of the rockets in the transport position are removed from the rockets and stored separately.
It’s good that I came by!
Also because I didn’t know such a cutie existed before.
I can only drool over the kit model of the next product. Not so much because of the price, although that plays a role, but because of the fear of screwing it up.
Its antenna, of course, isn’t as ornate as the radar post’s, but it’s impressive. Thank God, there are no radar models.
I don’t know why it’s located here exactly, but there’s a monument called “A Ticket to Life. Dedicated to the Fight Against Child Homelessness” next to the radar station.
A famous historical episode after the Civil War.
In addition to the air defense system group, the area hosts other missile complexes as well
but operational-tactical and tactical.
We can walk around and take a closer look at the following missile systems:
The area free of complexes was filled with missiles and their containers.
These two missile sites are separated by another urban viewpoint with an installed cannon.
I decided to take a shortcut on my way back and walked not along the wide paved alley, but through the bushes. And not in vain, there is something to see there.
Including a single mortar.
Having seen this Frankenstein from afar, I first complained about the museum staff – they sometimes take liberties with us,
but then I realized that they had nothing to do with it and it wasn’t their invention.
Some exhibits require careful searching among the trees and bushes.
Then I made my way to the Alley of Military Glory of Russia.
on one side of it, stretching to the horizon, are photographs of war veterans and participants.
Text: Thank you for the Victory!
and on the other, a row of monuments to famous Russian military leaders.
Nearby, there is a church, quite traditional for such places.
and the monument to “Fellow Countrymen Who Died in Local Wars,” around which landscaping is being completed.
To be continued: Museum of Military and Labor Glory (Saratov). Part 6.