Main Artillery Directorate

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The Main Artillery Directorate was a central Soviet military authority responsible for overseeing the development, procurement, and management of artillery weapons and related armaments.

All labels observed (5)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Soviet military organization ⓘ
government agency ⓘ
alternativeName GAU ⓘ
Main Artillery Directorate of the Ministry of Defence of the USSR ⓘ
associatedWith Red Army ⓘ
Soviet Ground Forces ⓘ
Soviet military–industrial complex ⓘ
country Soviet Union ⓘ
domain ground forces weaponry ⓘ
rocket and tube artillery ⓘ
field armaments procurement ⓘ
artillery ⓘ
military logistics ⓘ
military technology ⓘ
weapons development ⓘ
function centralized control of artillery armaments ⓘ
coordination between industry and the armed forces for artillery production ⓘ
documentation and technical regulations for artillery systems ⓘ
inventory management of artillery weapons and ammunition ⓘ
hadJurisdictionOver artillery armament stockpiles ⓘ
artillery units of the Soviet Armed Forces ⓘ
historicalPeriod 20th century ⓘ
operatedIn Soviet Union ⓘ
oversaw artillery depots ⓘ
artillery proving grounds ⓘ
artillery research institutes ⓘ
design bureaus for artillery ⓘ
partOf Soviet Armed Forces ⓘ
linked to: Soviet armed forces

Soviet Ministry of Defence ⓘ
responsibleFor development of artillery weapons ⓘ
maintenance of artillery materiel ⓘ
management of artillery armaments ⓘ
procurement of artillery systems ⓘ
standardization of artillery equipment ⓘ
supply of artillery ammunition ⓘ
testing of artillery weapons ⓘ
role coordinating artillery modernization ⓘ
ensuring supply of artillery to Soviet troops ⓘ
managing artillery ammunition reserves ⓘ
organizing trials of new artillery weapons ⓘ
planning artillery armament programs ⓘ
setting technical requirements for artillery systems ⓘ
subordinateTo General Staff of the Soviet Armed Forces ⓘ
linked to: Soviet armed forces

Soviet Ministry of Defence ⓘ
typeOf central military authority ⓘ
usedLanguage Russian ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ministry of Defense of the USSR → hasPart → Main Artillery Directorate ⓘ
Ministry of Defense of the USSR → hasPart → Main Rocket and Artillery Directorate ⓘ
linked to: Main Artillery Directorate
War Ministry of the Russian Empire → hasPart → Main Artillery Directorate of the Russian Empire ⓘ
linked to: Main Artillery Directorate
Main Artillery Directorate → alternativeName → Main Artillery Directorate of the Ministry of Defence of the USSR ⓘ
linked to: Main Artillery Directorate
Artillery Directorate → abbreviation → DG Arty (for its head) ⓘ
linked to: Main Artillery Directorate
GAU → fullName → Main Artillery Directorate ⓘ
GAU → abbreviationFor → Main Artillery Directorate ⓘ