Weapons Designer Mikhail Loginov

Obverse

in the centre there is a relief image of the National Coat of Arms of the Russian Federation and over it a semicircular inscription along the rim: "РОССИЙСКАЯ ФЕДЕРАЦИЯ" (RUSSIAN FEDERATION) framed by doubled rhombuses on both sides, under the emblem, in three lines, there is an inscription: "БАНК РОССИИ" (BANK OF RUSSIA), the coin’s par value "25 РУБЛЕЙ" (25 RUBLES), and the year of issue "2020 г." (2020), and on the right there is a mint trade mark.

Reverse

a relief image of the anti-tank gun model 1937 and the inscription ‘ПТП ОБРАЗЦА 1937 г.’ (ANTI-TANK GUN M1937) underneath on the left; along the rim there are the inscriptions ‘ОРУЖИЕ ВЕЛИКОЙ ПОБЕДЫ’ (WEAPONS OF THE GREAT VICTORY) at the top and ‘М.Н. ЛОГИНОВ’ (MIKHAIL LOGINOV) at the bottom.

Authors

Designers: E.V. Kramskaya (obverse), A.V. Gnidin (reverse).
Sculptors: A.A. Dolgopolova (obverse), computer simulation (reverse).
Mint: Moscow Mint (ММД).
Edge: 180 corrugations.

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Mikhail Nikolayevich Loginov (1903–1940) was a Soviet artillery designer, known for developing the 45-millimetre anti-tank gun model 1937. The gun was deployed in 1938.

Loginov’s 1937 creation served as the Soviet army’s main anti-tank weapon during the first stage of the Great Patriotic War. Easy to manoeuvre and camouflage, and having a sufficient (for the beginning of the war, at least) armour penetration capacity, this gun was successfully used to destroy enemy tanks and all types of armoured vehicles, thus posing a significant threat to the enemy.