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2025-06-01 06:06

It is no secret that for many Soviet officers it was very prestigious to own a captured pistol. Most often, German short-barreled weapons could be at the disposal of the infantry commanders of the platoon-battalion level and the military personnel of the reconnaissance units. That is, those who

2025-06-01 06:06

A rare photo - two identical Russian warships of non-Soviet construction together. But that should stop being rare. Photo: defenceimagery.mod.uk Having decided on the principles that should underlie the sane shipbuilding policy of Russia, you need to subject them at least

2025-06-01 06:06

The High-Precision Complexes holding (part of the Rostec state corporation) was formed in 2009. Judging by the brand's popularity in Russia and abroad, the consolidation of the scientific and technical potential of specialized enterprises was successful. Not every integrated structure can boast

2025-06-01 06:06

About spilled blood - as a general to a general In February 2021, shortly before the next anniversary of the armed conflict on Damansky Island, a very lengthy and, to put it mildly, somewhat strange material was published in Nezavisimaya Gazeta. It was a big interview with a retired major general

2025-06-01 06:06

In the minds of the majority of Europeans, and even the citizens of Russia, the expanses of Southern Siberia, Altai, Mongolia, Northern and Central China have always been an area of settlement for the peoples of the Mongoloid race, but this is far from the case. Already in 3000 BC, Southern Siberia was inhabited by the clans of the Indo-European

Features of the design and hull I must say that the design of battleships of the "Bayern" type posed an extremely difficult task for the German shipbuilders to link together "a horse and a quivering doe."

The pre-war period of service of the cruiser "Novik" was not marked by any extraordinary events. After completing the full course of tests, "Novik" on May 18, 1902 arrived in Kronstadt, and on the morning of September 14 left for the Far East. During these 4 months, spent in the Baltic, the cruiser twice participated in the celebrations on

We devoted the last article to the appearance of a promising corvette for the Russian Navy, now let's think about what our multipurpose submarines should look like? 1

Mast and communication means Someone such a combination may seem strange, but let's not forget that the main means of transferring information between ships in the late 19th and early 20th centuries were flag signals. And even during the First World War, radio stations were not yet completely reliable

As you know, the construction of the battleship "Dreadnought" in Great Britain was the beginning of the massive construction of ships of this class, known as the "dreadnought fever", which lasted from 1906 to the beginning of the First World War. The reasons for it, in general, are clear - the appearance

Having studied the design features of the Rivenge-class battleships in the previous article, we turn to the brainchilds of the “gloomy Teutonic genius”, the heights of the German battleship of the First World War, called “Bayern” and “Baden.” The history of these ships began in the autumn-winter months of 1910. . when on

Without a doubt, readers interested in the current state of the Russian Navy have repeatedly met news and articles containing very negative reviews about existing projects of domestic ships in the near sea zone. We are talking about corvettes of projects 20380, 20385 and

Let's start our comparison with a description of the British battleships of the Rivenge class, which are often called the Royal Soverin class, or simply the R class. All five battleships of this type were built according to the 1913 program: the first laid down the Rivenge on October 22, 1913, the last - the Royal Oak and Royal

The competition for the design of a high-speed armored cruiser of the 2nd rank was announced, most likely, in early April 1898. Already on April 10, the attorney of the German shipbuilding company Howaldtswerke AG received an assignment to design a 25-knot cruiser, and a day later

In the two previous articles, we described the state of affairs in the coastal troops of the Russian Navy, which includes coastal missile and artillery troops and the marines. In the article offered to your attention, we will summarize and try to draw general conclusions about the state of this type of fleet forces. Generally

This article opens a cycle devoted to the history of the creation and service of the 2nd rank armored cruiser Novik. We must say right away that the ship turned out to be very unusual - neither during its design and bookmarking, nor during its entry into service, the Novik had no direct analogues either in Russian or in

In the series "The Russian Navy. A Sad Look into the Future" we talked a lot about the state of the Russian fleet, studied the decline of the ship's personnel and predicted its state for the period up to 2030-2035. However, the dynamics of the size of the fleet alone will not allow us to assess its ability

Before proceeding to the final article on the Varyag, it remains for us to clarify only some of the features of its lifting and exploitation by the Japanese. It must be said that the Japanese began lifting work immediately - on January 27 (February 9 according to the new style), 1904, a battle took place, and already on 30

The latest news of the construction of our Navy can drive an unprepared person into a stupor. Perhaps even deeper than the one that the Queen of Great Britain could experience if a couple of our bums knocked on her window with the proposal: "Will you be the third?" But let's start from the beginning. So

The "Varyag" saga is drawing to a close - we just have to consider the decisions and actions of the Russian commanders after the battle, and … I must say that the author of this series of articles honestly tried to summarize the facts known to him and build an internally consistent version of events. However, some data

With great interest I read the article “Fleet without ships. The Russian Navy is on the verge of collapse. " The material is in many respects consonant with personal feelings about what is happening with the domestic navy, but at the same time it contains something that has not been heard of before, namely, a new one

A lot of talk is going on around some "agreements" between the officers of the Varyag and the Koreyets (where, to a heap, they also managed to add the commanders of the French and Italian cruisers) in order to embellish the circumstances and results of the battle on January 27, 1904. Let's try to deal with this on

We left "Askold" when the latter, bypassing the Russian battleships and cutting through the line of destroyers between the 1st and 2nd squads, turned south. "Novik" followed him, but the opinions of the destroyer commanders about whether to follow N.K. Reitenstein, were divided. The head of the 1st destroyer detachment, who was marching on

So, after as many as 15 articles, not counting off-cycle ones, we have finally come close to the point that, in the author's opinion, is able to explain to us the vast majority of the ambiguities of the battle between the Varyag and the Koreyets on January 27, 1904. occurring in less than a quarter of an hour, in

Renewing our cycle on the current state of the Russian Navy, we cannot ignore such an important component of it as its Coastal Forces (BV of the Navy). In this article, we do not set ourselves the goal of making a comprehensive analysis of the development of the Coastal Forces of the USSR and the Russian Federation, since, unfortunately, for this the author of this