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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

Titanium is an element of the periodic table of chemical elements of D.I. Mendeleev, with atomic number 22. A light metal of a silvery hue with a density that is two times less than that of iron, and a melting point of + 1660 ° C. Titanium is used for the manufacture of durable and high-quality things - reactor fittings

Real war, in terms of order and organization, is remarkably similar to a brothel on fire. The Falklands conflict was no exception - the chain of naval and land battles in the South Atlantic, raging in May-June 1982, became a good example of how modern

The number of US overseas military bases is a variable with rather fuzzy criteria. Independent analysts provide a list of 865 Pentagon facilities on all continents of the Earth - excluding secret CIA prisons, military bases of allied countries and potential options for deployment

The submariner, a moment has come, take the Gifts. Everything in life will be fine, My friend, do not forget! The Rubin Central Design Bureau of Marine Engineering (CDB MT) has decided to competently celebrate the Day of the Submariner (traditionally celebrated on March 19) - application for the start of work on the creation

The modern navy is designed to perform three main tasks: providing strategic deterrence in the form of one of the components of the "nuclear triad", supporting ground forces in local conflicts, and performing "decorative" functions, otherwise known as "displaying the flag." V

The passenger Boeing soars into the gloomy sky of London, neat British mansions, green squares, streets with left-hand traffic float under the wing. Swaying gently in the Atlantic wind, the plane heads for the open ocean … "Ladies and gentlemen," says captain Steve

To date, only four ships of the Russian Navy are capable of providing tactical (zonal) air defense of the squadron in open sea areas. Their names are well known to you: the heavy nuclear-powered missile cruiser "Peter the Great" and three missile cruisers of Project 1164 - "Moscow", "Varyag" and

“When unidentified underwater objects are discovered near units of US Navy warships, force them to surface. Otherwise, use weapons to kill "from the directive of the US Navy Rendezvous with Mr. Eisenhower The Mediterranean Sea was saturated with death

The probe floats in an icy void. Three years have passed since its launch at Baikonur and a long road stretches behind for a billion kilometers. The asteroid belt has been safely crossed, the fragile instruments have withstood the severe cold of world space. And ahead? Terrible electromagnetic storms in orbit

Is it worth taking on ships that will not enter service very soon and will be insanely expensive? - President F.D. Roosevelt's opinion on the construction of large aircraft carriers The 45,000-ton ship will be unreasonably large and uncontrollable - Admiral Chester Nimitz, Commander-in-Chief of the US Pacific Fleet in

Private Rezun! I order you to take a seat at the anti-tank gun. You will take the place of the third number. - What? - Rezun was surprised, peering into the face of the captain standing in front of him, blackened with soot. He did not immediately understand where he was. Instead of the walls of a London mansion, an aspen grove hummed around

The attack nuclear aircraft carrier "John C. Stennis" together with the warships sent to the Persian Gulf … The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier "George Bush" has been deployed to the shores of Syria. … The third US aircraft carrier has arrived in the Middle East. According to news reports over the past year

The main headquarters of the USSR Navy was pierced with slippery tentacles of terror: the commander-in-chief saw the nuclear aircraft carrier "Enterprise" everywhere, officers threw themselves out of the windows in panic shouting "Aircraft carriers are coming!" A pistol shot clicked - the deputy chief of the General Staff shot himself in his office, information about

I believe, my friends, rocket caravans will guide us forward from star to star. On the dusty paths of distant planets, our traces will remain. But NASA astronauts risk being forever stuck on Earth. Due to financial difficulties, a difficult situation has developed around the "flagship program" of the American

An impressive panorama was unfolding in front of the pilots: ninety American warships, sparkling in the morning rays of the Hawaiian sun. From here, at 10,000 feet, Pearl Harbor least of all resembled a formidable naval base; rather a luxurious yacht club with even rows of anchor

The US Nimitz-class aircraft carrier was hit by two hits from Dongfeng 21 ballistic missiles. The warheads of missiles at a speed of five times the speed of sound pierced the flight armored deck and six lower decks of the aircraft carrier, destroying all posts, cockpits and storage facilities in their path. Scary

In a combined arms offensive battle, air support can be dispensed with: a howitzer artillery division of the Soviet army could bring down half a thousand 152 mm rounds on the enemy's head in one hour! Artillery strikes in fog, thunderstorms and blizzards, and the work of aviation is often limited

The history of atomic killers of the Los Angeles type began in 1906, when a family of emigrants from the Russian Empire - Abraham, Rachel and their six-year-old son Haim - entered the hall of the Immigration Service of Ellis Island (New Jersey). The boy was not a miss - when he grew up, he entered the Naval Academy and

General Grachev once "joked" that he would take Grozny in two hours with the forces of one regiment of the Airborne Forces. As a result, over 10 years of war, the entire Russian army and the Ministry of Internal Affairs had to be driven through the Chechen Republic. History knows many such examples of excessive self-confidence and cruel miscalculations in

The prerequisites for the defeat of the PQ-17 convoy lie not in the British Admiralty, but much further and deeper - in Washington. The troubles of the Arctic convoys were largely due to the amendment to the Lend-Lease Act, which prohibited the escorting of transports with military cargo by the US Navy