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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

The Kazan campaign began on July 3, 1552 after the defeat of the Crimean horde of Devlet (the heroic defense of Tula and the defeat of the Crimean Turkish army on the Shivoron River). The Russian army was moving in two columns. The Guard Regiment, the Left Hand Regiment and the Tsar's Regiment headed by Ivan Vasilyevich went through

The Black Pearl Josephine Baker Youth It is clear that the conditions in which Josephine grew up were more than modest. In addition, in 1907, when she also had a brother, her father left the family. True, in 1911, Josephine's mother managed to get married a second time and so she had two more sisters

“From now on, before you is Turkey, which does not lose either in diplomacy or in war. What our army gains on the fronts, we are not inferior in negotiations.”- Head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey Mevlut Cavusoglu. This commentary was about Operation Peace Spring in the north

Launch of the GBI antimissile, May 2019. In the distant future, such missiles will be replaced by the NGIK product. At present, a fairly large and developed multicomponent strategic missile defense system has been created in the United States, but it does not fully meet the current challenges and requirements. V

MC-145B Coyote, render At the end of June 2021, the United States introduced a new light attack aircraft for the Special Operations Command. The aircraft is one of five currently being tested as part of the Armed Overwatch program. The new machine is lightweight

Big and Small This winter, the Russian Aerospace Forces received the first production-produced Su-57 fighter, opening a new chapter in their modern history. This could have happened before, but the very first of the built production fighters crashed in December 2019 while passing

RTK "Uran-6" of the engineering unit of the Western Military District at an exercise, January 2021. Photo by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation In the interests of the Russian army, ground-based robotic systems for various purposes are being developed. Some of these products have already been put into service and are being mass-produced, while others remain

In the second half of the 1950s, the Chinese military conducted an audit of anti-tank artillery. All obsolete American and Japanese 37 - 47 mm guns were retired. Soviet 45-mm, German 50-mm, British and American 57-mm guns were transferred to storage and used in training

As you know, the 2nd Pacific Squadron part of the route from Libava to Madagascar followed in separate detachments. She split up in Tangier: five newest battleships, "Admiral Nakhimov" and a number of other ships went bypassing the African continent, while a separate detachment under the command of

USS Parche in the process of launching, January 13, 1973. Photo by US Navy Over the past decades, the US Navy constantly has special reconnaissance and special ships and submarines capable of obtaining information and solving other special tasks. One of the most remarkable

The carrier force led by the Carl Vinson aircraft carrier (of the Nimitz class) left the base in San Diego on the Pacific coast and headed across the Pacific Ocean to the Middle East. protect US interests in

The T-90S is not the most expensive, but the most successful MBT on the market today. Photo by the Ministry of Defense of India The commercial success of a tank or other armored vehicle depends on several main factors. First of all, these are tactical and technical characteristics. The correspondence of parameters and capabilities is of great importance

From Independence to Crimea The annexation of Crimea to Russia was a colossal blow to the Ukrainian Navy, already struggling with funding and combat capability since the country's independence. After the Crimean events, the country lost 75% of the personnel of the fleet and 70% of the ships, and

US Navy aircraft carriers - left USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78), right USS_Harry S. Truman (CVN-75), June 4, 2020 Photo by US Navy In recent years, there has been a significant increase in the number of ships and the combat potential of the fleets of Russia and China. In particular, new, more efficient designs are being created

Westernization of the Elite and Intellectuals The Russian elite was unable to ensure the development of national projects in order to reveal the full and wonderful potential of the Russian civilization and the Russian super-ethnos. Both the Third Rome of the Romanovs and the Red Project of the Russian Communists achieved amazing successes, but ended

Auto Mag first editions manufactured at the Pasadena plant. The so-called Original Pasadena. Characteristic differences: the grip cheeks are completely corrugated, on the front sight from the side of the sight there is a cutout for a colored insert (photo veryimportantlot.com) What's in your variety … or Auto Mag options First

The historical essay covers the period from the early fifties to the mid-nineties of the XX century: on the creation of the first domestic reconnaissance ships and their use in order to conduct naval electronic reconnaissance (RER)

Welcome or … Beijing simply could not help but notice that in the confrontation between the PRC and the USSR in the early 60s, the notorious dissident People's Labor Union immediately took the Chinese side (Our dissidents in the case of Marx-Engels-Lenin-Stalin- Mao were correct). According to World Broadcast and

How ready were the seamen of the Baltic Fleet? What combat and service experience did you have? Was Rozhestvensky right when he wrote that Alekseev had already taken the best? The questions are complex. We can only read biographies and draw conclusions from them, and they do not always reflect the competence of a person. Yes, and impetuous

Faced with a spike in violence against blacks since slavery ended, blacks in the southern United States have often resorted to military force to protect themselves and their communities. Compared to similar efforts by the warring slaves before the Civil War, the defensive efforts of blacks during so