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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

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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

Domestic army special forces celebrate this year's anniversary - 70 years since its official foundation. On October 24, 1950, the Minister of the Armed Forces of the USSR, Marshal of the Soviet Union, Alexander Mikhailovich Vasilevsky, signed a directive classified as "secret." The directive referred to the creation of

The legendary intelligence officer Stirlitz, aka Maxim Isaev, aka Vsevolod Vladimirov, has forever become an element of the national cultural code. The hero of the works of the writer Yulian Semyonov fell in love with many of our fellow citizens from books, but especially from the famous television series "Seventeen Moments of Spring"

The model of the nose cone, created in the framework of the "Dove" project. Carrier pigeons were quite actively used during the First and Second World War. The use of pigeons as winged messengers has a thousand-year history; this use of birds was known even in the army of Alexander the Great

Skyborg project, USAF render Until 2030, the United States expects to complete the ambitious Skyborg program, which could change the modern look of the Air Force and the way air warfare is waged. The goal of the program is to create combat aircraft that will be controlled by artificial intelligence

USS Enterprise (CVN-65) in the Atlantic, 2004 The aircraft carrier Enterprise, launched on September 24, 1960, became not only the first aircraft carrier with a nuclear power plant, but also the first and only ship built according to this project. The aircraft carrier owns several

The world situation continues to be tense. Local conflicts of varying intensity and clashes of geopolitical interests in various parts of the world have not disappeared from the daily news agenda. The United States fears a possible conflict between China and Taiwan, a nuclear program

XF-84H in flight At the turn of the late 1940s - early 1950s, the transition of military aviation to jet engines was practically completed. The future was precisely with jet aircraft, but work on the creation of new propeller driven aircraft was still ongoing. Similar projects include the American

210 years ago, on August 6, 1806, the Holy Roman Empire ceased to exist. The war of the Third Coalition in 1805 dealt a fatal blow to the Holy Roman Empire. The Austrian army was utterly defeated in the battle of Ulm and in the battle of Austerlitz, and Vienna was captured

None of the latest local conflicts have gone without the use of aviation. The most frequently encountered aircraft over the battlefield for many years were attack aircraft. Recently, they are giving way to strike drones and kamikaze drones, but they are still used quite actively. Two

In 1957, the US Army Transportation Research Command issued an assignment to industry to develop a flying jeep. Only a few years remained before the mass use of helicopters in combat conditions. The Vietnam War clearly confirmed the high efficiency of such a technique for solving

The Marine Corps Special Forces parachute into the water from an MH-47 helicopter The United States Marine Corps is enough

Nowadays, the image of the knight is romanticized and built on myths. This is largely due to the influence of modern culture on a person. Despite the fact that the heyday of chivalry in Europe fell on the XII-XIII centuries, interest in that era and warriors in armor still exists today. Living evidence is

The Vatican is a dwarf state-enclave on the territory of Rome. Today, the Vatican is the smallest of the officially recognized states on the planet. It is here that the residence of the highest spiritual leadership of the Roman Catholic Church is located. The Vatican has long been a place of religious pilgrimage

Turkish attack drone Bayraktar TB2 In recent years, none of the local wars were complete without the use of unmanned aircraft. Interest in UAVs is growing all over the world. It is obvious that the future belongs to these weapons. At the same time, the range of drones presented on the military market is very large: from completely

Pz.III tanks of the 10th Panzer Division with girder crosses, August 1941 The German girder cross, or Balkankreuz, entered history thanks to the events of World War II. During the war years, a stylized image of a cross could be found on all German military equipment. Balkenkreuz in years

The control panel of the general-purpose computer M-20 At the dawn of the emergence of computer technology, the Soviet Union felt rather confident. In the first half of the 1950s, Soviet computers were the best in Europe, second only to some American commercial models. Electronic computers

SEALs of the 2nd Special Operations Group in the exercise, 2019 Special Operations Forces, which are directly subordinate to the US Navy Special Operations Command, are inferior in size to the Army Special Forces and Air Force Special Forces. Total number

Special tactical squadron fighters are deployed to ensure safety in the landing zone. April 2020Since the first flight of the aircraft, built by the two American inventors and designers, the Wright brothers, aviation in the United States has particular trepidation. In many ways it is

One of the partisan detachments during the Great Patriotic War Many citizens who were born in the USSR, and those who were born after the collapse of the Soviet Union, watched the feature film "Shield and Sword". The four-part feature film was shot in 1968 and played very well at the box office. Picture

Teaching Jumps of the 1st Green Berets Special Forces Group soldiers The US Army Special Operations Command (USASOC) is the highest command body for all special forces that belong to the US Army. This command