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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 Second World War, which became the first real war of engines, gave the world a huge number of new weapons. Tanks, which began to play an increasing role on the battlefield, turning into the main striking force of the ground forces, broke through the enemy's field defenses, destroyed the rear, closed

Loitering ammunition "Thunder", photo: ArmyInform Loitering ammunition is gradually conquering the arms market around the world and is becoming an increasingly widespread and effective weapon. Work on the creation of kamikaze drones, which hit targets with an air attack, is underway in many

CM-32 Clouded Leopard Combat buses. Taiwan, which is separated from mainland China by the Taiwan Strait up to 150 kilometers wide, became the last refuge of the Kuomintang government. Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, who lost the civil war in China, took refuge on an island that today

Railway in the Syzran region. 1940s Built in 1942, a new railway line from Ilovlya station near Stalingrad to Sviyazhsk station near Kazan, 978 kilometers long, connected the Stalingrad industrial region with the rest of the country. Thanks to the selfless work of the workers

The US-built AC-130 close-fire support aircraft, also referred to as the "flying battery", is a unique aircraft of its kind. Rebuilt from the military transport C-130 Hercules, this attack aircraft is the eternal companion of the American special operations forces

Sea trials of the frigate Reformador On February 6, 2020, a new warship entered the Mexican Navy. The ceremony of commissioning the frigate "Reformador" took place in the city of Salina Cruz. The frigate was built at the local naval shipyard according to the Damen SIGMA 10514 project. Frigates and corvettes of this series

At the end of December 2019, news appeared in the American media that the assembly of the experimental X-59 QueSST aircraft would be completed by the end of 2020, and the first flight of a unique aircraft could take place in 2021. The uniqueness of the project lies in the fact that the X-59 QueSST aircraft can

A diesel locomotive with a freight train on BAMEBAM. An abbreviation of three letters, familiar to almost every inhabitant of our country, who was born in the USSR. These three letters contain a huge time period in the history of our state, billions of spent rubles, hundreds of thousands of our destinies

Soviet tank aces. Vasily Pavlovich Bryukhov was born on January 9, 1924 in the Urals in the small town of Osa, which today is part of the Perm Territory, and in those years was part of the Sarapul District of the Ural Region. The future tank ace was born into a family of ordinary workers. In 1941 Bryukhov graduated

Combat buses. Israel is anxious about the life and health of its military. The country, which is located in the ring of unfriendly Arab states, cannot afford to waste trained servicemen, the most expensive and limited resource for Tel Aviv. It is no coincidence that in

Tank destroyer MOWAG Taifun Such anti-tank self-propelled guns were massively used by Hitler's Germany, as well as the USSR, where such successful machines as the SU-85 and SU-100 were created. After

Combat buses. The Chinese love of copying foreign military equipment is well known. And if we are not talking about direct copying, then at least about our own understanding of the concept. So, many Western experts considered that the WZ-551 wheeled armored personnel carrier with a 6x6 wheel arrangement is

Combat buses. After the peaceful collapse of Czechoslovakia, two states appeared on the map of Europe on January 1, 1993: the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The countries inherited weapons inherited from Czechoslovakia, including Soviet-made ones. At the same time, the industrial and military potential of the countries was different

A Stryker armored personnel carrier in Mosul, Iraq. 2005 Combat buses. For several decades, the M113 tracked armored personnel carrier remained the main armored personnel carrier of the American army. The car was produced in various versions in a huge series, numbering more than 80 thousand units produced. Take off completely

Vasily Yakovlevich Storozhenko, photograph 1978 Soviet tank aces. Vasily Yakovlevich Storozhenko - one of the Soviet tank aces. A master of tank combat, he went through the entire Great Patriotic War, was awarded numerous military orders and medals, especially distinguished himself in battles on the Kursk Bulge

Sikorsky's Russian Knight The Russian Knight became the first four-engined aircraft in the history of aviation. Created by designer Igor Ivanovich Sikorsky in 1913, the aircraft set several world records and immediately hit the pages of the world press. I came to see the plane in person

Photo: forums.airbase.ru Project 23130 medium tanker "Akademik Pashin" On January 21, 2020, the procedure for raising the flag of the auxiliary fleet of the Russian Navy on a new support ship - the medium sea tanker "Akademik Pashin" was held in a solemn ceremony. From this day on, the tanker of project 23130

Elements of the Israeli KAZ Iron Fist In recent years, Israel has been very actively working to increase the survivability of armored vehicles on the battlefield, including through the creation of active protection systems (KAZ). Great success in this area has been achieved by engineers of the Israeli defense company Elbit Systems

Anatoly Anatolyevich Raftopullo Soviet tank aces. Anatoly Raftopullo is one of the recognized masters of tank combat and a Hero of the Soviet Union. Unlike many of his comrades in arms, by the time the war began, he was a career soldier who had served in the ranks of the Red Army for more than 10 years and had

The incident involving two warships of the US Navy and the Russian Navy, which took place in the northern Arabian Sea on January 9, 2020, was interpreted differently by each of the parties and ultimately boiled down to mutual accusations. At the same time, this news attracted increased attention to the participants