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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

Contrary to the ineffective Minsk Agreements, Ukrainian military formations are again using BM-21 Grad multiple launch rocket systems, as well as barrel artillery with a caliber of 122 and 152 mm. Both the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the extremist nationalist divisions of the Right Sector AUK (prohibited in

RVV-AE-PD model presented at the MAKS-2001 aerospace exhibition. In the tail section, developed lattice aerodynamic rudders are visible, maintaining efficiency at a 40-degree angle of inclination relative to the normal. Thanks to this, the overload of the rocket can reach 35 units

Long-term military-political pressure on Tehran from Washington, expressed in the regular presence in the Arabian Sea of the US Navy's naval and aircraft carrier strike groups, as well as in the transformation of the entire western coast of the Arabian Peninsula into an anti-aircraft / anti-missile and

Information about the start of updating the hardware and software components of the RLPK of Australian and American F / A-18E / F / G fighters by installing new stations and terminals for transmitting tactical information appeared on March 25. It can be considered a typical asymmetric response to the

It so happened that due to the difficult economic background and the lack of the proper technical condition of the shipbuilding capacities in St

The destroyer missile defense HMS "Dragon" (D-35) and SSBN HMS "Vanguard" of the British Navy in a single KUGTrends in the world submarine shipbuilding of the XXI century, in fact, like the production of any other type of naval weapons, usually strive to minimize the size of the combat unit with the simultaneous

The armed forces of Poland received enormous attention from Washington and the leading American arms corporations in just a few years after the beginning of the aggravation of the military-political situation in the small, but very complex and unpredictable European theater of operations. Close proximity to

The main "firing" elements of the S-300V / VM / V4 anti-aircraft missile system (from left to right): 9A83M launcher with target illumination radar on a lifting mast for 9M83M missiles, 9A82M launcher with RPN for 9M82M long-range missiles, 6-channel radar missile guidance with 9S32M HEADLIGHTS

One-keel modification of the JH-7B stealth tactical fighter (draft) Almost all existing

The 5th generation J-31 multipurpose fighter is planned to be equipped with a high-resolution optoelectronic TV / IR sighting system, similar to that used on the F-35A AAQ-40 EOTS (optically transparent yellowish turret under the radar nose cone) J-20 - NARROW SPECIALIZED MACHINE … FOR AIR

I would like to initially say that quite often the hype in the media does not always correspond to the real state of affairs in such complex issues as the export deliveries of 5th generation tactical aircraft from manufacturing states to third countries. Sales contracts for these

Single-seat modification of the light multipurpose interceptor "Mirage-2000-5Ei" of the Taiwan Air Force. The interest of the Chinese special services in the vehicle is justified by many factors, one of which is the use of MICA-EM medium-range missiles as the main weapon of air combat (in the photo

The concept of a promising stealth frigate for the Indian Navy "Project-17A" A series of advanced Chinese missile fire control destroyers (URO) Type 052C and 052D does not give a minute of peace to the fleets of Japan, India, Australia and the United States, annually spreading an ever-widening network of naval dominance in

By the beginning of August 2016, the total time spent by the aircraft fleet of unmanned strategic reconnaissance aircraft of the RQ-4C family in test flights and air reconnaissance operations exceeded 200 thousand hours, which is more than 22.8 years. This was announced at the end of July by the development company and

Medium-range air-to-air missiles of the R-77 (RVV-AE) family, according to officially published data, are adapted to intercept any type of tactical missile, including enemy air combat missiles

The unique qualities of the newest electronic warfare system "Pole-21", which is being deployed today on the basis of base stations and antenna-mast systems of cellular mobile operators in Russia, we examined in one of our August articles. Weakly directional radiating antennas of complexes

There are so many legends about the real effective reflective surface (EOC or EPR) of the 5th generation American fighters F-35A "Lightnung" and F-22A "Raptor"! From machine fans and pro-Western observers, one could hear thousandths and even ten-thousandths of a square

This photo of J-20 on the deck of the aircraft carrier Liaoning is pure high-quality computer-generated editing, but it may soon become a real reality. At the suspension point of the side internal weapons compartment, you can see the super-maneuverable BVB PL-10 missile with an ultra-high IKGSN

The same F-16C Block 25F multipurpose fighter, the first to receive an exclusive camouflage from the Russian super-maneuverable multi-role fighter of the 4 ++ generation Su-35S. The American "aggressor" from the 57th group of imitation of enemy tactics will not repeat the fourth part of the super-maneuverable

Guided air combat missile "Astra Mk.1" Independent development and serial production of promising guided missile weapons for various carriers is today an important indicator for assessing the level of the military-industrial complex of any more or less developed state. In