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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

2025-06-01 06:06

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

2025-06-01 06:06

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

2025-06-01 06:06

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

Smerds that are meek are dear to me In a peaceful field. (Sigurd the Crusader. Poetry of the Skalds. Translation by S. V. Petrov) Finds in Oseberg and Gokstad shed light on the way of life of the rich and powerful, but tell little about the everyday life of ordinary Vikings. And since they built their houses from wood, from

While the sun is still, while it is still summer, while there are still last minute deals, it probably makes sense to talk about the island of Crete again, because this is one of the best holiday destinations for us, Russians today, although Abkhazia is also for some. heavenly paradise. Recently I met a man who at 60 for the first time

We go strict Forward formation Without chain mail, With a blue sword. Helmets shine, And I - without a helmet. Lies in boats. Armament. Boldly we climb into a clang The ice floe of the bloody crush Under the shields. So, after all, Labor ordered the ribbons. (Harald the Harsh. Hangs of joy. Poetry of the Skaldov. Translation by SV Petrov) An interesting epigraph, isn't it?

They gave me a wondrous Maiden for money to the Brave, de equal, to Hrafn, glorious. In my house in a storm of abuse Adalrad was an obstacle. That is why the warrior of the Word barely knits. (Gunnlaug Serpentine language. Poetry of Skalds. Translation by S. V. Petrov) In 921-922, the Arab traveler Ahmad ibn Fadlan as secretary

Another very interesting weapon chambered for the .22LR cartridge was our Soviet Blum machine gun. It didn’t have the phenomenal rate of fire of Richard Casull’s American submachine gun, and he didn’t need it. But it contained in its design many unusual solutions that make it

It is enough today to look into the comments to the news on the websites Mail.ru or Topwar.ru to make sure: for the majority of those who write these comments, the United States is enemy number 1. Why is it so, it is understandable, it is very beneficial for the state to have a very specific enemy for a certain social audience. There is someone

In an ordinary Russian school for ordinary standard children, everything went wrong from the very beginning as it had before in the special school and in the gymnasium. If there 80% of the children in the class did everything "right" at 4 and 5, and 20% experienced difficulties, then 80% of the children could not do anything, and only 20% had something

Sickle of the harvest slash Sec vezh from the shoulders, And the wounds stag Cried a red cry. And steel rdians From steel ice Armor in a drunken Amusement of abuse. (Egil, son of Grim the Bald. "Redemption of the head." Translation by SV Petrov) Simultaneously with the spread of the installation tradition runestones in Scandinavia at the same time become

On the pages of "VO" it has already been noted that 15 thousand castles (of varying degrees of preservation) remind of the Middle Ages in Europe. There is data on the Internet that in England (well, it is clear that there are more than 380 of them preserved in Scotland, Wales, and Ireland)! And among them one of the most famous

The serpent rushed the son of Tryggvi, Well done, through the waves, The mouth gaping evil, Zlatom pobzhata. Olav climbed on the Bison, The noble of the wolf is water. The beast soap the sea A powerful horn on the road. (A memorial drape about Saint Olav. most of our people have heard a lot about the Vikings and their ships, and even a century

Hold on, bald man, to the ship! The hour of your judgment is ripe. The arrogant spirit of the support Among this blizzard of foam. Mouth do not mow you eyelids, Take down the sea blizzard. There are plenty of maidens to love! Two deaths cannot be. (Thorir Glacier. Separate Vis. Translation by S. V. Petrov.) The custom of burying the nobility in the mounds is very ancient. And was distributed

As an encouragement to anyone who would have come up with a device for transporting the Thunder Stone, they promised a prize of 7,000 rubles - a huge amount for that time. And while the Office of Buildings was collecting proposals, they dug a stone from all sides, marked the future road (which was supposed to bypass swamps and hills), and

By far the most generous and main supplier of the Republicans was the Soviet Union, which had strong political ties with the leftist government in Spain. In September 1936, the supply of weapons from Soviet arsenals began to Spain. First they sent what was left after the First World War

“Potapov. There are 30 large KV tanks. All of them are without shells for 152 mm guns. I have T-26 and BT tanks, mostly of old brands, including two-turret ones. About a hundred of enemy tanks were destroyed … Zhukov. 152-mm KV cannons fire projectiles 09-30

Why and why does it happen that people try to write something on "VO" without even bothering to look at the Internet? The topic of drunkenness in Russia is being discussed, well, it is so obvious that you need to look … where? A thesis on this topic! As easy as pie! But, apparently, or about what is in it, people do not

But the British approached the work in the design of the appearance of their new tank with all due seriousness. On the Christie's tank, the bow was most like a ram. This shape was intended to facilitate bullet ricochets, but a very strong front beam was required to install the sloths

For the first time I learned about W. Christie's tank in my distant, distant childhood from the magazine Science and Technology in 1929, in which it was written about the tank-walker that appeared in the USA, which developed on wheels a speed of 119 km / h on the highway and 86 km / h on tracks. Then I read that W. Christie transferred his tank to the USSR from

There are nine deeds I know: Good scribe, Dashing in the game of tavlein, Skier and scribe. Bow, oar and glorious Warehouse of runes are subject to me. I am skilled in forging, As well as in a gud gusel. (Rögnwald Kali. "Poetry of the Skalds."

Readers of "VO" positively assessed the material about the Thunder-stone, although, of course, it was not without alternative delights. Therefore, the idea arose to continue this material, but not with my own writings (what if it’s a fiction of a “science fiction author” or a hired by “dark forces”!), But with excerpts from documents

By chance, not on purpose, it turned out that when I was preparing the first materials of the series "About Mauser with Love", which were published here on VO in due time, three Spanish Mauser of excellent preservation fell into my hands at once. Well, and of course, having held on to them, I hastened to tell not so much about