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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

If you open the materials on "Griffin" on the Internet, in 9.5 out of 10 cases we will be able to read something similar to the quote from Nekrasov's poem about the fact that "This groan is called a song for us …" lighter of the Luftwaffe "was about nothing, the plane is rubbish, one continuous

Today's story is about such wonderful ships that it is simply difficult, perhaps, to find the cruisers that made the most noise. Even the Deutschlands cannot be compared to the effect that the appearance of these ships produced. The story began on April 22, 1930, when, in the process of signing the London

Photo: IA "Arms of Russia" Lately, we have only talked about whether we need to build another whopper, a nuclear destroyer the size of a cruiser, a nuclear aircraft carrier with a displacement of 100 thousand tons, and so on. Meanwhile, we cannot give crazy available big ships (yes, I am all

The next stage in the development of the Japanese shipbuilding program, and specifically of heavy cruisers. From "Myoko" to "Mogami" and "Tone" the path of Japanese shipbuilders lay through the project of heavy cruisers of the Takao class. Cruisers of the Takao class became a further stage in the development of the Myoko project. When designing ships, so

I will start from afar and with absolutely known facts. Since we are talking about the fact that in America everyone can sleep peacefully (let's not talk about Poseidons and other fantastic cartoons now), then this peace of mind of citizens must be based on some kind of foundation. Otherwise, it is not calm, but so … Such a foundation

In fact, we are continuing the conversation that was raised in the topic of Furutaki, because our two today's heroes, Aoba and Kinugasa, are nothing more than the Furutaka project, but with some alterations. Here you need to know the Asian trick. The history of these cruisers was born under the cover of cunning

In one of the first articles on cruisers, we explored in detail what the Washington Agreement is and how well it fought the evolution of warships in general and cruisers in particular, but it was this agreement that drew the line between light and heavy cruisers. Yes, exactly to the British, stubbornly not

Bomber from Ju-86 failed. The plane was outdated before it dropped the first bombs from its compartments back in Spain, was sold for export quite normally, but the Luftwaffe “did not enter” for many reasons, which make no sense to disassemble. The fact is that the Ju-86Z (from Zivil - civilian ), 10-seater

A real "Viking", a controversial hulk, a jock on Teutonic steroids. Controversial, because it could well be called the largest aircraft - a flying boat, but bad luck, this title was retained in those years by Dornier-X. Although, in essence, a loser boat that flew less than

A world war is when almost the whole world is at war. In the First, it so happened that neighbors grabbed each other's throats with and without it. And in the Second World War, there was also a practice when states that pursued their goals entered the war, as happened with Romania. Now I will not judge

On June 18, 2020, at the PLA naval base in Xiamen, an ordinary event took place: the ceremony of entering into the PLA Navy a new corvette of Project 056A "Jingdezhen" (tail number 617). Information about this really passed in passing. Well, what's wrong, one more corvette got into operation. Is it not so?

Continuing the topic started in two articles earlier. That is, on the agenda we have to go through the agony of Italian shipbuilders in an attempt to create a normal light cruiser. Some researchers generally consider "Condottieri" of the first two episodes to be almost overgrown leaders, but here I am not with them

It was not in vain that I remembered about the literary hero. If you compare him with all the other characters of Mrs. Lindgren, then he clearly stands apart from everyone. Yes, there are all a bit rebellious like Pippi and Emil, or very refined ones like Kid or Kalle. But Carlson is a separate phenomenon. They say

It’s probably no secret to anyone that in the United States, everyone is convinced that the Marines are the most ferocious warriors in the world. If you do not take the spetsuru and the Soviet construction battalion deceased in history, in principle, it can be so. Logan Nye from "We are the Mighty" (it sounds like "We are powerful", but what else

Continuing the theme of the Italian-French confrontation in the Mediterranean Sea, we will analyze the next series of Italian light cruisers. "Condottieri B". It is clear that, having burned themselves on the "A" series, the Italians realized that the first pizza came out not only lumpy, but something terrible. And you have to do something. AND

Yes, perhaps the material will seem funny and frivolous, but believe me, the direct participants were absolutely not laughing. They, the participants, were engaged in a very serious matter of creation. Today the aircraft carrier is a very serious weapon. And the countries that have aircraft carriers in service are

In the previous article on La Galissonniere, I promised that I would be distracted by the Italians. Yes, it will have to, because such a show, which unfolded in the confrontation between two Mediterranean countries, France and Italy, can only be viewed this way and nothing else. So to make comparisons and comparisons easier

A necessary foreword. We are talking about the 30s of the last century, when two ideologies collided in design bureaus around the world: a high-speed and a maneuverable fighter. It just didn't work out right then, and it turned out that I had to work in two directions

Foreword Yes, from the very first line: this is an alternate version of what could have happened. It was based on the ambitions of the participants and their capabilities, but on the whole it is nothing more than fun for the mind from the cycle “It could have been so.” At the numerous requests of readers, so to speak. Not really

Today they talk about it a lot and tastefully. Both in our country and in the West. In the West, they especially love the theme of the genius German generals and the mediocre corporal who commanded them. And if it were not for Hitler's miscalculations, then the victory would definitely have been for Germany, and in general. That's about this "and in general" we