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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 key problem of individual thermal imagers as part of the instrumentation and sighting complex is the stringent requirements for weight and dimensions. It is impossible to place a system for cooling the matrix with liquid nitrogen, so new engineering solutions have to be looked for. And why bother to fence the most complicated and expensive

Japanese Foreign Minister I. Matsuoka signs the Pact of Neutrality between the USSR and Japan. Present: J. V. Stalin, People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs of the USSR V. Molotov, Deputy. People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs of the USSR S. A. Lozovsky, A. Ya. Vyshinsky Great East Asia After the signing of the Triple Pact of 27

Great Britain, before acting as an ally of the USSR in the Great Patriotic War, soberly assessed the state of the Soviet armed forces. The British military leadership, in a sense, publicly described the professional and combat qualities of the Red Army on the eve of the war as sufficient

Captain of the third rank Henryk Kloczkowski sits second from the left among the personnel of the Polish Navy on the occasion of the celebration of Christmas, 1938. End of the article Baltic Odyssey of the Eagle

March 23, 1983 Ronald Reagan during a televised address to the nation, in which he announced the work of the United States on the program "Strategic Defense Initiative" (SDI). The US economy "floated." The arms race has greatly accelerated the approach of a new crisis of capitalism. The United States failed to commit

This is approximately how the liquidation of collective farms began. You can read the heading on the leaflet: “A hardworking peasant has his own land!” It seems that this question presents no difficulties. It is known that the Germans were going to dissolve the collective farms in the occupied territories. However, it is well known that many

First Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee Nikita Khrushchev speaks at the XX Congress of the CPSU in the Kremlin, 1956 © Vasily Egorov / TASS photo chronicle "a brave jackal bit a dead lion." Stalin's Legacy In his quest for unlimited power, Khrushchev first eliminated his main rival, L. Beria (The Black Myth of the “bloody

The exhibition "Interpolitex-2014" was held in Moscow last week. From 21 to 24 October, the 75th pavilion of VDNKh hosted specialists and guests wishing to get acquainted with new developments in the field of security. According to official data, 473 organizations from Russia and 19 foreign ones took part in the exhibition

This article is dedicated to the current state of the Russian Marine Corps. To be honest, the author pondered for a long time whether it was worth taking on it, because, alas, he did not seriously study the development of this branch of the Russian Navy. However, considering the state of the Russian navy

"Down with the Eagle!" Painting by I.A. Vladimirova The February catastrophe How did the Russian Troubles of 1917 begin? From the riots in the capital of the empire - Petrograd (the city received its Slavic name during the patriotic upsurge of the World War). The reason was the food issue. Broke for a few days

780 years ago, on the night of December 20-21, 1237, Batu's troops took Ryazan by storm. The "Tatar-Mongol" invasion began. We must know and remember that the fake about "Mongols from Mongolia" was launched by Catholic Rome - the then "command post" of the Western community

Huns. Drawing by a modern artist It took Rome a little more than eighty years to assert its rule over the Bosporus kingdom. After suppressing the rebellion of the rebellious king Mithridates VIII and placing his brother Kotis I on the throne (reign 45/46 - 67/68 AD), the empire took the northern lands

Su-30SM fighters of the Russian Air Force built in 2014 (red side numbers "24" and "25") during the Russian-Indian exercise "Aviaindra-2014". The aircraft were delivered to the Russian Air Force on 07.19.2014. Lipetsk, September 2014 (c) Evgeny Volkov / russianplanes.net

At the HeliRussia-2012 exhibition, Rosoboronexport is presenting a wide range of Russian-made helicopters in military and military transport versions. For the opening of HeliRussia-2012, TsAMTO publishes statistical data on the global military helicopter market

Multipurpose frigate "Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Gorshkov" Project 22350. Main purpose - a ship of the far sea zone. This is the lead ship of the series. Start of construction - 2006. Launched in 2010. Tentatively in 2012, it will become part of the Northern Fleet. Got a number

Why is modern Japan, which suffered a crushing defeat at the hands of the Red Army in 1939 at Khalkhin Gol and in 1945 in the Far East, is trying to rewrite history, creating the myth of "Soviet aggression"? At the same time, forgetting about the aggressive policy of the Japanese Empire, the war crimes of the Japanese

Our usual approach to the topic of personal safety is to violate the principle of mindfulness. Why? Because people do not think about what urban civil self-defense is, what it consists of, and what areas are best for it. By making a rash choice, the user can

Cardo, Ahmad Michel, Armed Michel, Mathieu Michel, Kurazhe Michel, Hargo, Fraji, Ryus Ahmed. These names caused panic animal horror among the fascists. And he was inspired by only one person - a partisan of the French Resistance detachment Akhmedia Dzhebrailov. In France, Ahmedia was a prisoner of a concentration camp under the number

"BAD CZAR" AND GOOD RIFLE Not so long ago on the pages of VO there was material dedicated to the 1891 model rifle created in Russia. It seems to be a "next" piece of information, no more and no less. All the same, only in a more concise form, we can read in the encyclopedia "Firearms

The Unity 2014 exercises taking place in Armenia have become unprecedented in the modern history of this republic and Nagorno-Karabakh (since 1991). In fact, in the shortest possible time, 70-80% of the personnel of the Armed Forces of Armenia and the NKR Defense Army were sent to the training grounds in full combat readiness (in the exercises