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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

It is worth highlighting the accents right away: in its current state, the Armata tank will not be able to take on board a 152 mm gun. There are several reasons for this. Firstly, the length of the BPS of a larger caliber significantly exceeds the length of a similar projectile of 125 mm caliber, and the T-14 hull is designed just for the height

A full-scale baptism of fire in the conflict was received by the Kharkov T-64 vehicle and its numerous modifications in the territory of the South-East of Ukraine. And, as it turned out, in many ways the revolutionary tank was poorly prepared for war. Since the mid-60s of the last century, many defense specialists

In Russia, the first models of personal protection were created for the officials of the city police. After the 1905 revolution, during searches, arrests, clashes with strikers, police officers were injured, and sometimes died at the hands of revolutionary elements and ordinary criminals. The most perfect for that

Not far from Warsaw, on May 31, 1915, the Germans emptied 12 thousand chlorine cylinders, filling the trenches of the Russian army with 264 tons of poison. More than three thousand Siberian riflemen were killed, and about two were hospitalized in a critical condition. This tragedy was the impetus for the development of a gas mask, forever

The first generation of navigation satellite systems in the Soviet Union received the name "Sail" and was developed on the basis of the Scientific Research Hydrographic Navigation Institute (NIGSHI) of the Navy. The very idea to use artificial earth satellites as the main element of navigation came

The statistics are relentless: in the French army, steel helmets helped to avoid three-quarters of the head wounds, which in most cases ended in death. In Russia, in September 1915, more than 33 thousand wounded were evacuated from Moscow, of which 70% were hit by bullets, shrapnel

In addition to the tangible damage to the enemy, the cannon, with a thunderous sound, is capable of causing harm to the gun crew in the form of acute acoustic trauma. Of course, in the arsenal of artillerymen there are many methods of protection: close your ears with your palms, open your mouth, plug your ear canal with your finger, or simply press the ear tragus

The mortar differs unfavorably from barrel artillery in the large amount of dispersion of ammunition, which makes it necessary to increase the consumption of mines to hit the target. Most artillery design bureaus around the world have come to the conclusion that the introduction of mine control systems in flight is inevitable

October 1952. In the village of Tomilino near Moscow, an experimental plant No. 918 is being organized to create means of ensuring the safety of crews and increasing the survivability of combat aircraft. The decision was not made by chance - the massive transition of aviation to jet thrust and a natural increase in speeds and

Like many other realized utopian ideas, an unenviable fate awaited the supergun: the Germans destroyed all the guns and technical documentation immediately after the conclusion of peace, which automatically transferred it into the category of legends. The difficult birth of the Colossal gun began in 1916, when the professor

The interference effect on the guidance systems of guided weapons first appeared in the equipment of tanks in the 80s and received the name of the optical-electronic countermeasures complex (KOEP). At the forefront were the Israeli ARPAM, the Soviet "Shtora" and the Polish (!) "Bobravka". Technique of the first

The simplest fragmentation projectiles are only capable of natural fragmentation, that is, the random scattering of fragments under the action of a high explosive. Such shells will be present in the arsenals of the warring parties for a very long time, but the requirements of the time and the tastes of buyers require new, more

An attacking armored vehicle, probably like no other combatant, needs thermal imaging equipment. And the point here is not only in finding targets from the category of their own kind, but in the timely detection in the day and night in any conditions of tank-hazardous infantry, which is sometimes equipped with extremely

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