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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

Various areas of modernization of the Russian BMP-3 infantry fighting vehicle will be presented on October 28-31 in Thessaloniki (Greece) at a specialized exhibition of land, sea and air defense systems "Defense-2010" (DEFENSYS 2010). This was reported to the correspondent of ARMS-TASS in

At the initial stage of World War II, armored vehicles coped well with reconnaissance tasks in the interests of tank and motorized units of the Hitlerite Wehrmacht. Their use in this role was facilitated by both the extensive road network of Western Europe and the enemy's lack of

The event is being held in the presence of the Chief of the General Staff, Lieutenant General Gabi Ashkenazi, Deputy Chief of the General Staff, Major General Beni Gantz and the Commander of the Ground Forces, Major General Sami Turgeman. Senior Army officers also take part in

During its visit to Ukraine, a Peruvian delegation led by Brigadier General Juan Mendiz, head of the logistics department of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, visited the testing ground of the plant. Malyshev and KMDB named after Morozov, according to the Peruvian

In early September, the first armored vehicle GAZ-233036 "Tiger" SPM-2 was handed over to the Brazilian special operations police battalion stationed in the city of Rio de Janeiro, representatives of the Military Industrial Company and the Federal State Unitary Enterprise Rosoboronexport

Part 1. Buy weapons. Quite recently, we were all delighted with one interesting news, namely the fact that the Russian Ministry of Defense has finally decided on the purchase of Italian IVECO LMV M65 armored cars for the Russian army, while abandoning the domestic analogue (GAZ-2330

The domestic manufacturer intends to interest our military in new models of armored vehicles Russian enterprises producing light wheeled armored vehicles are still trying to maintain their monopoly position as the main supplier of the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation. In particular, for our security officials

We live in a rapidly changing world. The political situation is changing. Yesterday there were two blocs aimed at each other, but today one (the Warsaw Pact) is no longer there, and the other (NATO) has expanded at the expense of former members of the first and a number of former Soviet republics. The threat of the world

The safest test drive The journalists who tested the Ocelot in April of this year unanimously say that it was not difficult for them to get used to the cockpit of the armored car. The seats are arranged as in an ordinary British car: on the right is the driver, on the left is the commander of the car. Ocelot, or Leopardus Pardalis

Apparently, the car is an alternative, since the Chinese have no technical prerequisites for creating such a machine. I will give some technical data from those that I managed to translate. So, the car is armed with 2 * 3 30 mm electromagnetic rail guns. The crew of this machine is 2 people

In the course of reforming the Russian army, one of the priority tasks is to equip it with modern types of weapons and military equipment. In the field of equipping the Armed Forces with armored vehicles, the leading role is assigned to the vertically integrated structure of the Scientific and Production Corporation

BMP-2M - modernization eliminated a number of shortcomings of the original model. On August 31, domestic tank building celebrated its 90th anniversary. On this day in 1920, the first serial tank, assembled by the hands of Nizhny Novgorod workers and named "Fighter for Freedom Comrade

In the rating of the leaders of the world tank building, annually compiled by the authoritative American military analytical agency Forecast International, the Israeli tank Merkava Mk4 takes the leading place, surpassing in its combat characteristics such serious competitors as the German tank

The forum china-defense.com, citing an internal Chinese source, discusses a possible concept for a new generation tank, which houses a self-propelled combat robot equipped with surveillance equipment and missiles (probably anti-tank). To the credit of the debaters, they admit this

India has begun work on its next generation tank. Called FMBT (Future Main Battle Tank), its goal is to replace India's latest Arjun in a quality manner, which worries many Indian taxpayers and the military as the government has only recently

Aircraft carriers are not only the pinnacle of shipbuilding, but also aircraft construction. Therefore, their comparative analysis is also important for assessing the technological level of states. There are few aircraft carriers in the world, and most of them are in the US Navy. Nevertheless, these ships are in the fleets of countries in all the most important regions of the world:

Photo: weapons.technology.youngester.com Nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle (R91), France The maritime powers of Europe, which have or once had classic strike aircraft carriers in their fleets, are gradually abandoning this type of ships in favor of smaller, but multifunctional

1. The Second World War showed that surface ships without air cover do not survive in an area where enemy strike aircraft are actively operating. 2. She also showed that large surface ships are easily destroyed by combat aircraft, which, for example, entailed the disappearance of large

Submarines of the "Bars" or "Morzh" type for the Baltic Sea were built in 1912 under the shipbuilding program "Rapid Reinforcement of the Baltic Fleet" in the amount of 18 units. According to this program, six submarines were intended for the Siberian Flotilla

As is widely known, at the beginning of World War II, Germany tried to disorganize the sea communications of the Allies with the help of surface ships. As warships of special construction, from "pocket battleships" to "Bismarck" and "Tirpitz", and converted merchant ships, combat stability