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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

The twenties of the last century were the most important period in the history of the domestic automotive industry. New enterprises were built and projects of promising equipment of all main classes were developed. The Yaroslavl State

At the end of the seventies, the UR-77 "Meteorite" mine clearing installation, which used elongated charges, entered service with the Soviet army. Shortly thereafter, development began on the next sample of this kind. The result of the work was the installation "Object 190" or UR-88. However, for a number of reasons, it does not

Have you ever thought about the paradoxes of our perception of beauty? What looks ugly enough at first glance can suddenly become beautiful. Conversely, the beautiful initially becomes ugly. Remember the wolverine? A small animal. Not graceful at all. A sort of walking bag of meat and fat

Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles (RMMV) is ramping up production of military trucks at its Austrian plant in order to fulfill the growing number of local and foreign contracts. In addition to the production of military trucks, the Vienna plant also produces a number of civilian vehicles

During the recent exhibition "Army-2019", the Russian industry for the first time showed several promising models of equipment, including a whole family of new universal mine layers "Kleshch-G". These vehicles are built on different chassis, but use a unified target equipment and must

In the early eighties, a new "family of scattered mines" Family of Scatterable Mines / FASCAM entered service with the US Army. To use ammunition of this line, several remote mining systems have been developed. One of them was the M131 MOPMS device, made in the form

Mines and IEDs are increasingly used in modern global conflicts, becoming an integral part of them, which requires the development of a variety of solutions to combat them.In modern hand-held mine detectors, miniature electronic devices are widely used to reduce weight and advanced processing

In May 2018, Russian President-elect Vladimir Putin arrived at the inauguration ceremony in the latest Aurus Senat Limousine. He was accompanied by several other cars of the same family. The development of new models of equipment of the existing line continues. Project

"Beer, fish, churchkhela, baklava!" Since people came up with such a device as a caterpillar, their lives have changed a lot. Although it is difficult to say how much for good, and how much for bad

In the second half of the thirties, the leading Soviet automobile manufacturing enterprises began to modernize their production facilities. Taking into account the future technological capabilities, new projects of promising cars were created. Together with other enterprises, they were preparing for modernization and

One of the novelties of the Army-2019 military-technical forum held at the end of June was the civilian lightweight version of the Izhevsk Izh-Pulsar electric motorcycle. The new version of the serial electric motorcycle, intended for city use, was developed on the basis of the version for the Russian Ministry of Defense

In the Soviet Union, Belarus was responsible for the development of heavy multi-axle military equipment. It was in Minsk in 1954 at the Minsk Automobile Plant (MAZ) that a special design bureau was formed to develop multi-axle high-traffic vehicles for the needs of the military and civilian

Mine-explosive obstacles are the most important element of defense, and their organization requires the use of special equipment. The placement of mines on the ground can be carried out in various models using different methods of work. An interesting way of installing mines was implemented in an American project

In recent years, cars with an electric power plant have become noticeable. In this regard, the emergence of electric vehicles, originally intended for the armies, was obvious and expected. An interesting version of an army electric vehicle in 2017 was presented by the American company Nikola

Now in different countries in service are several samples of reactive mine clearance systems with different characteristics. Attempts are being made to improve such tools, but not all new projects are justified. So, over the past decades, American industry

In Runet, photos of an unusual vehicle built on the basis of the MAZ-543 four-axle chassis periodically pop up. Gigantic equipment today rusts in the open air on the territory of the V.V.Kuibyshev Military Engineering Academy, near the village of Nikolo-Uryupino in the Moscow region. On the Internet, you can often

Mines are very simple in design and at the same time very effective. The effectiveness of mines allows them to remain one of the most important defensive weapons systems. And very controversial due to the danger to both the military and civilians. Therefore, the fight against mines remains

By the mid-thirties, the Yaroslavl Automobile Plant mastered the truly mass production of five-ton trucks. For several years, he was able to produce more than 8 thousand cars of the YAG-3 and YAG-4 types. In parallel with the production of existing machines, the development of new ones was carried out. As it later turned out

In 1929, the Yaroslavl State Automobile Plant No. 3 mastered the production of the country's first five-ton truck Y-5. The release of this technique did not last long - it was curtailed in 1931 due to the lack of the necessary engines. Still, the growing economy needed trucks

When, in the mid-thirties, the chief designer of GAZ, Andrei Lipgart, was working on options for modernizing a passenger car - GAZ M1, a licensed copy of the American Ford, he could hardly have guessed what tectonic scale the step would be in the course of this work. Most