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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

Russia refuses a high-quality professional army. Such a conclusion can be drawn from a number of statements by representatives of the top generals. The head of the main organizational and mobilization department of the General Staff, General Vasily Smirnov, suggested at hearings in the Federation Council to raise the upper

The Ministry of Defense will try to increase the number of recruits by hook or by crook During the spring campaign, 270,600 people will be called up. Meanwhile, the Russian government, with the participation of the Ministry of Defense, is planning

An experimental hypersonic strike vehicle launched by the US military reached Mach 20 and disappeared. Development of such systems is being carried out as part of the extremely ambitious - and, of course, highly secret - the Pentagon's Prompt Global Strike program. In short, her task is to be able to

The "troops of the sands" are ready for battles in the deserts of the Maghreb King Mohammed VI is not only the nominal supreme commander in chief but also the real head of the Moroccan army. Photo by Reuters Moroccans have always been considered excellent warriors. For centuries they opposed the European conquerors, and during the First and

What should be the age limit for conscript military service? The opinions of doctors and the military on this score were fundamentally different

On May 9, 2010, the military marched along Red Square in Moscow, as usual. Celebrating the next anniversary of the victory of the Soviet Union in the Great Patriotic War, representatives of all branches of the armed forces took part in the parade. The special attention of the public, of course, was attracted by the technique, from well-deserved

In the United States, they carefully conceal information about the purpose of the American orbital aircraft Having created a powerful fleet of drones, the Pentagon has embarked on a new stage of remotely controlled penetration into near-earth space. On April 22, the US Air Force launched a launch vehicle from the Cape Canaveral launch site

The General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces plans to draft conscripts on a territorial basis already in 2011. Such work, according to Interfax, citing a source in the Ministry of Defense, is already being carried out by the military department within the framework of the general "humanization of the army" announced

The United States is trying to obtain immortal biological objects, completely subordinate to their creators and able to act as soldiers. The rulers have always sought absolute power, dreaming of enslaving the world. For this purpose, they were ready to allocate any funds. In the USA is held

At the suggestion of the Russian Defense Minister in the Armed Forces, a five-day working week with two days off will be introduced for conscripts, and civilians will take over cooking for personnel, cleaning the territory and premises in military camps. The Ministry of Defense also wants

In 1973, the US Navy began development on the "space cruiser" program, a manned orbital interceptor designed for "scientific and military research." The fleet was particularly interested in a system that would get rid of Soviet observation satellites

The Bulava may fly … but when? Testing of the Bulava sea-based ICBMs will continue this summer, although on December 9 last year, the next launch of this missile ended with the expected unsatisfactory result. And then I was surprised by the disinterested, sluggish reaction of experts

By December 2010, the Ministry of Defense intends to create operational-strategic commands (OSK) on the basis of the existing military districts, which will control the four cardinal points. Today, we recall that there are 6 military districts in Russia - Moscow, Leningrad, North Caucasian

Head of the Center for Military Forecasting - on the correct age of conscription, "wrong" contract soldiers and real enemies of Russia Vasily Smirnov, the Chief of the Russian General Staff, said that the Ministry of Defense proposes to increase the term of the spring conscription of citizens for military service until the end of August

Why the program of recruiting parts and formations by contract soldiers stalled Back in the mid-90s, Russia, following the example of the advanced countries of the West, decided to acquire a professional army. The idea itself is good. This became especially clear during the first campaign in Chechnya, when the fight against mothers

Until recently, this ship was considered very little known. Not many sources wrote about this machine - a kind of one of its kind, but so far the LRV project is striking in its sophistication, which favorably distinguishes it from other projects of military spaceships (for the most part

Illustration: Snob.Ru / Ilya Viktorov, Igor Burmakin This case could have occurred in any military collective, therefore I do not name the number of the military unit or the name of the unit, but for the sake of figurativeness I will say whether we had it. In those ancient years, when typewriters, after buying in

In the new 2017, the French armed forces intend to implement several new programs related to the rearmament of combat units. One of such projects concerns the sphere of anti-tank missile systems. Currently, the French army is armed with several systems of this

If in an Indian film a gun hangs on the wall, in the final scene it will certainly sing or dance. Comparison of the Indian naval forces with the Bollywood film studios is not accidental - after all, like any Indian cinema, the Indian Navy is a real trash. But at the same time, trash of the highest level! Bright

At the time of the collapse of the USSR, the military-industrial complex of Ukraine included 3.5 thousand enterprises. There were about 700 factories that produced exclusively military products. But after the declaration of independence, as in the entire post-Soviet space, the Ukrainian military-industrial complex began to rapidly degrade: the number of defense