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April 23 of this year may well qualify for the title of "Day that gave a wave of hope." For not every day several ships are laid down at the same time. It is clear that Putin's visit to Severnaya Verf gives such weight to the event, and yes, the hope that everything will not stop after

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The anti-ship complex ensures control of territorial waters and protection of coastal areas at a long distance So, for the transformation of Russia into an economically developed and

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“Let people know what happened in this war. The truth. The way it is … "(One of the few survivors of the 131st Maikop brigade) PREPARATION OF THE YOUNG MAN. Eve of the new year, 1995. Columns of Russian troops crossed the Chechen administrative border, and the forward units occupied

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The Makarov pistol is rightfully called "Kalashnikov" among pistols. This automatic 9mm pistol was designed in 1948 by Nikolai Makarov. Due to the simplicity of its device, the reliability of the proposed design and ease of use, the PM remained in production for more than half a century

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By the beginning of the Russian campaign, three volunteer regiments of foreign citizens had been created in the ranks of the SS, and with the outbreak of hostilities, the number of foreign units began to grow steadily. The participation of foreign legions in the war against the USSR was supposed to show, according to Himmler's plan, a pan-European

Closed Joint Stock Company "Protection Group - YUTTA" specializes in the development, manufacture and implementation of nonlinear radars (NL) for various purposes, means of remote detection of components of explosive devices (EW), complexes for identifying technical channels of information leakage

South African troops received a new Casspir anti-mine complex, which differs from previous versions in that it uses elements of the Russian "Ural". The Casspir model itself has been successfully used by South Africans in numerous military for 30 years

In early June, an exhibition of the latest developments in the field of military equipment was held in Bronnitsy on the basis of the Research and Testing Center of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. The most attention was attracted by armored vehicles of the Typhoon family, presented in the amount of three copies - two bonnet "Ural" and

Recently, on the basis of the Research and Development Testing Center (NIITs) of automotive equipment of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation (Bronnitsy, Moscow Region), a display of promising samples of wheeled and tracked vehicles developed by leading domestic car manufacturers for the needs of the Armed Forces took place

How quickly can ordinary people develop the design and body structure of an army multi-purpose vehicle? This question was the goal of the Experimental Crowd-derived Combat-support Vehicle Design Challenge (XC2V), which was held in February-March of this year by DARPA

The combat capability of an army depends not only on tanks, aircraft, rocket launchers and various types of small arms. Success in the conduct of hostilities largely depends on the mobility of subunits and logistic support. A tank without fuel turns into a pile of useless metal. Cannon or

The military drivers recognized the Ural car as the most reliable comrade in arms: he strapped the part with a wire and drove off. The Russian military department intends to renew the fleet of military trucks, replacing the Ural cars with KAMAZ vehicles. To determine the preference of the choice in

An important feature of the conduct of hostilities in a local armed conflict is active confrontation in communications. To ensure the reliable and safe passage of convoys along the routes of movement, a complex and rather voluminous

The Ural Automobile Plant of GAZ Group presents promising four-wheel drive vehicles - truck tractors and an onboard three-axle vehicle - at the All-Russian Exhibition "Russian Manufacturers and Supply of the Armed Forces - 2010". A major exhibition forum takes place in Moscow from 17 to 19

American engineers took a heavy military truck with a hybrid power plant to the proving ground. The multi-ton colossus silently flew up the hills and descended into hollows, raising dust from the road. However, this car will not have to rest in the parking lot either

In news feeds, with unkind constancy, there are reports of fires at arsenals, storage bases, and military equipment parks. Even if the next incident goes without casualties, then any activity for several kilometers around is paralyzed - firefighting equipment is not able to cope with

The Ural car plant (part of the GAZ group, the city of Miass, Chelyabinsk region) plans to submit a prototype vehicle for the army to the Russian Defense Ministry by April 1, 2011, the car plant's general director Viktor Korman said on Tuesday

The police in Rio de Janeiro received the Russian armored car GAZ-2330 "Tiger", the ITAR-TASS agency reported, citing the representative of "Rosoboronexport" in Brazil, Oleg Strunin. According to him, "the authorities of a number of Brazilian states are now showing interest in the" Tiger ", the possibility of assembling is being discussed

"Sold military Humvee in green or yellow paint. Great for towing cargo, artillery and soldiers. Can wade across rivers, overcome sand dunes and jump over rocks. Not recommended for urban combat or mined roads. Starting price 7500

It is no secret that in the modern world, the blood of the world economy is oil, the so-called black gold. Throughout the 20th and 21st centuries, it is oil that remains one of the most important minerals on the planet for mankind. For 2010, oil took the leading place in the world

After the end of the First World War, French experts carefully studied the captured German weapons and came to the conclusion that it was necessary to develop their own submachine gun. In the early twenties, the first French project of this class was created, and in the middle of the decade, a new

After the end of the First World War, the French army was armed with a variety of small arms of various classes. The troops had rifles and machine guns of various types, but there were no submachine guns at that time. In the early twenties, the command realized the need

According to the most common version, Colt was pushed to the idea of creating a revolver by observing a rotating mechanism on the ship "Corvo", on which the great inventor traveled from Boston to Calcutta. One way or another, but it was on board the "Corvo" Colt for the first time

It is no secret that one of the most famous revolvers, at least in Europe, are the revolvers of the Nagan brothers, but after all, people were armed with something even before the brothers seized the market for short-barreled weapons. In this article I would like to talk about revolvers that were common earlier

The main small arms of the Russian army during the First World War were the so-called. Russian three-line rifle mod. 1891, aka S.I. Mosin. This weapon was equipped with a needle tetrahedral bayonet, which was a further development of the bayonet of the Berdan rifle. However, the rifle