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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

In recent years, there has been an active development of various shooting systems of the PDW (Personal Defense Weapon) class. Weapons with relatively small dimensions and relatively high firepower are of interest to a wide range of customers. As the main

For me personally, there is one big difficulty in writing articles for VO. Some of the materials have been written, and why not give them? But on the other hand, they do not always follow the chronological and thematic sequence, since there is a problem with finding the necessary information and

Our author has long used the APS pistol in a combat situation, and decided, based on his own experience, to dispel some of the myths that exist about this weapon. SOME INACCURACIES Perhaps there is no other such controversial weapon as the Stechkin APS automatic pistol. He is up

The Colt Navy revolver model 1851 was one of the most popular revolvers of the mid and second half of the 19th century in the United States. The model was named so because it was originally supposed to arm the officers of the US Navy. Years of production: 1850-1873. Manufacturer:

Assault Rifles In most cases, MTR units are simply equipped with short-barreled / folding or compact carbine versions of standard assault rifles with telescopic butts, they are perceived as more suitable for special operations, despite their inherent

Pictured here is the Elcan SpecterDR, which is used by the German Special Forces and is an innovative product that combines a reflex reflex sight for close-range combat and a 4x magnification telescopic sight for longer range combat. Also check

Recent conversations on the topic of weapons with interesting people led me to think. Can a shotgun be considered a combat weapon or not? Here are my thoughts on the matter: First, let's dive into the history of the reluctant use of shotguns. The most famous application

This article … is a jubilee one - number 500 on the TOPWAR website for the two years that I have been working with him. I could have written more, but, of course, one cannot read Shpakovsky alone. Be that as it may, the number 500 is also quite large, that is, 250 published materials are published per year. Some

Friends went to the "haven of fun"; They bought a potion for the sexton The readers of VO mostly liked “Maxim”. But many

By 1940, the Hotchkiss machine gun remained in the French army. Despite the fact that it bore the designation Мle1914 / 25, the "Hotchkiss" itself remained unchanged. In 1925, only a new tripod lightweight machine was adopted to him, allowing for a circular attack. Have been preserved and poorly suited for

Probably the most unusual American cavalry carbine of the period of the North-South Civil War is the so-called "Kentucky Carbine", designed by Louis Triplett and William Scott of Columbia and appeared on the American arms market in 1864-1865. Caliber - .60-52. Cartridges from

The NK433 modular assault rifle, first introduced in 2017, was proposed by Heckler & Koch for the German army as a replacement for the current G36 model It is strange enough in our age of computer and information technology that some types of weapons that have existed for many years

Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen officially announced on September 8, 2015 that the assault rifle service from Heckler & Koch is drawing to a close. So the million dollar question arose. Which model will replace the decommissioned G36 in 2019?

Epee (or rapier) - light and long, versatile, capable of chopping and stabbing, long-bladed weapon. It is a sword with a narrow, rather flexible blade, up to 1 meter long, with a straight handle with a pommel, with a complex guard of a wide variety of shapes, which provided good

The fighter is assembling the rifle. First, he must enter the breech of the barrel into the receiver, and then close the side locks. For many decades, the wearable emergency supply (NAZ) of the US Air Force pilot is equipped with one or another firearm. Not so long ago, it was adopted

Cartridges 7.62x51 mm In 1954, the main NATO rifle cartridge was the American 7.62x51 mm ammunition. It was planned to be used with rifles and machine guns, and soon a wide range of compatible weapons appeared. However, just a few years later, the United States decided to abandon rifles chambered for this cartridge and

Currently, the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) is conducting the Lightweight Machine Gun-Medium (LMG-M) program, the goal of which is to select a new light machine gun with increased performance. One of the participants in the competition is SIG Sauer with its MG 338 project (previously

In 1550, Tsar Ivan IV the Terrible, by his order, established a new structure - the streltsy army. For the first time in Russian history, a regular army was created instead of militia-squeakers, called upon to fight with cold weapons and firearms. For the next century and a half, the archers became

For many centuries, one of the main weapons of the infantry and cavalry was the spear. The product of the simplest design made it possible to solve various problems and confidently defeat the enemy. The long history of such weapons has also contributed to the high potential in terms of modernization. Tip shape and

Pica (fr. Pique) is a cold thrusting weapon, one of the varieties of a long spear. Among the polearms of the pike is a real long-liver: it was used right up to the first half of the 20th century. A shock weapon for cavalry and infantry, it has outlived many of its peers from the Middle Ages. The reason for this lies in