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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

During the autumn-winter 1941-42. German campaign in the USSR revealed the weakness of many wheeled and half-tracked vehicles in service with the Wehrmacht. Cars skidded in the mud and got stuck in deep snow, and their high-speed engines did not start well in the cold and get out of

The Kiev Armored Repair Plant will soon begin production of the Dozor-B light armored vehicle. This armored personnel carrier was developed in Kharkov, by specialists of the Kharkov Design Bureau of Mechanical Engineering named after A. Morozov. New armored special purpose vehicle

GAZ-67 and GAZ-67B are well-known Soviet all-wheel drive cars with a simplified open body, in which cutouts were used instead of doors. The car was a further modernization of the GAZ-64, like the first model, it was developed by the designer V.A.Grachev based on

For many years, the KamAZ car has served faithfully not only in the civilian sector of the economy, but also works for the military sphere. In civil terms, KamAZ is a real workhorse of trade transportation. Of the North Caucasian republics of Russia, cargo transportation by KamAZ is about 68%. KamAZ

One of the new vehicles for the Russian army is the Tiger armored car. After getting acquainted with these products of the GAZ automobile plant, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin was delighted and said that the "Tiger" could well be produced in a civilian version. Off-road vehicles of the army series, by the way, are often

The tank is the main striking force of the ground forces, so their loss is painful for any army in the world. Main battle tanks are too expensive to destroy damaged vehicles or throw them onto the battlefield. Realizing this, for the evacuation of this type of military equipment

In April 2012, the site, in the article "Armored car" Punisher "Four-wheeled riddle", already provided information about this car. However, then, due to the lack of information, it was necessary to make guesses from the available photos and models. And now the veil of secrecy has been removed

In the USSR, a large number of unique vehicles were developed for various types of troops. The engineering troops also had their own "curiosity" - IPR - an engineer underwater reconnaissance. This car drove on the ground (which is quite natural for a car), overcame water obstacles by swimming (this also did not

For armored forces, the greatest threat due to their wide distribution is posed by homemade landmines and high-explosive mines, which are installed at a shallow depth in the ground. In order to assess the magnitude of this threat in the United States of America, special studies were carried out

On January 11, 2013, NSSF Savunma Sistemleri, a leading company in the land vehicle sector of the Turkish defense industry, presented the amphibious armored combat earthmover (Amfibik Zırhlı

It is often necessary to transport military cargo within the territory of the Russian Federation and beyond. Today, cargo transportation of the military segment is used to prepare large-scale exercises at various bases and training grounds. It is reported that for the preparation of the Caucasus-2012 exercises, which caused

History of creation As a result of hostilities in Afghanistan and Iraq, the need for special vehicles capable of withstanding the threats of the use of mines and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) was identified. For example, in Afghanistan, more than half of the losses of the coalition forces accounted for

The engineering team of Northrop Grumman, BAE Systems and Pratt & Miller celebrated the debut of the MAV-L SUV at the 2012 AUSA Show. The MAV-L is a modular vehicle capable of carrying up to seven soldiers and can be easily reconfigured for specific tasks

Military-technical cooperation with foreign countries is always of great interest. In recent years, another topic of this kind has emerged, around which there is a constant debate. These are purchases of foreign weapons and military equipment. For example, according to the Russian-Italian agreement in

The Supacat Extenda patrol vehicle is based on the proven HMT 400 / Jackal and HMT 600 / Coyote all-terrain vehicles. It has a modular design. The Supacat Extenda is manufactured in a 4x4 configuration, but can be converted into a 6x6 by adding an additional removable axle in less than 2 hours

Development of the RDO-3221 KOMONDOR CBRN light armored biochemical reconnaissance vehicle began in 2010 in response to a tender announced in 2009 by the Hungarian National Development Agency (Nemzeti Fejlesztési Ügynökség - NFÜ). As a result, the car became a joint development

The decision to master the production of motorcycles for the Red Army in the USSR was made by the Supreme Council of the National Economy on October 5, 1931. At the end of 1931, a group of NATI designers began to create the first Soviet heavy motorcycle. The work was headed by Petr Vladimirovich Mozharov, the creator of one of the first domestic

If in the 19th century sappers could do well with shovels, axes, saws and other hand tools, today, in order to open the way for tanks, infantry fighting vehicles and infantry, heavy engineering vehicles are needed that can quickly make a passage in a minefield, establish a crossing, fill up an anti-tank

In accordance with the Decree of the Council of Ministers of the USSR of October 27, 1960, the development of the military air defense missile system 9K33 "Wasp" (earlier called "Ellipsoid") began. For the first time, the task was to develop an autonomous complex with placement on one self-propelled floating chassis (combat vehicle) as all combat

On the twentieth of October, the exhibition "Interpolitex-2012" was held in Moscow. Almost four hundred companies from 23 countries of the world presented their products at this salon. Also, for the first time in the history of Interpolitech, a national pavilion was opened. In it samples of their products were presented by French