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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

Already in October 1941, it became clear that the new light tank T-60, the serial production of which began a month earlier, was almost useless on the battlefield. His armor was freely penetrated by all anti-tank weapons of the Wehrmacht, and his own weapons were too weak to fight enemy tanks

September 2 in the Russian Federation is celebrated as the "Day of the end of the Second World War (1945)". This memorable date was established in accordance with the Federal Law "On Amendments to Article 1 (1) of the Federal Law" On Days of Military Glory and Memorable Dates of Russia ", signed by the President of the Russian Federation

The United States Navy strike aircraft carrier plays a significant role in any regional conflict of any scale. The US Navy aircraft carrier strike forces combine multipurpose aircraft carriers, aircraft carrier aircraft, as well as multipurpose submarines and surface missile ships

The American airline Lockheed Martin joined the F-X program to create 6th generation fighters. It is expected that this aircraft will replace the next modern aircraft in the air - the F-22 fighters. Lockheed Martin begins to develop its own project of the aircraft of the future

In early 2012, the Cape Verdean Coast Guard commissioned the small patrol ship Guardião, which was built according to the Stanaxe 5009 project by a shipbuilding company in Holland. Its distinctive feature is the use of the contours of the bow of the hull, which are referred to as

In this article, I would like to consider the term "Moral obsolescence" and its applicability to weapons. Agree, quite often we hear from different people: "Serdyukov: Kalashnikov assault rifle is morally obsolete"; "Medvedev: 85% of funds in the army are obsolete

About the "sores" of the famous American "Predator" This once widely advertised winged machine does not cause much admiration from military analysts and aviation experts. Why? The answer is in the materials published below by two permanent authors of the "VPK". The most expensive and most useless

And this evidence suggests that General Vlasov (which was to be expected) became an ardent anti-Stalinist only after he found himself on the other side of the front, leaving the remnants of the dying army at Myasny Bor. Before his surrender to the German patrol in the village of Tukhovezhi, Andrei Andreevich Vlasov was distinguished

On December 23, the Pentagon summed up the results of the next tender, the purpose of which is to develop, build and supply new armored vehicles for the ground forces. Over the next few years, it is planned to replace the outdated M113 armored personnel carriers and vehicles based on it in a number of divisions

Many of our compatriots, mainly, of course, from among the older generation, remember the wonderful film created in the late 60s about the Great Patriotic War under the telling title "War as in War", where a short and tragic page from life was shown quite reliably one

Despite the fact that most of the Asian, African, American and Oceanian colonies of European powers and the United States gained political independence during the twentieth century, it is premature to talk about the final departure of the colonial era. And the point is not even that Western countries actually

Exactly sixty years ago, on January 18, 1956, it was decided to create the National People's Army of the German Democratic Republic (NNA GDR). Although the Day of the National People's Army was officially celebrated on March 1, since it was on this day in 1956 that the first

Call it heartless, call it reprisal, call it a policy of hostile denial: a million Germans captured by Eisenhower's armies died in captivity after surrender

On February 25, Georgia celebrates a strange holiday - the Day of Soviet Occupation. Yes, it is precisely by the years of "occupation" that the post-Soviet Georgian leadership is trying to portray the seven decades that Georgia was part of the Soviet Union. And this despite the fact that three decades of them led the Union

The pigeon communication was adopted by the Red Army in 1929, and from that time, despite the rapid development of technical means of communication, it was widely used as an auxiliary means until 1945. During the Great Patriotic War, pigeons were used mainly in the interests of

The Great Patriotic War rallied and raised millions of Soviet citizens to defend the Motherland. There were also very young patriots among them. Not only the Komsomol members, but also the pioneers - teenagers of fifteen, fourteen, thirteen and even ten years old, participated in the resistance to the Nazi invaders, fought in

July 6. Counterstrike of the Central Front On the second day of the Battle of Kursk, the troops of the Central Front launched a counterattack on the German grouping that had wedged into the front defenses. The most powerful mobile unit of the front commander was the 2nd Panzer Army under the command of Alexei Rodin. The counterstrike must

“We cannot wait for favors from nature; it is our task to take them from her!”I.V. Michurin Ivan Michurin was born on October 27, 1855 in the Ryazan province in the Pronsky district. His great-grandfather and grandfather were small local nobles, military people, participants in numerous campaigns and wars. Father Michurin

Oh, how great, great On-field-he is! He is cunning, and quick, and firm in battle; But he wavered, as God stretched out his hand with a bayonet to him with a bayonet. R. Derzhavin “And only the sky lit up …” At dawn on August 26 (according to the new style on September 7), 1812, Russian troops were waiting for the enemy's attack on the Borodino field. They

This article is from Edwin BLACK, author of the New York Times bestseller books, IBM and the Holocaust and the just-published War Against the Weak (Four Walls, Eight Windows Hitler made the life of an entire continent hell and destroyed