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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

Even the great Suvorov bequeathed: “A bullet is a fool! Bayonet - well done! " And although since his time the accuracy and rate of fire of the infantryman's hand weapons have grown immeasurably, bayonet combat was still able to decide the outcome of the battle. As the archives say, up to 80% of bayonet attacks in the Great Patriotic War were initiated

Pirates have chosen the Mediterranean Sea since time immemorial. Even Dionysus once became their captive, according to ancient Greek myths: having turned into a lion, he then tore his captors to pieces (with the exception of the helmsman, who recognized him as a god). According to another legend, sea robbers were

“Doubts arise all the time. Contrary to all doubts, only those who are able to act in any conditions will achieve success. Descendants would rather forgive erroneous actions than complete inaction.”(G. Guderian.“Tanks, forward!”Translated from German. M., Military Publishing, 1957) It turns out that on the eve of the beginning

In 1952, the reception office of Kliment Efremovich Voroshilov, who at that time held the post of Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the USSR, received a letter. Someone Efremenko, who lived in the city of Lvov and worked as a civilian worker at one of the construction sites of the Office of the Military

Every schoolchild knows the epic story of 300 Spartans who, at the cost of their own lives, held back the offensive of the many thousands of Persian army. In Soviet history, there were several similar cases of mass heroism, the most famous of which are considered the exploits of 28 Panfilov heroes and

Something about the economy It is true that the economy of the USSR could not compete with the economy of the West, it is true. But a natural question arises: why did the USSR economy withstand and even defeat the European one during the great crisis of 1941-1945? Many well-known Western economists in their works directly write

The T-90 tank was adopted twenty-five years ago. It turned out to be the most popular at the turn of the millennium. In fact, this tank closed the history of tank building of the 20th century and opened the history of the 21st century. And this is the merit of Russia. The Indian military believed and still believe that "in terms of the effectiveness of the T-90S

Regular readers of TM magazine and Technics and Armaments (as well as Foreign Military Review) can confirm that in the past forecasts regarding the prospects for the development of small arms appeared with enviable regularity and that none of them, however, did not come true !!! No one

The bright personality of Israel (Alexander) Lazarevich Gelfand (Parvus) - Russian revolutionary and German imperialist, Marxist scientist and prominent entrepreneur, cosmopolitan and German patriot, backstage politician and international financier, social democratic publicist and

By the beginning of World War II, all the leading armies had time to put into active operation a variety of electrical systems. Electrification provided lighting for objects, maintaining communications, etc. Accordingly, the disabling of electrical communications could affect the combat effectiveness

Following the politicians, Western journalists are haunted by the thought that Russia was able to create tanks superior in quality to Western counterparts. So, Forbes magazine in a rather voluminous article made a comparison between the main mass tanks of Russia, Germany, USA, China and France, respectively

Looking through fishing gear, I came across an old army hat, which served me faithfully on business trips to places where the sun often turns from friend to enemy. A simple cotton bucket hat with a simple soldier's red star. Those who have their army youth

During the Cold War, the confrontation between the United States and the USSR unfolded, as they say, on all fronts. With the help of radio stations broadcasting in Russian and other languages of the peoples of the USSR, the West waged an ongoing information war against the Soviet Union. In Asia, Africa and Latin America, pro-Soviet and

Work on the Lasta trainer project has been carried out in the former Yugoslavia since the mid-80s of the last century. After the bloody collapse of the country, a series of civil wars and NATO aggression, a new version was created by the now Serbian aircraft factory UTVA and was named Lasta-95

At the time of the formation of the Polish Republic, the small armed forces of the young state did not have any armored combat vehicles. Realizing the importance of such technology, the military and specialists began to develop their own projects. In November 1918 was built and tested in battles

Can snakes smoke? In the old days, the old soldiers of the Brazilian army would have answered in the affirmative. The soldiers of the Brazilian Expeditionary Force, who had the difficult task of fighting against the Nazis in Italy, in the Apennines, was nicknamed "Smoking Snakes". Brazil was the only one

Until the end of the forties of the last century, Egypt actually did not have its own defense industry, and therefore was forced to purchase weapons and equipment from foreign countries. Only in 1949 were plans drawn up for the construction of new enterprises and the production of military products. One of

In general, the Germans got a fairly simple, convenient, cheap and technologically advanced weapon. Suffice it to say that thanks to the use of stamping and welding, the cost of the new machine has decreased by 25 Reichsmarks compared to the StG-44 (now it cost 45 marks against the previous 70 - the difference is how

Some time ago, one of the active visitors of "VO" (Anton, a builder by profession) became interested in one specific topic, namely the participation of modern Russian business in the development and upbringing of children. The question of how our school does this arises on the site

At the end of February of this year, news fell as a funeral wreath for the flourishing of "democracy" in South Africa: the country's parliament voted by a majority vote to expropriate the lands of the white colonists without any compensation. In general, there is nothing surprising, since what began under the slogan "kill the Boer"