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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

15 cm Panzer-Haubitzer 18/1 auf Fahrgestell GW III / IV Hummel / Sd.Kfz.165 / "Hummel" part

Sturmpanzer 38 (t), officially named Geschützwagen 38 (t) für s.IG.33 / 2 (Sf) or 15 cm s.IG.33 / 2 auf Panzerkampfwagen 38 (t), as well as Grille (transliterated as Grille - " Cricket ") - German light SPG of the class of self-propelled howitzers during the Second World War

Panzer II was withdrawn from active units and transferred to service and rear units at the beginning of 1942. This step made it possible to use the chassis of this vehicle to create self-propelled guns Marder II and Wespe. The latter was developed by Alkett in the middle of 1942, and it was the prototype of this

Rosoboronexport, together with NPO Splav and the Indian Ministry of Defense, signed a Memorandum of Cooperation in New Delhi on August 27, 2012 in the field of organizing the production and after-sales service of rockets for the Smerch MLRS in India. Technologies

Despite the fact that the S-23 gun of 180 mm caliber was noticed in 1955, the history of the creation of this gun remains very vague to this day. Most likely, the S-23 is a naval weapon or a coastal defense weapon converted into a large-caliber land artillery system

After the end of the Second World War, a large number of captured weapons and equipment fell into the hands of the Soviet military. On the basis of some of them, the USSR is beginning to develop its own analogues. Thus, the captured 75mm PaK 41 anti-tank gun interested Soviet military specialists

Several different warfare strategies were developed between the two world wars. According to one of them - it will clearly show its effectiveness in the future - tanks were to become the main striking means of the army. Due to the combination of driving and fire performance, as well as

The widespread use of high-precision weapons (WTO) has become the key to victory in military conflicts of recent decades, and its intensive development is the general line for the development of weapons of warfare in the leading countries of the world

On April 23, 1946, the Art Committee issued tactical and technical requirements for the design of a corps duplex consisting of 152- and 130-mm cannons on a single carriage, which should replace the 122-mm A-19 cannons, as well as the 152-mm ML-20 howitzers. Work on us was authorized

Developer - OKB-9. Project manager - F.F. Petrov. It was put into service on 23.12.1954 by the decree of the Council of Ministers of the USSR No. 2474-1185ss. The prototype was manufactured in 1950. The tests were carried out from 1953 to 1955. Serial production began in 1956 of the Soviet Army in the late 1940s

The howitzer was developed in the 1990s for fire support of armored vehicles of combined arms units. The howitzer was created as a modern technology capable of performing assigned tasks, while possessing the necessary modern combat and mobile characteristics. When developing

Howitzer 2A61 is one of the newest artillery pieces of the Russian army. The howitzer was developed by the State Unitary Enterprise (State Unitary Enterprise) "Plant No. 9". The first data on 2A61 were published in 97th year. The weapon owes its appearance to the fact that after the transfer of NATO field artillery to

The 420mm Gamma Mörser mortar was designed and built by Krupp before WWI as a super heavy siege howitzer. During WWI, siege howitzers were used in the capture of the Kovno fortress. After the end of WWI, all but one of the siege howitzers were dismantled. During the Second World War 420mm

In the late forties of the last century, a heavy tank IS-7 was created in the Soviet Union. It had excellent armament for its time and a solid booking. However, a number of circumstances associated with the emergence of new armor-piercing ammunition and the peculiarities of the country's road network led to the closure

The 122mm M-30 howitzer, known in the West as the M1938, is a staunch veteran. The howitzer was developed back in 1938, and its serial industrial production began a year later. Produced in large quantities and widely used during the Great

The idea of creating a new anti-tank gun belongs to the engineer G. Donner. A feature of the new gun is the location of the barrel at the wheel travel level. This gave the gun excellent stability during the production of a shot and a fairly low silhouette, which achieved minimal visibility on the field

The 107mm B-11 recoilless cannon is intended for: - defeat / destruction of tanks, armored and unarmored enemy ground vehicles; - defeat / destruction of enemy personnel and weapons, located both in shelters and outside shelters; - defeat / destruction of various types

The 152 mm D-20 howitzer cannon was designed at the Yekaterinburg OKB-9 under the leadership of Petrov. Serial production began in 55 at the plant number 221 in Volgograd (now FSUE "Barrikady"). The D-20 howitzer has a barrel, the length of which is about 26 calibers, consisting of

The Slammer self-propelled howitzer was developed by the Soltam company together with the Israeli factories MABAT and ELTA in the early 80s. The self-propelled guns were created based on the requirements of the Israel Defense Forces artillery corps. The first prototype was ready by mid-1983. Tests ACS "Sholef" in the IDF

The first Chechen warPTP D-48 caliber 85 mm was developed in the second half of the 40s by a team of designers under the leadership of Petrov. In the design of the new cannon, some elements of the 85-mm D-44 divisional cannon were used, as well as the 100-mm cannon of the 1944 model