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"Bow": the first lend-lease jeep

The very first attacks of German tank formations on Poland and France demonstrated that the era of protracted trench wars was in the past, now lightning offensive operations dominated the battlefield and were not inferior to them in terms of counter-attack speed. Tracked base of tanks and other combat vehicles for

Cleaners min. Soviet mine trawls 1932-1945 (part 2)

Part two. Historical Tank trawl - a type of mine trawl, attachments of a tank, an armored tractor or a specialized vehicle, which is designed to overcome or clear anti-tank minefields

I love the spinning top, childhood fun

It happens that a person who, in childhood, is attached to some kind of toy, then retains this attachment for the rest of his life. The Australian engineer and inventor Louis Brennan apparently had a spinning top with such a toy. Not the one that comes and bites the barrel, but the one that spins, keeping

Two words about sappers

The TV, oddly enough, is sometimes capable of, if not pushing on a clever thought, then at least pulling something out of the nooks of memory. I switched it on once, and there they were showing the sappers and their dog. More than a hundred explosive devices on the account of this labrador with a smart face. How many lives do not even count

Landing tricycle FN AS 24 (Belgium)

The airborne troops need different equipment, while special requirements are imposed on such vehicles. Equipment for this type of troops should be able to drop parachute while maintaining the required characteristics. One of the most original projects of light transport

Multifunctional tricycle FN Tricar (Belgium)

Now the Belgian company Fabrique Nationale d'Herstal (FN) is widely known as a manufacturer of small arms. In the past, this company was also engaged in the production of various equipment, including motorcycles. In the mid-thirties, the development of promising heavy motorcycles began with

Experimental engineering vehicle Appareil Boirault No. 2 (France)

At the end of 1914, the French engineer Louis Boirot developed an original engineering vehicle designed to overcome enemy wire obstacles. The project was based on the principle of a caterpillar propeller, but it was used in a very unusual way. The result of the design work was

Experimental engineering vehicle Appareil Boirault No. 1 (France)

Already at the very beginning of the First World War, it became clear that one of the main features of this conflict would be the widest use of various obstacles that impede the passage of enemy infantry. As a result, the countries participating in the war had to start creating means to overcome the existing

The submarine of the engineering troops. Part 2

Part two. Improvement and development of the machine. In the late 1970s. it became clear that the underwater reconnaissance aircraft turned out to be too expensive. An officer was needed to manage it, which turned out to be impractical. Also, the hydraulic control system was complex. At the same time, the RShMs in the submerged position gave

The submarine of the engineering troops. Part 1

Part one. An unusual assignment: In 1957, the head of the Engineering Committee of the SA Engineer Troops, General Viktor Kondratyevich Kharchenko, arrived at the Kryukov Carriage Works. There was nothing unusual in this - from 1951 to 1953 V. Kharchenko was the head of the Research Institute

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