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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

Donetsk-Kryvyi Rih Soviet Republic In addition to the already mentioned Ukrainian People's Republic and the Ukrainian People's Republic of Soviets, during this period there were other Soviet republics in Ukraine. One of them was the Donetsk-Kryvyi Rih Soviet Republic. Before the February Revolution in this

In December 2018, the United States announced the choice of companies that will work under the MPF (Mobile Protected Firepower) program to develop a light tank. The MPF program is one of the components of the global program "Next Generation Combat Vehicle" (NGCV), within the framework of

Recently, among domestic and foreign specialists, there has been serious interest in the development and testing of the Russian SAO Lotos (2S42) for the airborne troops. This mobile branch of troops requires equipment with armored vehicles with specific requirements, the main of which is

The legendary T-34 tank, many years after the end of World War II, causes a lot of controversy and contradictory opinions. Some argue that he is the best tank of that war, others talk about his mediocre performance and incredible victories. Someone calls the best American

The military conflict in Donbass, in which the Ukrainian army is participating, continues, although on a much smaller scale than in 2014-2015. Nevertheless, it can resume at any moment, and tanks will play an important role. In this regard, the question arises: what kind of tank power

In the previous part of the article, the characteristics of the tanks "Armata" and "Abrams" were considered in terms of firepower, in this part the characteristics of protection and mobility were compared. For the Abrams tank, this is crew 4

Mazepa gained confidence in Peter 1 and was highly respected by him. He provided serious support to the king in his military campaigns. He took part in both of Peter's campaigns to Azov. In February 1700, Peter 1 personally awarded Mazepa the Order of St. Andrew the First-Called No. 2 - “for many of his military labors

The appearance of the Russian Armata tank aroused a keen interest of specialists abroad. On December 21, 2018, the influential American publishing house The National Interest published an article by columnist Will Flannigan "Have the rules of the game changed with the advent of the Russian Armata tank?"

In today's Ukraine, Hetman Mazepa is one of the revered national symbols, his portrait is on a banknote, monuments are erected to him and streets and avenues are named after him. A man who has become a symbol of profit, betrayal and treason, cursed by the church, awarded the Order of Judas and despised

The modernization of armored vehicles is one of the ways to increase their efficiency and promote them on the international arms markets. Such a technique should be promoted, emphasizing its merits obtained as a result of modernization, avoiding contrived and unconfirmed "achievements". An example

The press service of Ukroboronprom recently reported that the first seven armored personnel carriers BTR-4, whose hulls are made of new domestic armor, have entered the Ukrainian army, and that production cooperation has been established at the Lozovsky Forging and Mechanical Plant for the production of armored hulls BTR-4 and

Comparative assessments of tanks from different countries are always of interest. Which tank is better? According to Western ratings of the latest generation tanks, the first places are occupied by the American Abrams, the German Leopard-2 and the French Leclerc, and the Soviet / Russian tanks are somewhere at the end of the rating. Is it really

The concept of a new class of armored vehicles - tank support combat vehicles (BMPT) - has been discussed since the early 90s, and have not yet come to a common denominator. In the late 90s, it is not clear from what considerations, two prototypes of the BMPT "Terminator" were developed and manufactured, which were presented as

Published on "VO" article "Armata" has no shortcomings "caused a heated discussion and a clash of different points of view on this tank. Of course, the author's statement that "Armata" has no flaws is rash, any technique always has certain flaws, and in this project it is also

Recently, the possibility of creating unmanned tanks (BET), or, as they are commonly called, robot tanks, has been often discussed. This problem, taking into account the progress in aviation in the creation of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), is of interest to many, but at the same time, the emphasis is often on issues not

Part Two One of the mythical pages of Shevchenko's biography is his stormy "revolutionary" activity and participation in the Cyril and Methodius brotherhood. In fact, he entertained the members of the fraternity with his anti-government rhymes. And he was not arrested for revolutionary activities

Part One In the pantheon of idols of modern Ukraine, Shevchenko now occupies the same place as Lenin occupied in the pantheon of Soviet idols. Some in their zeal try to present Shevchenko as a genius of world culture and even compare him with Pushkin or Mitskevich, while others call Shevchenko

In the pantheon of national heroes of modern Ukraine, Stepan Bandera occupies the honorable place of the most "great" fighter for Ukrainian "independence". Streets are named in his honor, monuments are erected to him, they write about him extremely positively in school textbooks and even try to portray him as

In the mythology of Ukraine, along with myths about the “great past”, there are legends aimed at distorting the truth about the shameful pages of the formation of the Ukronazi ideology. A striking example of this is the desire to hide and whitewash the Nazi essence of the slogan "Glory to Ukraine! Heroes

In the absence of glorious victories and achievements in Ukrainian mythology, myths are also created on the basis of a deceitful perversion of insignificant facts and events that have taken place that have no historical or military significance. Such a myth is the "epic battle of Kruty". In Ukraine