Armored vehicles 2024, November

The French "cavalry" tank Somua S35 can be attributed to not the most famous tanks of the Second World War period. Although it was produced in a fairly large series (427 tanks), its active use in combat for natural reasons was extremely limited. Considered the most

In the late 1960s, the French military decided to get a heavy combat reconnaissance vehicle that could be successfully used in a combat situation, even if it encountered enemy tanks. In fact, we were talking about a full-fledged wheeled tank with appropriate weapons. Of course, to that

Work on the creation of various multi-turret tanks was characteristic of the Soviet tank school in the second half of the 1930s. One of the most famous and recognizable multi-turret tanks, of course, was the T-35 heavy tank, which was even produced in a small series. But he was far from

Little-known tanks of the Second World War include the German light reconnaissance tank "Lynx" (full name Panzerkampfwagen II Ausf. L "Luchs"). It was mass-produced in Germany in 1942-1943. Despite the initial order for 800 tanks, the MAN and

The Second World War showed the world a huge number of different tanks, some of them went down in history forever, creating a real historical and cultural code, familiar to almost everyone. Tanks such as the Soviet T-34 medium tank, the German Tiger heavy tank or the American medium tank

The T-34 tank is considered the most famous Soviet tank and one of the most recognizable symbols of World War II. This medium tank is rightly called one of the symbols of victory. The T-34 became the most massive medium tank of the Great Patriotic War, it was recognized by many experts as the best tank

According to the mobilization plan adopted on 03/01/1939, Germany entered World War II with an active army, which consisted of 103 field formations of troops. This number included four light and motorized infantry, as well as five tank divisions. In fact, only they had armored vehicles. Their

Why did the T-34 lose to the PzKpfw III, but beat the Tigers and Panthers? In the previous articles of the series, we analyzed the technical features of the T-34 release in 1942, as well as the staffs of tank units and formations, along with some nuances of the combat use of domestic armored vehicles

At the end of the 20th century, the Chinese infantry had anti-tank weapons at their disposal that could successfully withstand tanks of the first post-war generation, which were not equipped with reactive armor. Chinese hand and rocket-propelled grenades were quite able to penetrate in favorable conditions

During the fighting on the Korean Peninsula, Chinese people's volunteers often encountered American and British-made armored vehicles. Based on the experience of using existing anti-tank weapons, the PLA command came to the conclusion that further

As you know, during the Second World War, it was specialized anti-tank artillery that inflicted the greatest losses on armored vehicles. Although the saturation of troops with anti-tank guns and their armor penetration was constantly increasing, in the armies of most belligerent states until the end of

Captured anti-tank artillery in the German Armed Forces. During the hostilities against the USSR, German troops captured several thousand artillery pieces suitable for fighting tanks. Most of the trophies were received in 1941-1942, when the Soviet troops fought heavy defensive battles. 45 mm

Captured anti-tank artillery in the German Armed Forces. After the surrender of Belgium, the Netherlands and France in June 1940, the German army ended up with numerous trophies, among which there were thousands of guns suitable for fighting tanks. British Expeditionary Force during the evacuation from

The fate of certain types of military equipment, like the fate of people, is often unpredictable. Someone dies in the first battle, someone pulls the strap of routine service in a distant garrison and retires by length of service. But some have trials and adventures that are more than enough for ten

This year marks 50 years since the BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicle was adopted by the Soviet Army in 1966. In terms of its characteristics: mobility, security and firepower, the new vehicle significantly surpassed the armored personnel carriers previously used for

In the second half of the 70s, it was possible to accumulate a certain experience in the operation of airborne combat vehicles. The strengths of the amphibious "aluminum tanks" were considered: relatively low weight, which made it possible to use landing platforms and dome systems for parachute dropping

The termination of the serial production of the BMD-3 in 1997 did not mean the curtailment of work on improving airborne armored vehicles. To increase the combat potential, even at the design stage of the BMD-3, the option of installing a tower with a complex of weapons from the BMP-3 was envisaged. To this topic

In August 1930, at the exercises of the Red Army Air Force near Voronezh, for the first time in our country, a parachute drop of a landing unit of 12 people was carried out. The experience was recognized as successful, and in 1931 in the Leningrad Military District, on the basis of the 11th Infantry Division, the first aviation

In the 80s, not only the Air Force, but the US Army were interested in studying Soviet military equipment, methods and tactics of its use. And also the training of their ground units against the enemy, using Soviet combat manuals and tactics of warfare

Apparently, the T-34 and KV tanks were the first samples of Soviet armored vehicles that the Americans were able to familiarize themselves with in detail. As part of the allied relationship, combat vehicles were sent to the United States for review and testing in the fall of 1942. The tanks arrived at the Aberdeen Proving Ground (state

It is known from the course of cultural studies that every phenomenon, including in the field of technology, goes through five (yes, as many as five!) Stages in its development. The first is inception, when no one is still seriously looking at the subject. The second is when a phenomenon or object is already sufficiently known, but

Tanks are armor. It doesn't matter what - thick or thin, but the armor. Tanks are just iron - not tanks! However, it was also the case that they were made from scrap materials of the most diverse properties and were still called tanks. And sometimes these strange machines were even in service. Plywood

As you know, any PR implies a demonstration of success. For this, the Romans kept mercenaries-Klibanarii, who captivated the audience with the glitter of armor, in which they were dressed from head to toe and therefore were called that ("klibanus" - an oven for baking bread). The Germans chased their soldiers

Tank "Little Willie" How do people make inventions? It's very simple: everyone looks at some kind of blatant absurdity, but they believe that it should be so. There is one person who sees that this is absurdity and offers to correct it. This is what happened to the British Colonel Ernst

The name implies that we will talk about armored vehicles and tanks at the same time, and this is true, because there is no other way to tell about armored ground vehicles. Unlike other warring countries, Italy had little equipment, less than others. But that doesn’t mean she’s not

1. "Who is to blame for this?" "What to do?", That is, if there is a way to catch up and overtake the vigilant foe? "The enterprises of the military-industrial complex are to blame!" - there will be an overwhelming answer, which is fair

Tank T-34-85 mod. 1960 was an improved T-34-85 mod. 1944 during the Great Patriotic War, developed in the design bureau of the plant No. 112 "Krasnoe Sormovo" in Gorky (now Nizhny Novgorod) under the leadership of the chief designer of the plant V.V. Krylov in January 1944. Technical

For many years, having been researching the initial period of the Great Patriotic War, I periodically come across questions about how many armored vehicles were there in the USSR on June 22, 1941? How many tanks were in the mechanized corps of the border military districts on the eve of the attack by Germany and her

The T-44M tank was a modernized T-44 tank produced in 1944-1947, developed at the design bureau of plant No. 183 in Nizhny Tagil under the leadership of chief designer A.A. Morozov in July 1944. The machine was adopted by the Red Army by GKO decree No. 6997 of November 23, 1944 and

ISU-152 of 1945 (Object 704) is an experimental Soviet heavy self-propelled artillery installation (ACS) during the Great Patriotic War. In the name of the vehicle, the abbreviation ISU means “self-propelled unit based on the IS tank” or “IS-installation”, and the index 152 - the caliber of the vehicle's main armament

Decree of the State Defense Committee No. 4043ss of September 4, 1943 ordered the Experimental Plant No. 100 in Chelyabinsk, together with the technical department of the Main Armored Directorate of the Red Army, until November 1, 1943, to design, manufacture and test the IS-152 self-propelled gun based on

In the interwar period in the United States, the main emphasis was on the development of light tanks, and only from the mid-30s did they begin to pay serious attention to the development of medium tanks. However, by the beginning of the war, the US Army did not have a fleet of light and medium tanks of the appropriate level. A total of 844 were produced

This article will examine some aspects of the combat potential of the German T-V "Panther" tanks. About armor protection As you know, German medium tanks during the war years received differential booking. On the battlefields, it quickly became clear that the 30mm armor was completely

The collision with the latest Soviet tanks forced the Germans to radically revise their tank building programs. As you know, the largest tank that the Wehrmacht had at the beginning of World War II was the T-IV modification F (not to be confused with the F2!) Weighing only 22.3 tons, and

In a previous article, the author described the measures taken by the German military and industrial leadership to stop the threats posed by the T-34 - a tank with anti-cannon armor and a powerful 76.2 mm cannon. It can be said with good reason that at the beginning of 1942 the Germans did not have a single

The phrase "to win by filling up with corpses" was invented by idiots. You cannot win a war by throwing poorly armed soldiers to the slaughter. So you can only lose. In military history, there are no examples when "cheap and massive", that is, weak and flawed, weapons could successfully withstand an ultimatum combat

Private Rezun! I order you to take a seat at the anti-tank gun. You will take the place of the third number. - What? - Rezun was surprised, peering into the face of the captain standing in front of him, blackened with soot. He did not immediately understand where he was. Instead of the walls of a London mansion, an aspen grove hummed around

In December 2011, a citizen of Ukraine Serhiy Serkov got into big trouble - his too, so to speak, frivolous treatment of a Singapore Airlines flight attendant ended in a trial and public beating with bamboo sticks. Serious article "Insult to the dignity of a citizen

“BMD-4 is a version of BMP-3, no protection, again everything is on top, but it costs more than a tank. We haven’t looked at this machine, and we are not looking at it”Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation General of the Army N.Ye. Makarov What happened and what they came to

The previous article on the prospects of a heavy armored vehicle caused a heated discussion among the readers of the Voennoye Obozreniye portal: a lot of interesting opinions, questions and suggestions were voiced in the heated dispute. I thank everyone who took part in the discussion of this important and interesting topic about