Armored vehicles 2024, November

At the initial stage of World War II, armored vehicles coped well with reconnaissance tasks in the interests of tank and motorized units of the Hitlerite Wehrmacht. Their use in this role was facilitated by both the extensive road network of Western Europe and the enemy's lack of

The event is being held in the presence of the Chief of the General Staff, Lieutenant General Gabi Ashkenazi, Deputy Chief of the General Staff, Major General Beni Gantz and the Commander of the Ground Forces, Major General Sami Turgeman. Senior Army officers also take part in

During its visit to Ukraine, a Peruvian delegation led by Brigadier General Juan Mendiz, head of the logistics department of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, visited the testing ground of the plant. Malyshev and KMDB named after Morozov, according to the Peruvian

In early September, the first armored vehicle GAZ-233036 "Tiger" SPM-2 was handed over to the Brazilian special operations police battalion stationed in the city of Rio de Janeiro, representatives of the Military Industrial Company and the Federal State Unitary Enterprise Rosoboronexport

Part 1. Buy weapons. Quite recently, we were all delighted with one interesting news, namely the fact that the Russian Ministry of Defense has finally decided on the purchase of Italian IVECO LMV M65 armored cars for the Russian army, while abandoning the domestic analogue (GAZ-2330

The domestic manufacturer intends to interest our military in new models of armored vehicles Russian enterprises producing light wheeled armored vehicles are still trying to maintain their monopoly position as the main supplier of the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation. In particular, for our security officials

We live in a rapidly changing world. The political situation is changing. Yesterday there were two blocs aimed at each other, but today one (the Warsaw Pact) is no longer there, and the other (NATO) has expanded at the expense of former members of the first and a number of former Soviet republics. The threat of the world

The safest test drive The journalists who tested the Ocelot in April of this year unanimously say that it was not difficult for them to get used to the cockpit of the armored car. The seats are arranged as in an ordinary British car: on the right is the driver, on the left is the commander of the car. Ocelot, or Leopardus Pardalis

Apparently, the car is an alternative, since the Chinese have no technical prerequisites for creating such a machine. I will give some technical data from those that I managed to translate. So, the car is armed with 2 * 3 30 mm electromagnetic rail guns. The crew of this machine is 2 people

In the course of reforming the Russian army, one of the priority tasks is to equip it with modern types of weapons and military equipment. In the field of equipping the Armed Forces with armored vehicles, the leading role is assigned to the vertically integrated structure of the Scientific and Production Corporation

BMP-2M - modernization eliminated a number of shortcomings of the original model. On August 31, domestic tank building celebrated its 90th anniversary. On this day in 1920, the first serial tank, assembled by the hands of Nizhny Novgorod workers and named "Fighter for Freedom Comrade

In the rating of the leaders of the world tank building, annually compiled by the authoritative American military analytical agency Forecast International, the Israeli tank Merkava Mk4 takes the leading place, surpassing in its combat characteristics such serious competitors as the German tank

The forum china-defense.com, citing an internal Chinese source, discusses a possible concept for a new generation tank, which houses a self-propelled combat robot equipped with surveillance equipment and missiles (probably anti-tank). To the credit of the debaters, they admit this

India has begun work on its next generation tank. Called FMBT (Future Main Battle Tank), its goal is to replace India's latest Arjun in a quality manner, which worries many Indian taxpayers and the military as the government has only recently

The BMD-2 airborne combat vehicle is not novel, but it forms the basis of the airborne troops' armored vehicle fleet. To maintain the required combat potential, this technique needs modernization. Several years ago, a project was launched to modernize command vehicles of the BMD-2K type under

Over the past several years, Russian defense enterprises have continued to work on a universal combat module with a 57-mm automatic cannon. Such a product has known advantages and is of interest to customers. Naturally, the promising concept did not go unnoticed

French Army VBL vehicles in Mali during Operation Serval. The French army has significantly increased the armored component of its contingent compared to previous interventions This may seem rather strange when you think about it, but despite the fact that people

The nationality of our next hero is always hidden. He can be American, British, or Canadian. Or maybe an Australian or even a New Zealander. It can be different. Perform completely different functions in different armies of the world. But at the same time, he is the main armored personnel carrier

Still, in these British Isles, not everything is like people. Especially in those times that we are talking about, especially with regard to tanks. Okay, pounds-inches, but there was a classification - you can grab your head and tear it off. People had light, medium, heavy tanks. And the British

AFV ASLAV 8x8 Australian army with cannon M242 BUSHMASTER Requirements and technology Automatic cannons of medium caliber, intended for installation on armored combat vehicles (AFVs), over the past decades, constantly evolved. This applies to their characteristics and principles of work, and

One of the most interesting domestic developments in the field of armored vehicles is the so-called. tank support combat vehicle (BMPT). Russian designers have developed and offered customers several projects of similar equipment, but for some time BMPT remained exclusively

Currently, the Russian defense industry, fulfilling a number of existing orders, is carrying out the repair and modernization of existing armored vehicles of several types. One of the results of such work should be a noticeable renewal of the fleet of tanks of the T-72 family, a significant part of which should now

Quite recently, the Kalashnikov concern published the results of winter tests of a number of new products, including two combat robots: Companion and Freehold, at one of the proving grounds near Moscow. The tests, of course, ended successfully (by the way, it is difficult to remember that ever it was reported

Currently, there are several types of modern main battle tanks on the international arms and equipment market. Armored vehicles produced by different countries find certain buyers and bring certain income to their manufacturers. Moreover, none of the modern foreign

The USSR was a huge state with enormous plans and enormous opportunities. The numbers are amazing. According to information from the USSR Ministry of Defense, as of January 1, 1990, there were almost 64,000 tanks. Nobody had that much. Against this background, even the immodest ten thousand American

Complex of usefulness Recently there have been so many important news about complexes of active protection that it is difficult to ignore this topic. Recall that in a broad sense, KAZ is a system that, upon detecting a threat approaching a tank, can destroy ammunition or, at least, weaken

Lightweight and even easier The past week has given us a lot of interesting news regarding military technology. However, perhaps most of all, the specialists were intrigued by the choice of the finalists for the development of a promising light tank for the US Ground Forces. If someone does not remember, we are talking about an ambitious

Presumably, a person interested in tank building issues is generally aware of the situation in the military-industrial complex of Ukraine. Therefore, there is probably no meaning to consider its meaning in detail. In short, the situation is perfectly visible on the example of the famous Kharkiv Malyshev Plant

Land battleship Recently, the T-95 again made people talk about themselves. A photo of "Object 195", which has already managed to disgrace, was posted on the network, which was noticed by the well-known blog of the center for the analysis of strategies and technologies bmpd. All proceedings involving the owner of the photo, blogger Gur Khan, are

Ukrainian SSR vs independent Ukraine The military-industrial complex of modern Ukraine and the defense industry complex of the Ukrainian SSR have important similarities. Both republics had (and Ukraine continues to have) the ability to build main battle tanks. However, this is where the commonality ends. During the Cold War, the Kharkov plant

Modernized "Leopard" For many fans of military equipment, the main news of the past week was the solemn ceremony of handing over the first modernized Leopard 2A7V main battle tank to the Bundeswehr. It will be recalled that it took place on October 29 in Munich. "Tanks are sexy, they are the quintessential

The tank was and, apparently, will remain a modern weapon for a long time due to the ability to combine such seemingly contradictory qualities necessary for combat work, such as high mobility, powerful weapons and reliable protection of its crew. The tank is constantly being improved, and the accumulated experience and

Germany and France intend to develop a common main battle tank called the Main Ground Combat System (MGCS). The full-scale development of the project has not yet begun, but its participants are already expressing their opinions on various issues. It is also planned to modernize the existing equipment. In recent months

During the First World War, the first tanks appeared on the fields, which were actively used by both sides at the end of the war. At this time, the world's first armored vehicles appeared at the front in Russia, which became the beginning of another branch of modern armored vehicles. Now many people interested in armored vehicles know such projects

Not so long ago, in the comments, there was talk about comparing the dimensions of the T-14 with the T-90 and Abrams. The size of the Armata was taken from the vastness of the Internet (Fig. 1), counted from the diameter of the roller, taken as 700 mm. The results obtained raised some doubts, after which I decided to recalculate using the photos of the

To this day, the total number of tanks in the Red Army on the eve of the war cannot be accurately estimated. For a long time in the domestic literature, it was said about him in one phrase: "The Soviet Army had tanks of different types in service, of which 1861 were T-34 and KV tanks. The bulk of the vehicles were light tanks

Tank unit on the march, September 1935. To increase operational mobility, from February of this year in mechanized corps, high-speed BT, replacing the T-26, became the main vehicle. Each mechanized corps in the state of 1935 consisted of 348 BTs. June 9, 1940, the NKO of the USSR S.K. Timoshenko approved a plan for the formation of mechanized corps

On the eve of World War II, the Soviet country had the most powerful armored forces in the world. They were matched by the capabilities of the domestic industry, which proved its ability to fulfill the most ambitious plans and managed to provide the army with tens of thousands of vehicles. Tank power, numbering

From the first day of the war, the mechanized corps were involved in fierce battles with German troops. They did not have to break through the enemy's defenses, enter the breakthrough and act in the depths of the rear, as envisaged by the pre-war plans. The main type of their combat activities was

Until now, rare equipment can be found in the armored units of South Korea: American-made M48A3 and M48A5 Patton tanks. For their time, these were good vehicles, but their production ended half a century ago and now these tanks cannot be called modern, even with a very big stretch