Armored vehicles 2024, November

The main idea of the author is to develop an alternative layout of a tank support combat vehicle (hereinafter - BMPT) with a higher level of crew protection than existing BMPTs. Spaced armor, non-standard internal layout of the vehicle, changed location of the internal

Leopard 2 PSO First appearance: 2006 Taking into account the experience of the recent operation of main battle tanks in various local conflicts, Krauss-Maffei Wegmann developed the Leopard 2 PSO (Peace Support Operation) variant. It is based on the Leopard 2 tank

A regular participant in various events and exhibitions is the T-90A main battle tank. Armored vehicles of this type regularly take part in parades, salons of weapons and equipment, as well as in other events. The machine is well known to specialists and technology enthusiasts, which, however, does not lead to a decrease in

At the recent exhibition Russian Arms Expo-2013, several new developments of the domestic defense industry were shown. Among other things, a new model of the BMPT-72 "Terminator-2" tank support combat vehicle was demonstrated for the first time. In this project, the designers of the Uralvagonzavod enterprise took into account

In our country, over the past few decades, a large number of different armored personnel carriers have been created. Despite the differences in technical appearance and characteristics, all these machines had a common purpose. All domestic and foreign armored personnel carriers are designed to transport personal

Despite the large number of super-heavy tank projects developed in Germany (such as the E-100, K 7001 (K), "Bear" and "Mouse"), only the "Mouse" was fully embodied in metal and was tested. The production of the super-heavy E-100 tank was stopped at the end of 1944 at the stage of chassis assembly

Uralvagonzavod, redesigned at the behest of wartime, has become a modern armored holding Built in 1936 as a major manufacturer of freight rolling stock for railways

Work on the BMPT or Object 199 "Frame", which became widely known in the media as "The Terminator" and even appears on the official website of "Uralvagonzavod" under its unofficial name, began in the second half of the 1990s. At the same time, the first attempts to create such a machine

ARMA 6x6 Modular wheeled tactical armored personnel carrier ARMA designed and developed by the Turkish company Otokar. The 6x6 vehicle platform was presented at Eurosatory 2010 in Paris in June 2010. The amphibian can carry a crew of 10 people, including the commander

FNSS PARS 8 x 8 with Sharpshooter single tower installed. A modification of this BMP with a Denel 30 turret, which is still being developed, was sold to Malaysia Turkish wheeled vehicles The Turkish industry is very active in the field of armored wheeled vehicles, although at the moment none of them

When I saw the Russians, I was surprised. How did the Russians get from the Volga to Berlin in such primitive machines? When I saw their weapons and horses, I thought it couldn't be. Technically advanced German tanks and artillery were very much inferior to Russian technology. Do you know why? We have everything

About the hero of today's story, the man in whose honor the tank is named said: "The tank that bears my name has more flaws than myself." At least many authors attribute this phrase to Sir Winston Leonard Churchill. British Army Colonel, Prime Minister

“Doubts arise all the time. Contrary to all doubts, only those who are able to act in any conditions will achieve success. Descendants would rather forgive erroneous actions than complete inaction.”(G. Guderian.“Tanks, forward!”Translated from German. M., Military Publishing, 1957) It turns out that on the eve of the beginning

The T-90 tank was adopted twenty-five years ago. It turned out to be the most popular at the turn of the millennium. In fact, this tank closed the history of tank building of the 20th century and opened the history of the 21st century. And this is the merit of Russia. The Indian military believed and still believe that "in terms of the effectiveness of the T-90S

By the beginning of World War II, all the leading armies had time to put into active operation a variety of electrical systems. Electrification provided lighting for objects, maintaining communications, etc. Accordingly, the disabling of electrical communications could affect the combat effectiveness

Following the politicians, Western journalists are haunted by the thought that Russia was able to create tanks superior in quality to Western counterparts. So, Forbes magazine in a rather voluminous article made a comparison between the main mass tanks of Russia, Germany, USA, China and France, respectively

At the time of the formation of the Polish Republic, the small armed forces of the young state did not have any armored combat vehicles. Realizing the importance of such technology, the military and specialists began to develop their own projects. In November 1918 was built and tested in battles

Not so long ago, most Russian news and military analytical agencies were seriously alarmed by the absurd situation around the replenishment of the Russian Tank Forces with such controversial vehicles as the T-72B3 of an early modification and the T-72B3M of the 2016 model. A real stir in the media

Two concepts presented during the 26th International Exhibition of Arms, Security Technologies and Defense Means "Eurosatory-2018", which took place in Paris from 11 to 15 June, can cause a keen interest among fans of military equipment and specialists. We are talking about a heavy German combat vehicle

Based on a number of news reports that we have analyzed over the past few weeks, it is possible to draw extremely disappointing conclusions that, in addition to complete uncertainty in such significant projects as the creation of a promising multipurpose heavy aircraft carrier pr. 23000 "Storm" and bringing to

During the visit of US Secretary of Defense James Mattis to "Square" (August 24, 2017), it was finally revealed that the supply of lethal weapons to Ukrainian military formations would sooner or later be included in the list of operations of the US Defense Cooperation Agency (DSCA)

PODNEBESNAYA CONTINUES TO LEAD IN THE NUMBER OF LITTLE KNOWN PERSPECTIVE DEFENSE SECTOR CONCEPTS. SECRET PROTOTYPE OF THE ADVANCED INFANTRY COMBAT VEHICLE By closely monitoring the dynamics of the development of tank-building programs, as well as projects of deep modernization of existing models of armored vehicles in

Alarm calls continue to come from countries of the former Warsaw Pact. As you know, after the collapse of the Soviet Union, just a huge range of unique weapons fell into the hands of the armed forces of states, which over the next two decades became for the modern Russian

The "desert" modification of the "Challenger 2" is the clearest example of the possible modernization of the entire tank fleet of the British Army. Lattice anti-cumulative screens, ROMOR elements of remote control and additional armor of the lower frontal part of the hull are the visiting card of the Desert Challenger. Gain

"Uran-9" Multifunctional unmanned combat module for reconnaissance and fire support "Uran-9" was demonstrated at the Alabino training ground on March 24, 2016. After a very short period of time, the promising tracked combat robot was talked about with admiration not only in

It is in the MBT "Karrar" for the first time in Iranian tank building that the lowest silhouette is clearly visible in combination with high indicators of the equivalent durability of the tower from the enemy's BOPS and CS in the front projection. Onboard armor plates of the corps in the MTO area and a mechanized aft niche with ammunition stowage

Having told in the first part about the T-26 tank of the 1933 model, we smoothly move on to the second instance, which we managed to touch and see in action. Just like the first T-26, this tank is on display at the Museum of Russian Military History in the village of Padikovo, Moscow Region

Damaged grille on a Danish BV206 car. Lattice armor has an average probability of stopping the threat of about 60% Protection against RPGS About 40 countries use anti-tank rocket launchers (RPGs), which are manufactured in several versions by nine countries; assessed overall

The Iveco MPV uses the latest protection solutions from IBD Deisenroth, mainly based on nanotechnology Passive armor: the last barrier The hulls of armored vehicles are still made of steel, to which additional armor kits are bolted. However, what

The reason for the wave of reports about the Ukrainian tank "Tirex" was the publication of the corresponding patent. The developers position the project as a competitor to the "Armata". The new tank, as experts said, has a revolutionary layout: an armored capsule for three crew members in the front of the hull

Much in common with the previous hero of our reviews, the T-54/55 tank. As simple, convenient, reliable as its predecessor. Yes, the war in Afghanistan revealed the tank's shortcomings, but more on that below. Our intelligence played the main role in the appearance of the T-62. It is thanks to the clear actions of our scouts

The famous tank designer Leonid Kartsev made an interesting comment about his no less famous colleague, Joseph Kotin, in his memoirs: “He was a talented organizer and an outstanding politician. Further, the names of the heavy tanks created by the design bureau had a political connotation: SMK (Sergey Mironovich Kirov), KV (Klim

What did the events of the Great Patriotic War show in relation to the T-34 tank? At the initial stage - a wonderful car, far ahead of its contemporaries. On the final, on the example of the T-34-85, it became clear that there was nowhere to upgrade the vehicle. The world tank building marched ten-kilometer steps, and the T-34

Japan was significantly inferior in terms of the level of development of its armored vehicles both to its opponents - the Americans, British and the USSR, and to its ally - Germany. With one exception, the "Type 1" "Ho-Ha" armored personnel carrier. Possibly the best armored personnel carrier of the Second World War. Japanese armored personnel carriers, apparently, were

In 2006, Uralvagonzavod first showed the new T-72B2 tank, which differed from the previous family vehicles in a number of innovations. One of the main features of the new combat vehicle was the upgraded 2A46M-5 cannon. This weapon with the ability to launch guided missiles represents a further

Over the past several years, the Russian Ministry of Defense has "nightmares" the Russian manufacturers of weapons and military equipment, pointlessly and very vaguely accusing them either of the insufficient quality of the manufactured equipment, or of the fact that the samples offered by the Ministry of Defense do not correspond

I was forced to write a sequel about the BMP-1 by a discussion in the comments, in which many wondered why motorized riflemen prefer to ride on top of the armor, and not sit in the troop compartment. Many explained this by the fact that the BMP-1 and similar vehicles are extremely insufficiently protected from shelling and

Comparing different types of armored vehicles of the same class is a favorite pastime of specialists and amateurs of military affairs. Often, the emergence of new comparisons is facilitated by the situation in certain regions. Thus, the situation in the Middle East remains tense, which leads to the risk of starting

The Americans, and after them the Europeans, recognized the loyalty of the Russian concept of the development of armored vehicles. Russia in tank building, despite the collapse of the USSR and a decade of devastation, was ahead of its main opponents. Moreover, it has pulled out much ahead. Russian "Armata" has already gone into series, in

UTZ at the beginning of 1942 was given the task of shipping five reference samples of the T-34, two of which had a long way to go by sea - to Great Britain and the United States to study this "miracle of Soviet design thought" by allied specialists. The tanks arrived in the United States presumably in April 1942 g, and in May they