Armored vehicles 2024, November

The armored industry is one of the main branches of the Ukrainian military-industrial complex. The glorious traditions of the creators of the legendary Soviet T-34 tanks, as well as the world's most massive post-war T-54 and revolutionary T-64, continue to live in the transforming conditions of modern

Army transporter M973 SUSV at the training ground, 1985 Pentagon continues the Cold Weather All-Terrain Vehicle (CATV) program. Its goal is to find and select a modern tracked carrier for operation in the Arctic. In the coming months, it is planned to receive experienced equipment and start it

Ukrainian industry is again trying to create a new model of an armored combat vehicle. This time we are talking about a heavy infantry fighting vehicle (TBMP) based on the existing tank chassis. The project called "Babylon" proposes to use a range of modern and bold solutions

The main T-14 tank on the Armata platform. Photo of NPK "UVZ" On the basis of the universal tracked platform "Armata", three models of military equipment for different purposes have already been created, and in the future new unified vehicles may appear. Existing and upcoming projects use a number of

Museum tank Chiftain. Photo The Tank Museum / tankmuseum.org The British main battle tank Chiftain at one time became the base for a number of armored vehicles for various purposes. Perhaps the most interesting project of such a revision appeared at the final stage of its operation. Decommissioned from the army

SAU-76I from the captured Pz. III. Exposition of the Museum in Verkhnyaya Pyshma. Source: livejournal.com For the sake of historical objectivity In the first part of the material on the study of armor, it was a question of alloys of self-propelled artillery mounts SU-100, SU-122 and SU-85 from the Museum of Military Equipment in Verkhnyaya Pyshma

M113 in the Armored Museum in Kubinka. Photo of the author Trophy from Vietnam Visitors to the Armored Museum in Kubinka near Moscow, in all the variety of domestic and foreign equipment, will not pay attention to the three American M113 armored personnel carriers from the first time. However, these caterpillar

The first tank GDLS MPF, April 2020 The US Army continues work on the project of a promising light tank Mobile Protected Firepower (MPF). By now, prototypes of such equipment have been transferred to military trials, during which future users will have to evaluate them. However, the competition

KAZ for all time The tank builders have not many options for increasing the survivability of MBT. Usually, speaking about the crisis of the school of tank building, they mention domestic combat vehicles, such as the T-72 or T-64. In fact, this problem is common. Tanks "classic" layout to a large extent

One of the T-90Ms transferred to the Taman division in April 2020 In 2017, the scientific and production corporation Uralvagonzavod received the first order from the Ministry of Defense for the construction of new T-90M Proryv tanks and updating the available vehicles to this modification. In the future, new

The Heavyweight Race Having invaded the Soviet Union, the Germans excelled in tactics and operational art, but grand strategy remained hostage to the inability to gather the necessary amount of intelligence and bring it to the decision-makers in time. The Third Reich sincerely believed that

"Boomerang" in the version of an infantry fighting vehicle with cannon and machine-gun armament In the near future, the Russian army should receive a unified combat platform "Boomerang", developed by the "Military-Industrial Company". First of all, an armored personnel carrier and

At the current military-technical exhibition IDEX-2021 in the UAE, the Russian industry again demonstrates a lot of modern developments of different classes. This year, materials on the Sprut-SDM1 self-propelled anti-tank gun 2S25M were presented at the foreign site. This development can attract

Tanks "Arjun" of the first model of the 43rd Tank Regiment at the parade, January 23, 2010 In the mid-nineties, the Indian industry completed the development of its first own main battle tank "Arjun". A few years later, this car was brought to mass production and service in the army

Photo: MOD Spirit of Time Recently, the British Armed Forces are in a state of permanent reform. This is especially evident in the example of the ground forces. In March, the UK Department of Defense published a unified defense and security review, Defense Command Paper, which stated

Indian tank T-72 in training. Photo by Wikimedia Commons The Indian Armed Forces are planning to seriously update their tank fleet. To replace the aging T-72, it is proposed to develop a new main battle tank with improved characteristics and a number of new capabilities. The army has revealed its requirements for

"Udar" with a combat module "Boomerang-BM" In 2015, VNII "Signal" from the NPO "High-precision complexes" for the first time showed a prototype of the combat robotic complex "Udar". Various works on this project are still ongoing, and recently new ones became known

Photo: Rheinmetall BAE Systems Land (RBSL) Responding to New Challenges Modern British tank building has little to be proud of. Especially if we compare the situation with what we see on the example of other leading European countries. The pinnacle of the tank-building industry of Foggy Albion was

One of the experienced SPTP 2S15 is being tested. Photo Zonwar.ru The combat qualities of any artillery system are determined by a number of different factors, incl. capabilities and parameters of sighting devices. Traditionally, aiming is carried out using optical systems, but other options are also possible, differing

Advertising image of the BTR-82A Serial production of new armored personnel carriers BTR-82A and the modernization of the existing BTR-80 to the state of the BTR-82AM continue. According to the latest news, this year the armed forces will receive several hundred more units of such equipment. It is curious that as a result of these

Today we are looking at illustrations from a very old edition of 1917 showing the first English tank in action. Some of the illustrations are drawings. The other part is drawings made from photographs - for example, such as this one. The author clearly saw the Mk I tank up close! We can learn about any event

M1128 MGS armored vehicles during maintenance, 2006 At the beginning of the 2000s, the US Army received the first "wheeled tanks" M1128 Mobile Gun System (MGS) based on the Stryker chassis. In the future, such equipment was mass-produced, distributed between different parts and was actively used in real

One of the concepts of the MGCS tank from NexterIn 2015, France and Germany agreed to jointly develop a promising Main Ground Combat System (MGCS) main battle tank. By now, the main organizational issues have been resolved, and now the program is moving to the stage

Tank Mk A "Caesar II" in the tank museum in Bovington. Also in its own way a hero tank, but still not as famous as the "Music Box" The first British tanks were still rather slow. It was obvious that they needed a faster tank. And such a tank soon appeared! "And another came out

Last year, the United States Marine Corps received the first batch of Amphibious Combat Vehicle (ACV) amphibious armored personnel carriers. This technique was soon used in operational tests, during which it showed its advantages and disadvantages. Fragments of the annual

Non-White Flag The French are more decisive than ever when it comes to new military developments. In December, it became known about the start of the practical implementation of the development program for the new aircraft carrier Porte Avion Nouvelle Generation or PANG. And even earlier, the Future Combat Air System (FCAS) program was launched or in

Reservation scheme for the T-34 tank of the first production version. In the early days of World War II, Soviet T-34 medium tanks came as an unpleasant surprise for the enemy. The main tank and anti-tank guns of the German army could not effectively hit such equipment with

Experienced chassis Räder-Raupen Kampfwagen m / 28, port side view. Photo Warspot.ru At the turn of the twenties and thirties, Sweden actively cooperated with Germany in the field of tank building. The joint work initiated by the German side resulted in several interesting projects

"Amulet" based on the armored car "Novator" The Ukrainian defense industry often presents new developments based on existing products. It is on this principle that the promising Amulet self-propelled anti-tank missile system is built. The base for it can be

BMP-1 with DBM "Volia" Ukrainian industry offers potential customers a range of remotely controlled combat modules for installation on armored vehicles. So, the company "Nova Tekhnologiya" (Zasupoevka village, Kiev region) has developed a line of products "Volia". Presently

What were the first tanks to appear on the battlefield? The British are considered the "pioneers" in this matter, but in fact they were inspired by their military allies - the French. Many experts today consider the Renault FT the most successful tank of the First World War. Moreover

Armored personnel carrier VBTP-MR Currently, the Brazilian ground forces are gradually transitioning to new armored vehicles. A number of samples of outdated types give way to modern machines of the VBTP-MR Guarani family. The process of such a replacement started at the beginning of the last decade and should

The Red Army men are studying the captured "Panther", July 1943. Photo by Waralbum.ru In terms of general characteristics, such machines were better than their predecessors, however, as it became clear in

Tank Renault FT-17 during the First World War on the first floor of the Army Museum at the Palais des Invalides in Paris In different ways, the military and engineers come to the creation of perfect military equipment. It happens that she appears too late and does not participate in battles. Is that its creation gives a certain

Trophy "crazy tanks" "Artshturm". Source: waralbum.ru The subtleties of German armor In the previous part of the material on the research of German armored vehicles in Sverdlovsk in 1942, it was a question of the chemical composition of tank armor. In reports, Soviet metallurgists noted the high hardness of the German

Tank T-55AM. Photo of 2013, taken 94 km from Mogadishu Then your maturity, your disobedience to fate Will be appreciated by the bitter and sober Court of people equal to you! Rudyard Kipling. "Burden of the Whites" Translated by A. Sergeev. Tanks-monuments. The T-55 tank, in fact, was a fairly deep and thoughtful modernization

Serial M4A2 at the museum. On board you can see the factory reinforcement of the armor in the form of additional sheets covering the stowage The American M4 medium tank had quite powerful armor, but it did not protect against all current threats. Since a certain time, hand grenade launchers have become a serious problem

A prototype Type-X under construction, June 2020 In April last year, the Estonian company Milrem Robotics first talked about the development of the Type-X multipurpose robotic complex. In the future, they showed a prototype under construction, and now it is reported about the beginning of the factory suspension

The strangest prototype of a tank in the world: the "crawler" of engineer Boirot. Photo Landships.info "Prepare for war, Arouse the brave; let all the warriors rise, break plowshares into swords And your sickles into spears; Let the weak say:" I am strong. "(Joel 3.9-10) Tanks of the world. Not so long ago, VO appeared

The StuG III was the only vehicle to impress the TsNII-48 engineers in 1941-1942. Source: wikipedia.org Teutonic armor By the beginning of 1942, the Red Army accumulated a sufficient amount of captured equipment to organize a full-scale research by scientists and the military