Armored vehicles 2024, December

Composite instead of aluminum. Experimental armored vehicle ACAVP

Composite instead of aluminum. Experimental armored vehicle ACAVP

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Diagram of the ACAVP prototype. Graphics Thinkdefence.co.uk An armored combat vehicle should provide the required level of protection, but at the same time be as light as possible. In the past, this problem began to be solved by using aluminum armor, and then more daring ideas appeared. In the British experimental

Tank trailer Mono Wheel Trailer: towed tank for "Centurion"

Tank trailer Mono Wheel Trailer: towed tank for "Centurion"

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The Rolls-Royce Meteor Mk III engine is the cause of the Centurion tank's problems. Photo Wikimedia Commons In 1945, the newest medium tank A41 Centurion entered service with the British army. For all its advantages, this car did not differ in fuel efficiency, which could seriously limit it

Just tiznaos. Homemade armored vehicles of the Spanish Civil War

Just tiznaos. Homemade armored vehicles of the Spanish Civil War

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The armored car "tiznaos", so to speak, is "a barn on wheels." Apparently, it was built in Barcelona and belonged to the anarchists of Durruti On the third day of our stay in Alcubierra rifles arrived. A senior sergeant with a gruff, dark yellow face handed us weapons in the stable. I came to

Modular benefits. Features of the Boxer universal platform

Modular benefits. Features of the Boxer universal platform

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Experienced Boxer armored personnel carrier configured for the British Army. Photo of the UK Department of Defense Many modern projects of armored combat vehicles provide for the use of modular architecture. In this case, several samples of equipment for different purposes are created on a common base

The ballad about the T-55. Birth

The ballad about the T-55. Birth

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Penza T-55 among the pine trees near the church-chapel of the Archangel Michael There can be only one answer here: by the totality of all its characteristics, such a machine should be a Soviet

The Popular Mechanics: The Terminator Is Undoubtedly Scary, But Perhaps Not Needed

The Popular Mechanics: The Terminator Is Undoubtedly Scary, But Perhaps Not Needed

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This time, Kyle Mizokami of The National Interest published an article on the pages of The Popular Mechanics, in which, as usual, he expresses himself in a very peculiar, but logical and reasoned manner. With regard to "Terminator" it sounds like this: "The Russian army may not need this thing, but it looks

Robotic complex "Captain"

Robotic complex "Captain"

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"Captain" with a manipulator and a grip On the supply of engineering troops are various robotic systems for solving certain problems. Recently it became known about the continuation of work on another project of this kind. In the future, the Kapitan RTK may enter service. it

US icebreaker fleet. Dark present and bright future

US icebreaker fleet. Dark present and bright future

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Icebreaker USCGC Polar Star (WAGB-10) in ice. Photo by US CG The US plans to expand its presence in the Arctic, and the naval forces should become one of the main tools for this task. For full-fledged work in high latitudes, the fleet needs icebreakers - but the situation around such ships

Mortar chemical tank MXT-1

Mortar chemical tank MXT-1

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The only MXT-1 on testsIn the early thirties, in our country, the topic of armored chemical vehicles capable of using toxic substances or degassing the area was being worked out. One of the most interesting developments of this kind was the MXT-1 chemical mortar tank

The future is clearing up: "Terminators" have reached the troops

The future is clearing up: "Terminators" have reached the troops

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In 2017, the Russian Ministry of Defense issued the first order for the supply of Terminator tank / fire support combat vehicles. Soon, this technique was built and even took part in the parade on Red Square. However, only now the first batch of BMPTs is entering the experimental

On the eve of modernization. Taiwan will build submarines

On the eve of modernization. Taiwan will build submarines

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Submarine "High Moon" built by the Netherlands. Photo by the Ministry of Defense of Taiwan For several decades, the Republic of China has tried unsuccessfully to upgrade its submarine forces, faced with the problem of obsolescence of technology. Several years ago, it was decided in principle to build new

AU-220M "Baikal" (57 mm): prospects for practical use in future wars

AU-220M "Baikal" (57 mm): prospects for practical use in future wars

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Photo: Vitaly V. Kuzmin, vitalykuzmin.net Since there can be many decisions based on the caliber of 57 mm and projectiles with controlled detonation, a certain convention will be adopted within the framework of the article - to call them “Baikal” in general. What is the advantage of projectiles with controlled detonation?

Uncertain prospects of "Arena-M"

Uncertain prospects of "Arena-M"

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The turret of the tank with the Arena KAZ units. A radar block is raised above the tower, launchers are located around the perimeter of the dome. Photo of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation One of the ways to increase the survivability and stability of a modern tank on the battlefield is the active protection complex (KAZ). He must detect dangerous

New details of the OMT program: variants of the appearance of tanks

New details of the OMT program: variants of the appearance of tanks

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Models of modern armored vehicles at the OMT consultation in OctoberIn early November, the US Army Ground Vehicle Systems Center (GVSC) revealed new details of the promising OMT (Optionally Manned Tank) program. In October

Armor for "Joseph Stalin". The flourishing of Soviet heavy tank building

Armor for "Joseph Stalin". The flourishing of Soviet heavy tank building

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War is known to be the best engine of progress. The tank industry of the Soviet Union made a dizzying qualitative breakthrough in just a few war years. The IS.IS-2 series tanks were sent to Red Square. Source: waralbum.ru Magnitogorsk recipes

Tanks "NI": number and design

Tanks "NI": number and design

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Tankers and workers at the tank "NI". Native land, where my young friend Lied, burnt in battle. No wonder he had a golden wreath, And my city was called a Hero! And my city was called a Hero, by the Black Sea. (Leonid Utesov "At the Black Sea" ) Military glory of Odessa. To date, the exact number of tanks built

T-14 versus M1A2C / D. The difference in development approaches

T-14 versus M1A2C / D. The difference in development approaches

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Parade crew of T-14 tanks. Photo NPK "UVZ" Russia and the United States continue to develop their tank forces with an eye to the distant future, but at the same time use different approaches. Russian industry has developed a completely new T-14 Armata main battle tank, and American specialists

Automatic loaders for Polish tanks. Desires and possibilities

Automatic loaders for Polish tanks. Desires and possibilities

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The crew of the Polish T-72 loads ammunition into the automatic loader. Photo of the Ministry of Defense of Poland The armament of the Polish army consists of several types of main battle tanks, and in the future, new ones are expected - foreign or of their own design. When forming plans for the development of tank forces

Electro-thermochemical tank guns. A weapon of the distant future

Electro-thermochemical tank guns. A weapon of the distant future

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Modern "chemical" gun 2A82 at the stand. Photo Bmpd.livejournal.com One of the ways to develop tanks is to create promising weapons systems. The possibility of further increasing the caliber and firing characteristics, as well as introducing fundamentally new schemes, is being discussed. In the last

American experimental tanks of the 20s of the twentieth century

American experimental tanks of the 20s of the twentieth century

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Tank "Cunningham" T1 on the tank mile of the Aberdeen training groundTanks overseas And they were there in the 20s of the twentieth century? Quite a reasonable question, because of those who are interested in the history of armored vehicles, they probably read that the Americans had neither tanks nor

OMT program: unknown tank and known methods

OMT program: unknown tank and known methods

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Soldier Touch Point October Seminar. All the most interesting is hidden In order to further develop the ground forces in the United States launched the OMT (Optionally Manned Tank - "Optionally Manned Tank") program. Its goal at the moment is to determine the optimal appearance of a promising armored vehicle

Tank trailer Rotatrailer (UK)

Tank trailer Rotatrailer (UK)

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General view of the Rotatrailer product. Figure Milart.blog The combat capability and operational capabilities of a tank unit are heavily influenced by logistics and supply issues. In the British army, support tasks were solved with the help of cars, but soon after the outbreak of World War II

Tank panic. The Pentagon intends to equip armored vehicles with artificial intelligence

Tank panic. The Pentagon intends to equip armored vehicles with artificial intelligence

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Source: qz.com Contradictory ATLAS At the beginning of last year, the United States military alarmed the world with the news of the development of the ATLAS (Advanced Targeting and Lethality Aided System), designed to take combat operations to a new level of automation. The initiative has caused controversy

New M2 Bradley modifications entered military trials

New M2 Bradley modifications entered military trials

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The upgraded M2A4 infantry fighting vehicle and the updated M7A4 reconnaissance aircraft on the Bradley platform have passed the first stages of checks and made it to military trials. At the Fort Hood base in Texas, tests started in real-life conditions in the combat unit. In the near future, testers and the military

IS armor against the German 88-mm cannon. A perfect success story

IS armor against the German 88-mm cannon. A perfect success story

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Tanks IS-2 of the 74th heavy tank self-propelled regiment next to the tank park built in Gustrow. Source: waralbum.ru Armor wins Among all the variety of defense technologies of the Soviet Union during the Great Patriotic War, armored production was particularly progressive. V

"Gasoline leakage and spontaneous combustion are possible!" T-34 from "Red Sormov"

"Gasoline leakage and spontaneous combustion are possible!" T-34 from "Red Sormov"

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Assembling the T-34 in the Krasnoy Sormov workshop. Source: rsormovo.nnov.ru "Sormovskie freaks" The transfer of production of T-34 tanks to evacuated enterprises in the first year of the war seriously affected the quality of the armored vehicles produced. In 1942, a situation arose when tankers often simply

New Chinese MBT: rumors and reality

New Chinese MBT: rumors and reality

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MBT of the third generation "Type 99A". Photo Wikimedia Commons In recent decades, the Chinese industry has developed a number of main battle tanks and carried out rearmament of the army. It is obvious that right now the development of a completely new MBT can be going on, incl. belonging to the following

The history of the tank "NI"

The history of the tank "NI"

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When I sing about a wide expanse, About the sea, calling to foreign lands. About a gentle sea, about happiness and sorrow, I sing about you, my Odessa! (Isaac Dunaevsky. Operetta "White Acacia") Monument to NI in Odessa The military glory of Odessa. I'll start, perhaps, with the fact that as a child I was very fond of operetta. Knew all the operettas that

MPF tanks are preparing for military trials

MPF tanks are preparing for military trials

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BAE Systems MPF The U.S. Army announces the imminent start of the next phase of its Mobile Protected Firepower (MPF) program. Currently, the program participants are completing the necessary work and the construction of the ordered equipment. Then, on the basis of the military unit, comparative tests of two

Explosives on NATO armor. Investigation of the "Bulletin of armored vehicles"

Explosives on NATO armor. Investigation of the "Bulletin of armored vehicles"

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Israeli M-48A3 with DZ Blazer before returning home. Tank Museum in Kubinka. Source: wikipedia.org Vietnamese Thing It's worth starting with the good news. At the conference "History of the development of domestic tank building", held at the end of August at the forum "Army-2020", the idea of

Armored Badger. A new BMP is being created in Poland

Armored Badger. A new BMP is being created in Poland

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The development of a promising Polish-made BMP, which should replace the morally and physically obsolete BMP-1 (and licensed BWP-1), inherited by the Polish army from the USSR, has continued in Poland since the mid-2010s. The problem of updating the existing fleet of tracked infantry fighting vehicles is in Poland

Tank armor industry. Pre-war Soviet achievements

Tank armor industry. Pre-war Soviet achievements

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Source: t34inform.ru In anticipation of war Problems with tank production in the Soviet Union in the 1920s and 1930s, associated primarily with the unavailability of the industry, were partly explained by the lagging of the armored industry. By the beginning of 1932, only two of the planned four enterprises could smelt and

Experienced armored vehicle FFG Genesis. New variant of the German electric transmission

Experienced armored vehicle FFG Genesis. New variant of the German electric transmission

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The German company Flensburger Fahrzeugbau Gesellschaft mbH (FFG) presented its new development - the Genesis diesel-electric armored vehicle. In this initiative project, the main ways of developing land wheeled platforms are being worked out, suitable for creating samples of various

An armored car instead of a motorcycle. Hillman Gnat Project (UK)

An armored car instead of a motorcycle. Hillman Gnat Project (UK)

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Armored car Gnat, left view. Photo Warwheels.net against the backdrop of the outbreak of war, Great Britain accelerated work on the creation of promising armored combat vehicles. Together with other samples, armored vehicles of various classes were developed. Some of the results of this process were more than

Lurking "Lynx": can a new BMP change the balance of power in the arms market

Lurking "Lynx": can a new BMP change the balance of power in the arms market

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In front of the whole world, Rheinmetall is heard by everyone who is not indifferent to military-technical topics. The German concern, which was founded back in 1889 (!), Is now one of the largest manufacturers of military equipment and weapons in Europe. Among the products of the concern are the well-known Puma machines and

DPRK showed a promising main battle tank

DPRK showed a promising main battle tank

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On October 10, Pyongyang hosted a military parade dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the Korean Workers' Party. This event, like all previous parades, once again became a platform for the first demonstration of several new types of weapons and equipment. One of the novelties is a promising main battle tank. The appearance of this

From the base to "Basurmanin". Problems of modernization of the BMP-1

From the base to "Basurmanin". Problems of modernization of the BMP-1

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Serial BMP-1. Photo Wikimedia Commons The Russian army has a large and developed fleet of different types of infantry fighting vehicles. Its oldest representative is the equipment of the BMP-1 family - both linear armored vehicles and products based on them. They are distinguished by their great age and morale

Armor for the poor: BRDM-2MB "Bekas"

Armor for the poor: BRDM-2MB "Bekas"

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BRDM-2MB "Bekas". Source: bmpd.livejournal.com Small armored bird The developer of the armored vehicle BRDM-2M "Bekas" is Alexey Butrimov, the founder of the Moscow region firm LLC "B-Arms". Patent for a similar method of modernizing an armored car Federal Service for Intellectual Property

According to the precepts of "Ferdinand": the United States is ready to adopt a hybrid Bradley

According to the precepts of "Ferdinand": the United States is ready to adopt a hybrid Bradley

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Source: army.mil Progress cannot be stopped The military has always loved everything new. Often, an unlimited budget allowed you to experiment and choose the best solution from the proposed ones. And now the Office of Critical Technology of the US Army has allocated $ 32 million for the development of electrical

Armor games. T-34 amplification technologies

Armor games. T-34 amplification technologies

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The T-34 tank shielded according to the TsNII-48 recipe. Source: pikabu.ru Platoon, that is, shielded In the previous part of the story about the tests of German ammunition on domestic armor, the story focused on a set of countermeasures proposed by TsNII-48. The main idea was to strengthen