Armored vehicles 2024, May
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
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
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
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
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
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
"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
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
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
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
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
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?
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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