Armored vehicles

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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“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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Patria recently unveiled the XP variant of its AMV modular armored vehicle. Pictured is a vehicle with a turret armed with a medium-caliber cannon, which turns it into an infantry fighting vehicle The largest customer of the Finnish Armored Modular Vehicle (AMV)

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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