Armored vehicles 2024, May

Infantry fighting vehicle BMP-1. The main part of the body is made of steel; the characteristic hatch on the upper frontal part is made of aluminum alloy. Photo Wikimedia Commons In the second half of the last century, armored combat vehicles were widely used, the protection of which is provided

Early layout of the future ATGM TOW, mid-60s. Photo by US Army In 1970, the latest anti-tank missile system BGM-71A TOW was adopted by the US Army. It could be used in a portable or self-propelled form, its operation was not difficult, and a guided missile could fight

The Pavezi P4 tank as an SPG with a 57 mm cannon, 1925 About tanks with love. Looking at the tanks, both serial and experimental, one cannot but be surprised at the creative imagination of their authors and at the same time their … stupidity, that they did not see the obvious and at the same time rose in their creative impulse to

Pz.Kpfw.III in the vicinity of Kazan. Source: warspot.ru Center of Tank Competence 38th Scientific Research Testing Order of the October Revolution Red Banner Institute. Marshal of armored forces Fedorenko, or simply NIBT "Polygon", was transferred from Kubinka near Moscow to Kazan in the fall

PRP-5 "Mars 2000" at the parade in Tula. Photo Vk.com/milinfolive At the parades on June 24 showed a large number of promising weapons and equipment, incl. brand new. One of these novelties was demonstrated in Tula - at the place of development. In the parade ranks, for the first time in front of the public, passed

The very first issue of the "Bulletin of Tank Industry" "Death to the German invaders!" The first issue of the magazine was published in 1944, when

Light tank M8. Photo by BAE Systems In 2015, the US Army launched the Mobile Protected Firepower (MPF) program. Its goal is to create a promising "light tank" with the maximum possible firepower and mobility, as well as with a combat mass of no more than 35-38 tons. In the future, such equipment will have to

Distribution of body armor As we said earlier, the main factors limiting the use of body armor on various types of ground vehicles are its weight and dimensions. Attempting to make a tank capable of withstanding circular fire with all types of existing ammunition will result in

Ground equipment operates on a battlefield saturated with all types of weapons. This significantly distinguishes it from combat operations on water, under water and in the air. The main difference is that on the ground, military equipment can operate with bullets, shells, missiles and mines of a huge

Russian "Stryker" The K-17 infantry fighting vehicle, returning from the Victory Parade that had died down on June 24, stopped at the intersection of Mnevniki and Demyan Bedny streets in the North-Western district of the capital, after which smoke began to pour out of it. Many media outlets decided to use a frightening word in the title of their articles

Model BMP-3 with a new version of the "Epoch". Photo Vitalykuzmin.net Promising 57 mm guns are increasingly used in domestic projects of armored combat vehicles. Not so long ago it became known about the installation of such a weapon on the Kurganets-25 infantry fighting vehicle, then photographs appeared

Tanks T-80U in the exercise. Photo Southkoreanmilitary.blogspot.com Soviet and Russian armored fighting vehicles have been exported to many countries around the world, and some of these deliveries are of particular interest. For example, in the nineties, an agreement was signed for the supply of tanks

Tanks, as the quintessence of ground combat vehicles, have always been distinguished by their ability to withstand a blow. To do this, the tanks are equipped with massive armor, maximally reinforced in the front of the hull. In turn, the developers of anti-tank weapons are making every effort to penetrate this armor. But

It is possible that intelligence delivered information on foreign tanks in this form. In the photo, one of the variants of Renault ZM Source: warspot.ru

Modernized tank M-84 AS of the 2000s The Serbian industry has completed the development of a project to modernize the main battle tank M-84. The other day, the official presentation of the resulting machine took place, and by the end of the year, a serial update of army equipment will begin. For the foreseeable future, the army

The proposed appearance of the Type-X in the version of an armored combat vehicle with cannon armament The Estonian company Milrem Robotics, widely known for its universal robotic platform THeMIS, is working on a new combat complex. RTK Type-X is on

German 700-horsepower Maybach HL 230. Source: vpk.name Soviet history of the Hitler engine One of the first sources from

Civil engineering The first electric cars appeared before cars with internal combustion engines (ICE), in 1828. At the beginning of the 20th century, electric vehicles accounted for over a third of the entire US vehicle fleet. However, then they gradually began to give up their positions, yielding to cars in terms of range, convenience

T-35 on Red Square. Photo Military.wikireading.ru In 1932, the Soviet industry developed and launched a series of tank smoke device TDP-3. This device could be installed on various platforms and solved the problem of contamination, degassing and setting smoke screens. Carriers of devices

Leopard 2A7V is the latest modification of the existing tank. Photo KMW Since 2015 France and Germany are working on the creation of a promising main tank, in the future capable of replacing existing combat vehicles. The joint program MGCS (Main Combat Ground System) so far provided only

Characteristics Year of the beginning of production - 1942 Weight without pontoons - 9.5 tons Weight with pontoons - 12.5 tons Crew - 5 people Dimensions Length without pontoons - 4.83 meters Length with pontoons - 7.42 meters Width - 2 , 79 meters. Height - 2.34 meters. Clearance - 0.36 meters. Technical characteristics

Tank T-34-76 mod. 1940 of the year. It all started with such and such tanks … A short cannon (so as not to interfere with breaking walls!), A two-man tower with one hatch for two. The very first and almost the earliest of its design, not counting the experienced images About tanks with love. Today we go back to our tank

This is how, for example, it was with this armored car, which was marked by participation in the White Bohemian mutiny and the capture of Penza by the White Czechs. Actually, this is the Austin, and we know that two-turret armored cars were produced on the basis of the Austins. In England, with a twin installation of towers, in Russia, with their diagonal arrangement

The blog china-arsenal.blogspot.com has published projections of a promising new generation Chinese tank, developed according to a reckless scheme with remote control weapons. The crew of the vehicle consists of two people - a driver and a gunner, whose jobs are located in the front

Tank "Type 15" with a complete set of hinged modules. In recent years, a curious trend has been observed in the field of tank building: projects of medium-sized tanks with a minimum price and the highest possible characteristics appear regularly. The next

The layout of the Renault G1R tank In France, as in other European countries, before the outbreak of World War II, work in the field of tank building intensified. French designers, like their colleagues from the USSR and Germany, worked on creating a tank that would satisfy the needs of a future war. V

Little Willie at Bovington Today we again visit our tank freak show, and we will start almost from the very beginning. Rather, from what has been preserved from this beginning in the metal. And it will be the British tank "Little Willie", from which all other tanks began. And it was

Iraqi T-55 tank, abandoned during the retreat, February 1, 1991 Photo by US Army Soviet T-55 medium tanks were supplied to many foreign countries, and some of them over time developed their own options for modernizing such equipment. A very interesting project was created in Iraq at the end

16-ton "Vickers" in the yard of the plant. Noteworthy is the exceptional machine-gun power: five water-cooled Vickers machine guns, which in this position of the turrets can fire forward. There are tanks and … "tanks". In general, they all left their mark on history, but

Armored vehicles from the family of Russian armored personnel carriers are known throughout the world. Over the past sixty years, they have taken part in hostilities in almost all wars - and thousands of these machines are used by armies around the world. It's time to get acquainted with the newest addition to the family. Today at

Defense Minister Ehud Barak allowed the Merkava-4 tank to be declassified and displayed at the Eurosatori 2010 tenth international exhibition of arms and military equipment of the ground forces and air defense systems opened in Paris. This exhibition is considered one of the most prestigious and important in the international

The main tanks "Type 74" - they are planned to be replaced by wheeled "Type 16" Several years ago it became known about the plans of the Japanese Ministry of Defense in terms of modernizing the fleet of equipment of the Ground Self-Defense Forces. Among other things, these plans provide for the phasing out of

The development of a promising Russian tank (object 195) was carried out by the UKBTM (OJSC Ural Design Bureau of Transport Engineering, N-Tagil) within the framework of the Improvement-88 theme, but for a number of reasons it did not succeed. The issue of equipping Russian thermal imaging tanks

Anti-tank guns in the museum. In the foreground is the PTRD, behind it is the PTRS. Anti-tank rifles of two models became one of the main means of fighting enemy armored vehicles for the Red Army during the Great Patriotic War. PTR designs by Degtyarev and Simonov were created in

In the eighties of the last century, all the leading countries of the world were engaged in the development of the so-called. tanks of limiting parameters. By this time, the main battle tanks were already in service, their characteristics significantly different from the equipment of previous generations. It was believed that to replace

Heavy tanks IS-3 on Red Square. May 1, 1949 After the end of World War II, the armored and mechanized troops of the Red Army (since 1953 - the Soviet Army) were armed with heavy tanks IS-1, IS-2 and IS-3 "5, as well as a small number of previously released tanks

Motorized Divisions Each mechanized corps, along with two panzer divisions, included a motorized division. It was intended to consolidate the success achieved by tank divisions and to solve other problems in the depths of the enemy's defenses. First motorized divisions

In 2010-2011. Serial production of the new South Korean main battle tank, the K2 Black Panther, is expected to begin. More than 2,500 tanks are currently in service with South Korea. This number includes about 1,500 K1 and K1A1 tanks; 80 T-80U and T-80UK; the rest of the tank fleet

Tank T-80U-M1 "Bars" is fast and unobtrusive on any terrain, capable of marches over long distances and transported by all types of transport. The creation of new models of military equipment and new technologies continues in different countries. Serious attention is also paid to

Does the Russian army need "smart" combat vehicles? In general, the Forum "Technologies in Mechanical Engineering-2010", which brought together four exhibitions that previously existed separately from each other - "Intermash", MVSV, "Aerospace" and UVS-TECH, left a somewhat ambiguous impression. On the one hand, there was