Armored vehicles
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MBT of the latest generation Type 10 is in service with the Japanese Self-Defense Forces. A 44-ton Mitsubishi Heavy Industries vehicle armed with a 120-mm cannon
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Launch of the Kornet rocket by a complex based on the Tiger armored car. By now, several versions of Kornet-EM self-propelled anti-tank missile systems based on different chassis and launchers have been developed. In the near future, there are two options at once
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Pakistan regularly tries to develop advanced models of weapons and military equipment, including those intended for the international market. Most of their own Pakistani projects cannot be called fully successful, since they do not progress beyond testing or
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On February 22, the international exhibition of arms and military equipment IDEX-2015 started in Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates). This event is attended by many enterprises from the UAE and foreign countries. Several stands of the exhibition are occupied by the exposition of companies and organizations of the defense industry
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The first Enigma vehicle has a total weight of 28 tons, and its modular armor kit will simplify upgrades when the types of threats change or new technologies appear
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Leading European countries are modernizing their existing main battle tanks, and are also going to create a fundamentally new armored vehicle. A leading role in these processes is assigned to the newly formed company KMW + Nexter Defense Systems (KNDS), which can combine technical, engineering and
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For the first decade of the XXI century. there are so few new types of main tanks (OT) in the world that they can be counted on the fingers of one hand. In most of the leading countries in the field of tank building, only the modernization of previously released samples is carried out. So, for example, in the United States, soon 10 years ago
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The newest Russian T-14 Armata tank shows a new direction: a remote controlled turret and standard systems common to all vehicles of the same family Look at the countries that are still developing and producing their own main battle tanks
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Trends in the development of Russian combat modules Modern hostilities have shown that one of the most vulnerable elements of infantry fighting vehicles (BMPs) and armored personnel carriers (APCs) is the tower in which the weapons are located
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Main tank M1A2C with SEP v.3 update package One of the most important programs of the US Army at the moment is the modernization of existing main tanks Abrams for several new projects. Recently, new details of this project and ongoing work were published. They were introduced by the Director of
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In accordance with the previously announced plans, the promising main battle tank T-90M "Breakthrough" has completed state tests. Now the Ministry of Defense will have to analyze their results and carry out several organizational procedures, after which deliveries will begin
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The first experienced "Eitan" at the exhibition in 2018 A few years ago in Israel began the development of a promising armored personnel carrier with the code "Eitan". To date, the development work has been completed, and measures have been taken to prepare the series. 9 February Ministry of Defense
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BTR Mbombe 8. Photo by Paramount Group / paramountgroup.com In 2013, Kazakhstan and South Africa agreed to work together in the field of armored combat vehicles. The industry of the two countries has finalized several finished projects and brought some of them to serial production and operation. Other samples
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Marauder armored car of South African production. Photo Paramount Group / paramountgroup.com In 2013, Kazakhstan and South Africa agreed to launch a joint production of armored wheeled vehicles (BKM) "Arlan" - a modified version of the serial Marauder armored car. These agreements have been fulfilled and
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Barely appearing on the battlefield, the "rhombuses" changed the face of war History of the rhombuses At first, the British wanted to create a tank by booking a tractor chassis and attaching a cannon to it. Then they would have got something like the German A7V or the French "Saint-Chamon". Such a monster would knead well
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"Object 279" on trial, 1960. Photo by Armor.kiev.ua It differed from other cars of its class by its unusual design and characteristic appearance. Subsequently, all this helped the tank gain wide popularity
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An experienced "Athlete" in a multipurpose configuration In recent years, our country has developed a number of promising armored vehicles for various purposes. The main creator of such equipment is the "Military Industrial Company", and its main novelty is now the machine "Athlete", for the first time
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Fighting compartment "Epoch" in the KBP workshop, 2013. Shot from the t / p "I Serve Russia", t / c "Zvezda", vol. December 15, 2013 In mid-2013, information about a promising remotely controlled combat module (DUBM) / fighting compartment (BO) with
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MOWAG Panzertrappe early release. Photo Shusharmor.livejournal.com In the product catalog of the Swiss company MOWAG at different times there were various samples of armored vehicles of all major classes. Among them, the Panzerattrappe specialized armored training vehicle is of particular interest. WITH
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(June 22 - December 31, 1941) Before the war, after long experiments, a camouflage system was finally developed for the armored vehicles of the Red Army, consisting of yellow-green (7K) and dark brown (6K) spots applied on green ( 4BO) background. But widespread similar
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Artillery cannot fully solve the assigned combat missions without accurate data on the location of the target and adjusting the fire. Reconnaissance of targets and determination of the results of firing can be carried out by different methods and means. Several decades ago, the so-called movable
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German super-heavy tank Pz.Kpfw. Maus left a noticeable mark on the history of tank building. It was the heaviest tank in the world, designed as an assault vehicle, practically invulnerable to enemy fire. In many ways, the fate of this tank turned out to be similar to the fate of another giant - the French
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Armored combat vehicles of a number of classes combine a relatively low combat mass and a sufficiently high level of protection. This combination of characteristics can be obtained due to several basic technical solutions. Depending on customer requirements and capabilities, designers donate
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Currently, the military department and the defense industry are implementing several projects for the modernization of armored vehicles in service. Among other things, tanks of the main models are being repaired and updated. In the near future, the ground forces will be able to receive the next modernized tanks
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Landsverk L-180 and its modifications Previous projects of armored vehicles, developed in Sweden, clearly showed the inconsistency of existing ideas. The two-axle chassis of trucks simply could not cope with the new load and did not provide sufficient performance. Therefore, already in 1931, the company
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An assessment of the combat qualities and results of the operation of US armored vehicles in the war against Iraq is set out according to foreign sources. Shortly after the conclusion of Operation Desert Storm in 1991, the US government commissioned the General Accounting Office to conduct a performance review
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Demonstrator of NGP EGS technologies. Photo Alternathistory.comIn the early nineties in Germany launched the project Neue Gepanzerte Plattform or NGP ("New armored platform"). His goal was to create a whole family of promising armored combat vehicles of different classes for the future
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Otaman-3 at last year's exhibition Reportedly, the first stages have already been carried out, which ended with success. Now the car will face new checks, according to the results of which it will be decided
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Serial armored car of the KS-18 type. Photo Kolesa.ru In 1930-32, Soviet organizations and enterprises dealt with the subject of chemical armored vehicles. The experimental design and test bureau of the Red Army Mechanization and Motorization Department and the Kompressor plant (Moscow) together created immediately
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Serial tank Pz 68 - the basis for the target vehicle So, to train operators of anti-tank missile systems, targets in the form of tanks are needed, incl. movable. V
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Tank Abrams modification M1A2 SEP v.2 The US Army plans to keep the main battle tanks M1A2 Abrams in service for the foreseeable future, but such equipment will have to undergo repairs and upgrades. Work has already begun on updating armored vehicles in accordance with the modern project M1A2C (aka M1A2
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One of the first T43 tanks. Photo from the book "Firepower: A History of the American Heavy Tank" After World War II, the United States continued to develop promising heavy tanks, but the first projects of this kind were unsuccessful. Since 1948, work was underway on the T43 project, and after a few
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In recent years, various so-called projects have been proposed in different countries. tank support combat vehicles / fire support combat vehicles. So far, it is impossible to talk about the existence of a certain classical concept of such a technique, and therefore the new samples are noticeably different from each other. First of all
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From the very beginning of the dawn of the era of tank building, France was a country that went its own way in this area. Many original projects were created here, some of which were embodied in metal and even mass-produced, and some were never built, leaving behind
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The light escort tank FCM 36 is a French infantry tank of the 1930s, light in weight. Full French name of the vehicle: Char léger d'accompagnement FCM 36. In many ways, the progressive tank of the pre-war period did not become widespread. In France in 1938-1939, only 100 were collected
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Chemical tank HT-18. The TDP-3 device is installed on the "tail" beam. chemical armored vehicles capable of contaminating and degassing areas or installing smoke screens. Soon, the so-called. removable tank smoke device TDP-3
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The M18 Hellcat is an American 76-mm self-propelled artillery unit of the tank destroyer class of the Second World War. The light tank destroyer, unlike many self-propelled guns of its time, was built not on the basis of an existing tank, but on a chassis specially created for it. During its
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On October 29, a solemn ceremony was held in Munich for the delivery of the first modernized Leopard 2A7V main battle tank. Now Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) and Rheinmetall will have to upgrade two hundred tanks of various modifications, which will result in a significant increase
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According to paragraph 170 of the Treaty of Versailles, Germany, which was defeated in the First World War, was prohibited from owning and building tanks. But already in the mid-1920s, strange machines appeared on the secret exercises of the Reichswehr, painted with spots of camouflage and outwardly resembling French tanks
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The appearance of the new Russian main tank T-14 on the basis of the unified Armata platform made a splash. This machine has become the subject of a lot of discussions, including in domestic and foreign media. Not so long ago, thanks to the German press, we were surprised - a