Engineering troops and transport 2024, November

With a total mass of 15 tons, the RG21 armored vehicle can accommodate up to 12 soldiers and has very good protection against mines and the Marauder armored vehicle manufactured by Paramount Groups is based on a load-bearing body and provides mine protection Level 3a / b for 10 of its passengers

The Second World War, countless times, showed the potential of mine-explosive obstacles and confirmed the need to create special equipment to overcome them. Both during the war and after its end, all the leading countries of the world were engaged in the creation of engineering tools that allow troops

At one time, land mines of various classes were widely used, designed to exclude the advancement of enemy troops or equipment. The logical response to this was the emergence of special equipment or devices capable of making passages in mine-explosive obstacles

One might almost rightly point out that a truck is not really a weapon. Or rather, not a weapon at all. In our time, it is difficult to imagine an army without thousands of vehicles both on the front line and in the rear. During the Great Patriotic War, everything was exactly the same. Today's story about the car

She can climb an almost sheer wall, she is not afraid of off-road, on which KamAZ will sit, she will overcome a puddle, where a tank will drown. 42.TUT.BY exclusively tested the newest Belarusian reconnaissance and patrol vehicle "Cayman", which will be shown for the first time at the parade on July 3

Nowadays, when armored personnel carriers and infantry fighting vehicles tend to migrate to 6x6 and 8x8 platforms, and the trends of increasing the levels of protection for armored personnel carriers and firepower for infantry fighting vehicles contribute to an increase in their mass, the Australian armored car of the new generation Hawkei developed by Thales Australia

The Belarusian industry continues to develop promising defense projects in various fields. At the same time, special attention is paid to new types of armored vehicles. So, last year, the first public demonstration of a promising armored car of Belarusian design took place, and for several weeks

Today we have on our agenda a truly Russian technique - sledges. And not simple, but self-propelled, which are equipped with an internal combustion engine with a pushing propeller. That is, the snowmobile. And still not simple, but armored. The history of the appearance of domestic snowmobiles dates back to the era of the tsarist

The medium-weight 7000-MU Navistar supply truck has proven itself well in Afghanistan

The very logic of the conduct of hostilities posed the task of developing a minelayer with an armored corps, which would allow him to set up obstacles without fear of return fire from the enemy, at least from small arms, and shrapnel strikes, thereby protecting the crew and ammunition stowage during

The favorite of Marshal Zhukov Despite the fact that the "emka" turned out to be much better than its American prototype, adapted for operation in Russian conditions, its off-road qualities left much to be desired. Simply put, the M-1's cross-country ability was not up to par: front-line drivers remember well

On March 17, 1936, in the Kremlin, the country's leadership saw the first M-1 cars, which became the most massive military passenger car of the pre-war USSR The M-1 staff car goes towards a column of German prisoners of war. Photo from the site http: //denisovets.ru Today's troops are unthinkable without commanders

Augers or auger-rotor all-terrain vehicles are vehicles that are driven by an auger rotor propeller. The design of such a propeller consists of two Archimedes screws, which are made of extra strong material. Such propellers are located on the sides of the hull

Someone might say that a tractor is not a weapon. But this is how to approach this issue. Of course, in normal times, the tractor is a toiler of the fields, but if hard times of war come, the tractor becomes the first assistant of the gunners. So if not a weapon in the literal sense, then it is difficult without a tractor

The entire course of the Second World War demonstrated that not only weapons systems with excellent characteristics, but also fairly cheap, simple solutions can be effective on the battlefield. So, a small-sized anti-tank mine was able not only to seriously damage a tank

Machine PMM - 2TS Let's say right away that this is not a combat vehicle - it is a simulator. Its creation at the plant began after the chief designer E. Lentsus arrived from another business trip to Moscow. Evgeny Evgenievich invited the head of the measurement bureau Yuri Ostapets to his office and told him that

The experience of using the Volna machine in the army showed that, having a wheeled drive, it very often slipped on the swampy, sandy and high banks of the river. And it took a lot of skill of the driver to get out on a solid road. In addition, repair aluminum pontoons and hulls in conditions

118 years ago, on April 29, 1899, the car for the first time overcame the speed limit of 100 kilometers per hour. Moreover, it was a car with electric motors. Belgian race car driver Kamil Zhenatzi, nicknamed the "Red Devil", drives an electric car called "La Geme contane"

It is well known that timely assistance to the wounded can reduce the irrecoverable losses of troops. To quickly evacuate the victim and provide him with first aid, army medics need special equipment that can provide work in any area, as well as protect their own

Within the framework of the Army-2015 forum, the general public was shown for the first time a new Tornado-U off-road and carrying capacity army truck. A vehicle with an on-board platform module is designed for transportation of weapons, military and special equipment, transportation of various

In case the enemy sets up mine-explosive obstacles, the troops need various means to make passages for equipment and infantry. To date, a large number of different systems for sweeping mines have been created, using a variety of methods to combat

Uazik, or "goat", is, of course, our off-road automobile history. Today it is the only large and truly serious car in the country with unique off-road properties. Among the components of the success of the first cars, for example, the 469th, one can

During the Second World War, a large number of various engineering vehicles and ammunition for various purposes were developed. For one purpose or another, it was proposed to use self-propelled vehicles with special equipment or special weapons, unusual types of weapons, etc. Diverse

Long before the end of World War II, the American command realized that the existing half-track armored personnel carriers did not meet modern requirements and therefore needed to be replaced. It was supposed to build a new technique of this purpose, using other ideas and solutions, as well as on the basis of

We have long been accustomed to evacuators for parking violators - they can be found on the streets of any city. But a tow truck for a tank is a more exotic vehicle and is used primarily for delivering tanks to their deployment locations. The M25 was one of the most interesting models in this genre

During World War II, the US Army operated a significant number of armored personnel carriers and artillery tractors of several models. Equipment with a half-track undercarriage was widespread during this period. The continuation of work in two important directions led to

In 2002, the Swedish army retired light tanks / tank destroyers Ikv 91. This technique, created in the early seventies, no longer met modern requirements, which is why the military decided to abandon it in favor of more modern models. Cars were sent to

Servicemen of the International Mine Action Center of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in the spring of 2016 demined the historical and residential part of Syrian Palmyra. 825 hectares of territory, 79 km of roads and 8507 various objects (buildings) were cleared. 17,456 explosive objects were found and neutralized, including

Reserving military vehicles in the US Army was not common practice, but became necessary in Iraq, where militant attacks on a convoy became commonplace

In the foreseeable future, new mobile systems for fire extinguishing, chemical protection and camouflage will have to enter the armament of the fire brigade of the Ministry of Defense. On the basis of new original solutions, a special multifunctional complex was created in our country, capable of solving various

One of the tasks of the engineering troops on the battlefield is the destruction of enemy obstacles and fortifications. With the help of special means, military engineers must destroy enemy structures, ensuring the passage of their troops. To solve similar problems during the Second World War by all

If you delve a little into the history of American tank building, then sooner or later you will stumble upon a wondrous and iridescent name - "Marmont-Herrington". Not to say very melodic, but intriguing. It is especially intriguing by the fact that they made tanks and armored cars, and which ones, when and how much

As it turned out, the British army did not always use the services of manufacturers of heavy military equipment to update its fleet of trucks and all-terrain vehicles. Occasionally, in search of new solutions and maybe even visions, the Department of Defense turned to large, reputable car companies

TTM-1901 "Berkut" is a Russian snowmobile (also called "snowmobile"), which is produced by the plant of transport and technological machines "Transport" from Nizhny Novgorod. This is the only cab-type machine in our country among all ski-tracked snowmobiles. Production is in progress

Already at the initial stages of the First World War, all parties to the conflict had to face a number of new problems. One of them was wire barriers, which were notable for the ease of production of the installation, but at the same time seriously impeded the passage of enemy troops. For a successful offensive to the troops

The beginning of the use of cars in Russia dates back to 1900, and in 1910 the Russian-Baltic Carriage Works in Riga began to produce cars - at the same time, the company received a number of parts and special grades of steel from Germany. The productivity of the plant was extremely insignificant - until 1914

The adaptation of weapons and military equipment for use in the civilian sphere is always of certain interest from one point of view or another. However, some systems, such as artillery, have limited potential in the context of such rework. One of the most interesting projects

The first attempts to create promising armored vehicles, undertaken during the First World War, led to very interesting, albeit useless, results. Without the required experience, designers from different countries offered a variety of ideas and solutions. A curious variant of the armored combat

During World War II, American troops on the island of Luzon captured eight vehicles of quite interesting configuration. These were Soukou Sagyou armored engineering vehicles armed with two flamethrowers and a 7.7 mm Type 97 machine gun. Was not registered by the Americans

During the war in Afghanistan (1979-1989), the mujahideen constantly attacked Soviet transport convoys with civilian and military supplies. For obvious reasons, the greatest losses were incurred by tankers, without which all actions of a limited contingent would simply be paralyzed. Taking into account