"Breaches of production technology": modern research of museum tank armor
In 2020, employees of the Institute of Metal Physics of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences completed a study of the armor of tanks and self-propelled guns during the Great Patriotic War. The results of the unique work represent ...
Interim results of production of T-90M "Breakthrough" tanks
The modernization of T-90 tanks according to the latest project with the breakthrough code is underway. Recently it became known about the sending of another batch of updated T-90M armored vehicles to the troops. In the near future it is expected ...
BTR-82A (M) production results
Serial production of armored personnel carriers BTR-82A (M) continues. Deliveries of several hundred new and modernized machines are planned for this year, which will have a positive effect on the condition and ...
What can be a wheeled tank on the Boomerang platform?
On the basis of the unified combat platform "Boomerang", you can create armored vehicles of different classes, including a wheeled tank. The industry is ready to develop such a sample and indicates the main features of it ...
Export prospects SPTP 2S25M Sprut-SDM1
The Sprut-SDM2 self-propelled anti-tank gun 25S1M is being demonstrated for the first time at the IDEX-2021 foreign exhibition. As a result of this event, it is worth waiting for the first orders from foreign armies ...
Speed and pressure: the first high-speed tanks in battle
British light tank "Whippet". The famous raid of the "Music Box", which made hell for the Germans ...
Production of MBT Arjun. Modest reasons for pride
The Indian industry is mastering the serial production of the Arjun Mk 1A main battle tanks. In the coming years, the army wants to receive more than a hundred of such armored vehicles, as a result of which the total number ...
The "Strike" robot continues testing
Work continues on the Udar multipurpose robotic complex. Recently, new details and the results of some tests have become known. An experienced RTK has confirmed a number of important capabilities ....
The story ... of the "monster"
The British Mark I is the first tank in history to take part in hostilities ...
The use of German armored vehicles in the postwar period
After the end of World War II, German-made tanks and self-propelled guns were used in a number of European countries until the mid-1950s. They also took part in 1967 ...
Once again about the Renault FT-17 tank ...
Various variants of self-propelled artillery on the Renault FT chassis ...
Is there a "great tank-building" power Ukraine?
Ukrainian propaganda materials about the alleged "great tank-building" power regularly appear on the Internet. Who and what is behind this? ...
"Forerunner tanks" from France ...
How convincing that prototypes of tanks from France were able to "inspire" designers from England ...
Amphibious ACV in operational tests
The results of operational tests of the amphibious transporter ACV have become known. The new machine for the US ILC coped with most of the tasks, but needs further refinement ...
Why was the Czech modernization of the T-72 more successful than the Soviet and Russian?
In the late 90s, the Czech Republic successfully modernized the T-72 as a result of the war in Iraq, and now it is not much inferior to modern tanks ...
Use of captured "Panthers" and "Tigers" at the final stage of the Great Patriotic War
In the second half of the Great Patriotic War, the number of captured tanks in the Red Army decreased. At the same time, German tanks with long-barreled 75 and 88-mm guns were of great interest ...
Combat modules of the "Will" family (Ukraine)
The Ukrainian company "Nova Tekhnologiya" offers customers two new combat modules "Volia" and "Volia-D". These products are intended for installation on armored vehicles of different models ...
"Lokhanki" on the battlefield - armored vehicles of the First World War
Today, the word "tank" is associated with a heavy and deadly armored whopper, bringing death to the enemy with cannon-machine gun fire and its multi-ton weight. A name coined by the British ...
Family of armored vehicles VBTP-MR. For Brazil and other countries
Brazil continues production of VBTP-MR Guarani armored vehicles. In the future, the equipment of this family will have to replace all the presence of armored personnel carriers, infantry fighting vehicles and samples of a number of other classes ...
The ballad about the T-55. Maturity
Tanks, like humans, are born. They suffer from childhood illnesses, and then enter the era of maturity. How did the T-55 tank enter this age period? ...