The high combat qualities of the T-34 were determined not only by armor and weapons. Of great importance were observation devices and sights, which provided for the search and defeat of targets ...

Until the 1970s, American engineers were primarily in the field of view of domestic engineers. The technique of a potential adversary could not be overlooked even at the level of theorizing ...

During the war, Kazan was one of the largest think tanks in the tank industry of the Soviet Union. In addition to the tank school and school, comparative trials of the trophy and ...

In the middle of the last century, the search for new remedies led to the emergence of aluminum reservations. Relatively light alloys based on aluminum in some situations surpass traditional steel armor ...

One cannot help but be surprised at the creative imagination of the authors of these projects and at the same time their ... stupidity, the fact that they did not see the obvious and at the same time rose in creative impulses to genuine ...

As part of the MPF program, two new “light tanks” are being developed. A similar technique can be considered as a symmetrical response to the Russian Sprut-SD anti-tank gun ...

Give priority to enhanced armor of the frontal part, capable of withstanding BOPS, or provide round-robin reservation from RPGs and automatic guns? Modular Mounted Armor ...

A recent incident at the Victory Day parade brought to mind the promising wheeled platform ...

A few years ago, the last secrecy stamps were removed from most of the issues of the Bulletin of the Tank Industry magazine. The archives of the unique publication allow you to get acquainted with the views ...

For the ground forces created a new mobile reconnaissance point PRP-5 "Mars-2000". This product was previously known, and on June 24 at the parade in Tula for the first time they showed the finished car ...

What level of armor protection do promising tanks need? Is it possible to refuse reservation in favor of active defense complexes? ...

The Victory Parade on Red Square is once again becoming a platform for demonstrating the latest developments. One of the most interesting novelties of this year is the average weight BMP "Kurganets-25", equipped with 57 mm ...

How to increase the survival rate of ground equipment on the battlefield? Modern camouflage systems for ground combat equipment and maneuverability instead of armor ...

Russian armored vehicles are used in many countries, including South Korea. Moreover, for many years, the T-80U tanks and BMP-3 armored vehicles were the most advanced in her army ...

The electrical movement of ground-based military equipment: history, advantages over the “classic” layout equipment and development prospects ...

Serbia continues to modernize the main tank M-84. In the near future, the M-84 AC1 Chachak project will be brought to mass production, which will positively affect the capabilities of tank ...

In the prewar years, Britain, Germany, the USA and France, often without knowing it themselves, shared their tank secrets with the Soviet state. Part of the technical plan intelligence information ...

“Their T-34 was the best in the world!” This was not said by anyone, but by a German general. And this is probably the most serious praise of the tank ...

Plant named after Likhachev and the tank engine of the German "Panther". Two stories unexpectedly crossed in 2012. A dying car factory has taken on the revival of the armored "cat" from Kubinka ...

Regarding armored vehicles, one principle often acted: there would have been wheels (or tracks), and so on this something armored and with a machine gun we will certainly build! ...

The Estonian company Milrem Robotics continues to develop the new Type-X robotic system. An experienced unmanned armored vehicle may go on trial this year ...

Significant for the history of armored vehicles are British Vickers tanks. Many of them did not fight and were not accepted into service by the English army. But their role in the history of them ...

The creation of the TDP-3 unified tank smoke device made it possible to give new opportunities to a number of Soviet tanks. One of its carriers was the heavy T-35 tank, and in his case, not ...

The project of the "European tank" MGCS enters a new stage. Now KNDS holding should analyze the accumulated experience and determine the shape of the future combat vehicle ...

The peculiarity of the formation of Japanese armored forces was that tanks, ineffective in the war on the islands, played a secondary role in the structure of the army ...

When the war was raging all over Europe, in August 1915, a peaceful American ship arrived in Liverpool, which brought a peaceful load: four American tracked tractors, and to them a full ...

Like a number of other countries, China has created its own new generation medium tank. The Type 15 armored vehicle has the functions of a light and main tank with an average weight ...

Before World War II, French designers worked on the G1 medium infantry tank with rational anti-ballistic armor. However, the fate of the “French thirty-four” did not ...