The military engineering genius of the People’s Republic of China presented to the general public his offspring called WZ502G. If you “scrape off” an “Asian raid” from this car, then we have ...

The Cobra armored personnel carrier (Cobra) is a multi-purpose, lightly armored chassis of the Turkish company Otocar, which manufactures various vehicles, including armored vehicles. This transporter was created in 1997 ...

At the end of February at the international exhibition of armored vehicles International Armored Vehicles, the German company FFG Flensburger Fahrzeugbau presented the new tracked armored personnel carrier G5. This ...

First, I would like to touch on why there was a question about such modernization at all. In modern tank building there is a crisis, which, when trying to resolve it by standard means, ...

In the 395 case of TsAMO RF, where this project is stored, there are a few comments made, most likely some of the military ket: - this tank is a meaningful project, the author succeeded, not contributing ...

AL FAHD BTR is a proprietary development of Saudi Arabia and the first fully Arabian armored personnel carrier. Externally, the BTR recalls the Soviet development of the BTR-80 and the American wheeled BTR ...

In military science there is a simple rule. You can not confront the enemy in open battle - start partisan. Mine roads, ambush and shoot the enemy from a long distance. You can not even ...

We continue to get acquainted with folk art in the field of tank construction in the war years (see part 1). In the role of inventors, rationalizers tried then and those who were engaged in the manufacture or ...

In the famous novel by Nobel laureate Kenzaburo Oe "Late Youth" is about Japanese teenagers who were born in 1930's. Their childhood passed in the war years, but when they were ready themselves ...

The banal truth says that war is the engine of progress. And if the war is world-wide and all the leading industrial powers of the world are participating in it, then progress, even more so, goes forward at a seven-league pace ...

For years, 60 equipment for tanks to overcome water obstacles along the bottom is an indispensable attribute of all domestic tanks. Such devices will also be equipped with promising cars of the family ...

The Russian tank, known as an 195 or T-95 object, is still a secret behind seven seals. Despite the fact that our military decided to take it into service, almost nothing is officially known about ...

The French tank "Schneider", in contrast to an English-made tank, had a sprung suspension. This allowed to increase the speed of the machine, as well as to facilitate the working conditions of the crew. Front ...

Few people know, but Sweden is not only the birthplace of Astrid Lindgren, who gave the world Carlson, but also quite a tank power. The tank school of this country is quite distinctive and, therefore, only more interesting ...

For export, for Indonesia, and more specifically for the Indonesian marines, an armored tracked-type transporter based on the AMX-10P infantry fighting vehicle is being built. The main developer of the French company "GIAT" .In 1982 ...

As often happens in an attempt to get a profitable contract, a very “raw” machine is quickly created. This also applies to the “St. Chamond. FAMH designers, as well as their colleagues from the firm ...

Currently, the Soviet T-72 tank remains the leader in terms of the number of modernization options. Their options for improving the car are offered not only by the countries of the former socialist camp, but also by the states included in ...

A few weeks ago there was a stormy discussion of the new Georgian infantry fighting vehicle Lazika. Among other reasons to laugh at this machine, many discussing noted the fact that it is very strong ...

The rapid development of the French tank industry in 60, led to a shortage of infantry vehicles for joint operations with the main tanks. The adoption of AMX-30 as the main tank, sharpened the task of creating ...

The main purpose of the AMX-10 RC is a combat reconnaissance vehicle, also known as a heavy armored vehicle or wheeled tank. At one time, was considered the best solution in this class of machines ....

For the first time, a fire support vehicle was introduced in 1978. In 1979, the car went into series, and 1983 was adopted by the French army and several other countries. Destination - fighter ...

The AMX-56 is the main French tank. The main developer is the company "GIAT". In the 80 years of the last century, it was created to replace the already outdated AMX-30 in service. The tank entered the series at 1992 ...

Of all the models of armored vehicles, which are in service with different countries, the bulk of light armored combat vehicles - BMP, BRM, BTR, etc. It should be noted that ...

In various books and TV shows I constantly met the Panther score as one of the best tanks of the Second World War. And in the program on the Nashin Geographic channel, he was generally called the absolutely best ...