Unusual tanks of Russia and the USSR. МХТ-1 (mortar chemical tank)
We all know what a classic-style tank looks like: an armored hull on a tracked propulsion unit, a rotating turret mounted on it, armed with either a cannon or a howitzer and one or ...
What will be the BMP in the XXI century?
Today, in many countries of the world, the search for a new concept of armored vehicles continues. Russia is no exception. At the same time, statements by officials about the prospects for the development of Russian ...
The engine of the near future
When disputes about the prospects of the Russian defense industry reach the tank industry, alarmists, as always, use the standard set of arguments. First of all, these are claims to “endless” upgrades ...
T-90MS "Tagil": Firepower
UBM "Breakthrough" is unified for the installation of guns 2А46М-5 or 2А82 with the placement of the conveyor with the ammunition of the automatic loader in the bottom of the case. 2А46М-5. Smooth-bore gun 2А46М-5, ...
How to protect the technique?
Traditionally, means of defense and means of destruction are a kind of competition. In the twentieth century, this was particularly pronounced in tanks. Armor thickened, gun caliber increased, and the apotheosis of the race was ...
Cheap and cheerful: the new BTR from BAE Systems
The appearance of the armored personnel carrier class technology was formed many years ago. All models in recent years can be called modernizations, more or less deep, of old technology. Basically, they change ...
Tank, which we did not wait: The last myth of the defense industry
This year, Russia stood at the tank crossroads. The military leadership, through the mouths of its representatives of the highest rank, announced that it not only puts an end to the existing tank design ...
Army chooses upgrading T-72 instead of purchasing T-90
One of the main results of the exhibition of ground forces weapons held in Nizhny Tagil was that the Russian government was ready to finance the renewal with the help of budget funds ...
BMD-4M - out of the blue
Not so long ago, an event took place in Nizhny Tagil, which attracted specialists and simply people interested in military equipment from almost all over the world. It was here that an exhibition was held, at which ...
SUPACAT Wildcat High Speed Special Machine
A British vehicle that everyone knows in the world of motor sport as the Supacat is now offered for the defense industry. Since this year, the British company Supacat has created ...
Tank T-90MS "TAGIL": Fire control system
Continuing the theme of analyzing the design of the newest Russian T-90MS tank, let's see how things are with the fire control system there. After all, the "KALINA" control system is the main feature in ...
New combat reconnaissance vehicles of Britain
The British Defense Ministry plans to put more than 2015 new combat reconnaissance vehicles into its armed forces before 1300. At the arms exhibition in London in mid-September ...
MRS is a new all-terrain vehicle of the United States Marine Corps
MRS is a new development that will be a multi-wheeled armored personnel carrier designed to work across the entire spectrum of military operations, but focused on an irregular combat situation, ...
Protection of onboard and stern projections of the tank from the RP
The brilliant presentation at the RUSSIAN EXPO ARMS-2011 exhibition of the new Russian T-90MS "Tagil" tank has caused, among other things, a lot of questions regarding one or another of its constructive ...
Oshkosh have created a light armored vehicle.
Oshkosh is a light armored fighting vehicle (L-ATV). This machine is designed to meet the new military needs for lighter, transforming and extremely ...
Scorpions for the Russian army
Russia, following foreign countries such as the USA, France and Germany, began to pay great attention to the development of light armored vehicles. Scorpio-LTA and Scorpio-LSHA - the latest samples of Russian ...
T-90MS protection
After the successful presentation of the new Russian T-90MS, on the Internet, some people interested in this topic began to have questions concerning the availability of dynamic protection units on the board ...
T-90MS: official press release
The upgraded T-90С tank is the next step in the development of domestic tank building. The modernization touched the whole complex of characteristics of the T-90C and allowed it to significantly enhance its combat and ...
REA-2011 totals
Just a few days ago, the eighth international exhibition of armaments RUSSIAN EXPO ARMS - 2011, which was held in Nizhny Tagil, ended. In addition to weapons at the exhibition were presented ammunition and ...
T-90MS not yet satisfied with the General Staff
The latest development of the Russian military industry - the T-90C, which was to become the main battle tank, was recently inspected by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. It was also given a wide ...
"Terminator" at the exhibition in Nizhny Tagil
The BMPT is a multipurpose combat vehicle created on the basis of the T-90С tank. During the presentation, the visitors of the salon were shown the control of the BMPT tower armament in action. According to ...
The modernized T-90С Tagil tank in all its glory
At the ongoing exhibition of weapons in Nizhny Tagil was presented a modernized tank T-90С. This is a real “nail” of the program, because for a long time the Russian “defense industry” has not represented on ...
New Polish retrofit T-72
At the MSPO-2011 military industrial exhibition held in Poland, the Polish association Bumar presented a new version of the modernization of the T-72М1 tank, specially designed for ...
Main battle tank M1 Abrams - further development
The first American main battle tank, the M1 Abrams, rolled off the assembly line at a tank factory in Lyme, Ohio in February 1980. Since then (including for export), more than 10 have been produced ...