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 ...
The circular defense of Russian armored vehicles bursting at the seams
In addition to the "tank-anti-tank" system, there is the "tank-building-anti-tank building" system. The failure in the creation of a new T-95 tank is accompanied by a useless modernization of the T-72, since ...
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 ...
Invisible tank is already a reality
Swedish engineers have developed a new defense technology that allows the tank to fool the enemy by simply disappearing. As reported by Sky News, created by specialists of the Swedish unit ...
How dinosaurs died out - the last heavy tanks (part of 7)
Another country with enough industry to produce heavy tanks was France. Immediately after being released in 1944, French politicians decided to prove their ...
Monster Machines: Landkreuzer P1000 Ratte and P1500 Monster
Landkreuzer P1000 Ratte and P1500 Monster are called unrealized projects of giant tanks of Nazi Germany. So it was always that the opposing sides in the process of military actions ...
How dinosaurs died out - the last heavy tanks (part of 6)
After the adoption of the M103 tank into service in the United States, and the difficulties associated with this fact, the question arose about a radical modernization of the tank, or about a possible replacement. Quite an interesting solution to this ...
Tank T-55AGM. Ukraine
Kharkiv residents offered several options for modernization at once, as they say, in order to satisfy any wishes of customers. So, the tank has undergone a deep modernization of the fighting compartment will allow ...
How dinosaurs died out - the last heavy tanks (part of 5)
In June, 1944 of the year, the design bureau of the plant No. 100 was presented in GBTU a draft design of a heavy tank EC-6, the feature of which was the use of electric transmission. Consideration of the project is not ...
The appearance of the new T-90C
The updated combat vehicle of the Russian army will be presented to the attention of specialists at the international arms exhibition, which will be held in the city of Nizhny Tagil from September 8 to 11, 2011 ....
Whose tanks are better: T-80 against Abrams
As you know, it is human nature to doubt. People who have no doubts, are absolutely sure of everything are naturally stupid. However, in fairness, it should be noted that the massive, ...
How dinosaurs died out - the last heavy tanks (part of 4)
The initial impetus for the development of a new heavy tank was the fact that by the end of the 40-ies of the last century, three types of tanks of this class — the EC-2M, ...
How dinosaurs died out - the last heavy tanks (part 3)
Long before the end of World War II, the teams of several design bureaus were developing a promising heavy tank "for the final stage of the war and for the subsequent time." Among them...
"Armata" and tanks-robots: the prospects of Russian armored vehicles
The fact that Russia has long been in need of updating almost any type of weapon is an obvious fact. National defense spending rises year by year. And from the officials of the Ministry of Defense in ...
How dinosaurs died out - the last heavy tanks (part 2)
The pedigree of the American heavy tank M103 can be traced from the self-propelled assault gun Т28, the end of the Second World War. When the need for an assault clearly emerged ...
How dinosaurs died out - the last heavy tanks (part of 1)
The rapid development of tanks in the interwar period of the last century gave rise to many concepts of their application, and many different classifications, but the outbreak of World War II led just ...
Russian Terminator
In recent years, in discussing the situation that has developed in the Russian tank building industry, high-ranking Russian officials and representatives of the command of the armed forces have subjected ...