Misuse: firefighter armor

Misuse: firefighter armor

Fighting vehicles, protected from bullet and shell fire, are great not only for war, but also for fighting fires. There are many examples of this in Russian technical history ...
Soviet tanks at war

Soviet tanks at war

Continuation of the tanks of the USSR in its history. The tank armada, which was built with such difficulty in 1929-39, burned down in 1941-42, but by 1945 the Soviet army had an impressive fleet and ...
Armored car "Partner". For special tasks

Armored car "Partner". For special tasks

The support and control vehicle MSIU-4386 "Partner" was adopted for the supply of the Russian army. It is built on the basis of an existing armored car and is designed to solve important auxiliary tasks ...
Armor is strong and tanks are fast

Armor is strong and tanks are fast

Each country has its own signature weapon: Britain has a battleship, the United States has an aircraft carrier, Germany has a submarine, and we have a tank. This is how it happened, the largest country in the world can safely ...
The ballad of the wedge: Martel's wedge

The ballad of the wedge: Martel's wedge

Major Martel began work on his car in January 1925. He analyzed the events of the Great War and came to the conclusion that the main problem now is to protect the infantryman and ...
Fighting vehicle B-19, its advantages and prospects

Fighting vehicle B-19, its advantages and prospects

The next improved modification of the BMP-3 was the B-19 combat vehicle. Not so long ago, equipment of this type reached trial operation in the troops, and its future should soon be determined ...
Tank freak show: missile tanks

Tank freak show: missile tanks

Work on missile tanks in the USSR began in the 30s of the last century. But, despite numerous attempts to create an exclusively rocket tank, they did not receive wide distribution ...
Too original tanks often lose ...

Too original tanks often lose ...

Originality is what very often people value above all else. However, in technology, originality alone will not go far ...
First tanks: projects 1841 and 1911

First tanks: projects 1841 and 1911

If you delve into the documents of the XIX-XX centuries, you can find out that with the projects of tanks we bypassed both the British and the Australian L. de Mol, but only the machine in question was not built in metal ...
Tanks. In the fight for the birthright!

Tanks. In the fight for the birthright!

And has anyone ever tried to decide - who created the very first tank on a documentary basis, so to speak. It turns out - yes, it was. And the result was quite interesting ...
Ancestors of the first tanks

Ancestors of the first tanks

The prototype of the caterpillar propeller was first proposed in France in 1713 by a certain d'Herman, and even received a positive response from the French academy. Although it was exactly a prototype ...
"This tank Porokhovshchikov"

"This tank Porokhovshchikov"

In Soviet times, namely since 1949, it was considered that the birthday of the tank in Russia is considered May 18, 1915, when the tests of the "tank A. Porokhovshchikov" "Vezdekhod" began ....
Tanks "IF" of different times and peoples

Tanks "IF" of different times and peoples

How often do we use the word if? For example, in the same Bible it occurs 1 times, which indicates that the norm of our life is nothing but uncertainty. It's the same with technology. What would be,...