Hybrid armored vehicles go to war without Russia
How justified is the use of hybrid technologies in military affairs? In the West, with enviable stubbornness, they are trying to pile weighty hybrid-electric installations onto their armored vehicles. One of...
Two unpleasant properties of the “Contact” dynamic protection
Providing resistance against cumulative ammunition, "Contact" has poor effectiveness against tank cumulative projectiles, and the protective ability of its units depends entirely on the...
They tore the cables and broke the hooks: how they pulled out the captured Bradley and how it will be useful
The American Bradley infantry fighting vehicle was added to the list of trophies for the first time...
Why did the French stick to single towers?
Single turrets, like other problems with French tanks, are often explained by the backwardness of military thought. They say that the generals were preparing for a repeat of the last war and ordered the engineers the good old...
British Challenger 3: the tank should be good, but there are big problems with the hulls
Manufacturers have already begun to encounter problems with enclosures for this project...
M1A1SA Abrams in Ukraine: prospects for the much-hyped miracle weapon
Recently, the United States handed over three dozen M1 Abrams tanks to the Kyiv regime. Ukrainian crews are mastering this technique, but are not yet in a hurry to use it in battle....
Ways to modernize the BMP-2
Despite its advanced age, the BMP-2 will remain in the armies of the world for a long time. This requires regular repairs and upgrades aimed at maintaining the required level of performance....
Post-war service of tanks and self-propelled guns manufactured in Nazi Germany in the armed forces of other states
In the post-war period, German tanks and self-propelled guns were used in a number of countries, which, also being resold, took part in the Arab-Israeli war...
Oh, my dear handicraft: the Israelis are raising money for cheap cameras for armored vehicles
When the armor is blind and Hamas is everywhere...
Armor of 1944: what Soviet engineers could have borrowed abroad
In the fourth year of the Great Patriotic War, Soviet tank building was at the peak of its form - never before or since had armored vehicles been so effective. However, foreign experience...
The best tank of the Israeli army
In Israel, where wars for the most part were also fought on land, the Centurion tank is treated with great respect....
Artificial intelligence and hydrogen engine: the South Korean “Armata” project from Hyundai
They fit everything into the project, from an uninhabited tower with a new gun to a hydrogen engine and artificial intelligence...
Promising armored vehicle for the French army - EBRC Jaguar
The French army is switching to new EBRC Jaguar combat reconnaissance vehicles. This equipment is built on a modern platform with the necessary means of protection and has a developed range of weapons...
Post-war use of armored cars and armored personnel carriers created in Nazi Germany
Captured half-track armored personnel carriers were actively used by the Red Army and the allies. After the end of World War II, German Sd armored personnel carriers were produced in Czechoslovakia. Kfz. 251...
Rumors and prospects. VBL armored cars for Ukraine
The Kiev regime is showing interest in any foreign armored vehicles that it can, at least in theory, receive. In particular, since last year, French VBL armored cars have been included in requests for help....
Now the Israeli Merkavas have their own visors on the towers
Even Israeli tanks, despite active protection and armor, require drone visors...
Continuation of the torment of the “old man”: what mines do to the T-54 tank
Anti-tank and anti-personnel mines against the T-54 tank...
The Ofek family of vehicles on the Merkava Mk 3 tank chassis
In order to save money, Israel is rebuilding outdated tanks into armored vehicles of other classes. One of the latest examples of such conversion is the heavy armored platform "Ofek" and its modifications....
Special operation star: MT-LB multi-purpose transporter
Next year, the honored “Motolyga” will turn 60 years old from the moment it was put into service. This does not at all prevent the car from bearing the lion's share of difficult army service at the fronts...
Abrams tanks are good vehicles, but they have little prospects
The effectiveness of many types of weapons, the concept of which dates back to the last century, is already raising questions. A striking example here is the American Abrams tank, which can...
Cavalrymen willy-nilly. History of the H 35 and H 39 tanks
Shaking up the complicated history of Hotchkiss tanks from old myths...
American M10 Booker: tank or not tank – as long as the infantry is happy
About why they never decided to call the M10 a light tank and why it is still needed...
The hard part of the driver: tests of forces on the levers of tanks in 1945
The heroic work of Soviet tank crews during the Great Patriotic War was determined not only by mortal danger, but by extremely difficult working conditions. Instrumental research in 1945...