Your own way: how the USSR tried to weld two-layer tank armor, but could not
The famous armor alloys 8S and 49S, from which the T-34 and KV tanks were welded/cast, were largely forced decisions. Soviet industry was unable to master advanced technologies...
Thick-skinned armored personnel carriers for air defense
Very quickly, from an isolated and non-standard thing, tanks with developed additional protection turned into commonplace and became a truly widespread phenomenon. And lately we have seen a new round of...
Uzbekistan launched its own armored personnel carrier "Arslon" for testing
The industry of Uzbekistan has developed a new armored personnel carrier called "Arslon". The combat vehicle was created taking into account foreign experience and has already been brought to military tests....
Sandbags and metal screens are something that will not provide good protection against cumulative ammunition
About the low usefulness of screens and sandbags on military equipment...
Finally fixed: about the new mount for on-board dynamic protection on our tanks
There were brackets on clamps, and now there are chains...
A look from the 90s: on increasing the firepower of our infantry fighting vehicles
On the choice of weapons for infantry fighting vehicles to effectively combat tank-threat targets...
Almost like steel, but with nuances: light alloys in tank armor against cumulative shells
About whether aluminum, magnesium and titanium alloys can protect against cumulative projectiles in the same way as steel...
The autopsy showed: M60A1 in Kubinka
From November 1973 to June 1975, in military unit No. 68054, Soviet engineers completely dissected the American M-60A1 tank. The car came to the USSR straight from the Yom Kippur War and was...
Leopard 2 A-RC 3.0 tank – an interesting approach to the layout
About a new tank concept with a very unusual uninhabited turret...
Special Operations and armored vehicle protection experience
During the current special operation, a comprehensive check of existing means of camouflage and protection of armored vehicles is being carried out. Combat operations also contribute to the emergence of new methods and designs....
Continuing on the Belka: Morozov and co-authors on the unusual chassis for combat vehicles
Morozov on the prospects of a double-circuit tracked propulsion system for combat vehicles...
The very prickly “Cactus”: the dynamic protection project that went into oblivion along with the “Black Eagle”
Project of heavy modular dynamic protection from Omsk developers...
“The projectile has no analogues in domestic armored vehicles”: in Kubinka they fire from the cannon of a Chieftain tank
In the early 80s, a strange beast appeared in the Soviet Union - the British Chieftain Mk5R, which flew straight from the Iran-Iraq war. A technical report from 1983 suggests a level...
At the level of rumors: Boxer armored personnel carriers for Ukraine
Rumors have reappeared about the possible supply of German Boxer armored personnel carriers to Ukraine. As before, they do not receive decent confirmation....
Where did thousands of tanks disappear in 1942–1943?
A hypothesis about where thousands of tanks disappeared in 1942–1943...
Sweden will transfer old Pbv 302 armored personnel carriers to Ukraine
Sweden has promised to give the Kyiv regime all its Pbv 302 armored personnel carriers. This equipment is very old and has long been removed from service with the Swedish army, which directly indicates its...
Ukrainian "Abrams" in check: factory screens with questionable effectiveness
Steel mesh on the armor of an American tank, the purpose and effectiveness of which is highly questionable...
Designer Joseph Kotin: “Tower tanks have outlived their usefulness”
“The use of missile weapons in tanks allows for a sharp qualitative leap in their development” - these were the expressions used by the chief designer to describe the prospects for the development of domestic tanks...
From 75 mm to 105 mm: domestic armor against German cumulative shells
In the once secret reports of the Great Patriotic War, the first use of cumulative shells by the Germans was noted in 1942. As contemporaries wrote, “the significant use of their...
KSSZ "Cape" in Special Operation: proven benefits and mass production
During the Special Operation, the “Cape” complex of means for reducing the visibility of armored vehicles was tested in practice. It proved its usefulness and entered full-fledged mass production....
1944: IS vs. "Tiger"
The German 88-mm Acht-Acht gun was a very unpleasant surprise for Soviet tank builders. If it was impossible to strengthen the armor of the T-34 medium tanks to withstand German shells, then...
About what a BMPT should be: a view from the last century
About what a tank support combat vehicle was seen in the early 90s...
Heavy tank IS-1. Small-scale, but important
Heavy tanks of the IS series played a significant role in the fight against the Nazi invaders. The first example of this family was created as a deep modernization of existing heavy tanks...
About the armor of the same M1150 ABV
Reservation of the M1150 ABV assault vehicle captured by Russian troops...