English Christie (part of 1)
John Walter Christie deserves to be written about him. There is no other equally effective designer whose ideas would have created so many tanks! ...
Stories about weapons. Tank T-54 outside and inside
The story and display of the T-54 tank from the collection of the Museum of Domestic Military History in Padikovo ...
Poor Ukrainian "Oplot" - not a "Oplot"
The reasons for the failure of Ukrainian tankers on tank biathlon in Germany. Tankers opened the secret: it was not “Strongholds” who participated! Perhaps this is the first modification of the tank, which became the "Stronghold" then! ...
Complex protection tanks: the promised two years waiting
After 2 years, we should expect modifications of the T-90M, T-80BVM and T-72B3 with UBH (or B4 / B5, etc.), with the "Arena-M" installed. Meanwhile, at the NATO exercises "Saber Strike-18" were seen ...
Tank argument caliber 152 mm
Installing 152-mm guns can qualitatively improve the capabilities of a tank on the battlefield, but even Armata, the most advanced development in the world, is devoid of this weighty argument. Why?...
Stories about weapons. Tank T-44 outside and inside
T-44. The tank, who did not have time to go to war, but became the ancestor of a whole series of tanks. A copy from the collection of the Museum of Domestic Military History in Padikovo ...
Bulgarian "Sprut". Light amphibious tank that democracy killed
Bulgarian "Sprut". Draft light tank (LPT), proposed in the late 1980-ies. This is the first and only tank that was designed in Bulgaria. He was ruined on the political scene ...
BT-43 armored personnel carrier (Finland)
During the Second World War, Finland did not have its own production of armored vehicles and was forced to exploit the captured vehicles, rebuild them. The result was BT-43 ...
MBT Leopard 2 and its task: to eliminate losses
During the fighting in Syria, the Turkish army lost several tanks Leopard 2. A similar outcome of the battles of the future was predicted several years ago. An objective assessment of the capabilities of German armored vehicles ...
Their answer is "Armata". Ukraine is building a new tank
Ukrainian experts do not leave attempts to create a new main battle tank. Due to the prevailing economic realities, it is almost impossible to accomplish ...
Protection of domestic BMP: more serious, thicker, more powerful
Infantry fighting vehicle must protect the crew and troops from enemy fire. The gradual development of the means of destruction leads to a change in the protection of the BMP. How did the armor of the national military equipment of this ...
Armored car Lwowskie Dziecko (Poland)
In the summer of 1920, the car service of the Lviv garrison of the Polish Army built an armored car called Bukowski. Then enthusiasts began to design a new car like this: Lwowskie ...
Stories about weapons. Tank M3A "Stewart" outside and inside
Show an interesting tank "Stuart". If you compare with the Englishman "Valentine" and T-26, which are also "with an English accent", then he loses them ...
How to rearm BMP-2
The BMP-2 infantry fighting vehicle appeared 40 years ago and during this time it has become morally obsolete. To meet modern requirements, it needs a new weapon. And the designers offered a few ...
T-26 tank tanks
Troops need not only combat vehicles, but also protected transport for the supply of supplies. In the mid-thirties in our country two options were proposed for the so-called. tank tanks based on the chassis ...
Singapore's secret purchases: Leopard 2A7 tanks
The SIPRI database contains information that the Singapore army could secretly purchase twelve Krauss-Maffei Wegmann Leopard 2А7 tanks. A representative from the institute said that ...
The “lynx” is bigger in size. BMP Rheinmetall Lynx KF41
The German company Rheinmetall has created a new version of the "new generation combat vehicle". A few days ago, the first official show of the heavy BMP Lynx KF41 took place. Another sample of this family, ...
Airborne become stronger. Modules of intelligence and control MRU-D and MP-D go to the troops
The air defense of the Russian Airborne Forces is building up its potential. The first batch of reconnaissance, control and planning machines for MRU-D and MP-D has entered service ...
The complex of active protection of armored vehicles NORINCO GL-5 Raptor (China)
Active defense complexes for military equipment are created by different countries. Not so long ago, China introduced its version of such a system for the first time. He plans to protect his combat vehicles with ...
Project "Tachanka-B": "Armata" will become a robot
The newest tank "Armata" will be the basis for a promising combat vehicle without a crew. According to some information, the project is being developed and is called “Tachanka-B” ...
Five little-known tanks of the Second World War. Part of 5. Italian Thirty-Four P26 / 40
The Italian tank P26 / 40 was supposed to occupy the same niche in the country's armed forces as the T-34 in the Red Army ...
The first fruits of the chase for "Armata": what the enemy is trying to overcome the T-14 and T-15
Two concepts presented at the 26-th exhibition of weapons, security technologies and defenses “Eurosatory-2018”: the heavy German infantry fighting vehicle “Lynx KF41” and the Franco-German tank EMBT ...
Panzerkampfwagen II, T-60, Terminator BMPT and the principle of the well-forgotten old
On the historical prototypes of BMPT "Terminator" and some thoughts about the car itself ...
Armored vehicles 8x8: Is the market alive?
Wheel or caterpillar? Discussions on this topic may never end. Modern wheeled vehicles have basically a wheel formula 8x8. Big losses from improvised explosive devices ...