Stories about weapons. Tank IS-3 outside and inside
Heavy tank IS-3 from the collection of the Museum of Russian Military History in Padikovo ...
PB-7 floating armored car
The first Soviet projects of floating armored vehicles BAA-2 and PB-4 were unsuccessful. But this did not stop the designers: a new version of the combat vehicle was soon created. The result of the third project received ...
Tank with a crew of two people: is such a project possible?
Attempts to create a tank with a crew of two people were made more than once. This opportunity was considered by Alexander Morozov. The same attempt was made by his son Yevgeny Morozov ...
Five little-known tanks of the Second World War. Part of 4. Two barrels on tracks MTLS-1G14
A little-known tank of the Second World War is the American tank MTLS-1G14. This car was built relatively large series: 125 units. This unusual American tank was armed ...
Stories about weapons. ISU-152 outside and inside
ISU-152, the legendary "Hypericum". Story and show (photo) ...
PB-4 floating armored car
In 1933, Soviet engineers created the first domestic floating armored car. However, the BAD-2 machine was not very successful, which soon led to the appearance of the new PB-4 armored car. Works ...
T-90M and M1A2 SEP v.3: which tank has been upgraded better
The eternal question: which tank is better? Such discussions will probably never cease, and the emergence of new combat vehicles will support this process. Let's try to compare the latest versions of T-90 and ...
Stories about weapons. Infantry tank Mk.III "Valentine" outside and inside
Tank "Valentine" from the collection of the Museum of Domestic Military History in Padikovo ...
Tank restructuring
Maintaining the technological relevance of combat vehicles is an essential element of modernization. As for tanks, it is modernization that prevails here, not new platforms ...
Heavy infantry fighting vehicle BMT-72 (Ukraine)
Tanks can be the basis for heavy infantry fighting vehicles. An interesting option in the past has offered Ukrainian industry. The main tank T-72 could be rebuilt in the BMT-72 infantry fighting vehicle ...
Five little-known tanks of the Second World War. Part of 3. Somua S35
The French "cavalry" tank Somua S35 is not the most famous, although it was released in a rather large series (427 copies) ...
Why and how did the T-64, T-72 and T-80 tanks appear? Part of 3
Completion of the history of the formation of the T-64, T-72, T-80 tanks. The process of creating this generation of tanks and the circumstances that influenced the adoption of fateful decisions ...
Stories about weapons. Tank T-34-85 outside and inside
T-34-85 tank tour ...
BMPT "Terminator": a successful failure?
Combat vehicle support tanks and fire support "Terminator" entered service, but did not cease to be the subject of controversy. This sample of equipment has not only advantages, but also disadvantages ...
Land Cruiser: experimental heavy tank QMS
Creation of tanks of multi-tower layout. Work in this direction was carried out in the Soviet tank school of the second half of the 1930s ...
Tank to overcome obstacles CCI-2
In the field of armored combat vehicles, there has always been an urgent problem of increasing maneuverability. Soviet engineers proposed the original project "Tank to overcome obstacles" of the CCI-2, which used ...
Tank registration systems for laser radiation
The appearance in 1950 of the first serial models of guided anti-tank ammunition should have put an end to heavy armored vehicles. However, she is alive thanks to the recording equipment ...
Why and how did the T-64, T-72 and T-80 tanks appear? Part of 2
Continuation of the history of the formation of tanks T-64, T-72 and T-80 ...
Five little-known tanks of the Second World War. Part of 2. Light reconnaissance tank "Lynx"
A little-known tank of the Second World War: the German light reconnaissance tank "Lynx" (more precisely, Panzerkampfwagen II Ausf. L "Luchs"). The tank was produced in Germany from 1942 to 1943. Fighting vehicles ...
Tanks EC-2 and Tiger. War on paper and in reality
The Soviet heavy tank EC-2 was superior to the German armored vehicle Tiger in a number of basic characteristics. However, not always the fights with the participation of this technology ended in victory with the desired result ...
Georgia introduced a new armored family Didgori
Georgia continues to attempt to create its own armored vehicles. Presented a new version of the armored car, created within the Didgori family. The newest car has characteristic features, ...
Why and how did the T-64, T-72, T-80 tanks appear? Part of 1
The ups and downs of the Soviet tank building. One of these pages was the history of the development and formation of the T-64 tank and the creation of the T-72 and T-80 tanks ...
Stories about weapons. Tank T-60 outside and inside
Demonstration of the light tank T-60 from the collection of the Museum of Russian Military History (Padikovo). And the story about the tank ...
BAA-2: the first Soviet floating armored car
Early armored cars could cross water barriers only by fords. At the beginning of the 1930s, the development of floating armored cars began in our country, and the first of them was BAA-2 ...