Military again intend to buy BMP-3
The attention of specialists and the public is focused on the Russian Arms Expo-2013 exhibition of arms and military equipment that has opened in Nizhny Tagil. However, interesting events appear outside this event ...
American experienced light tank HSTV-L
In 1970's The American strategy was reoriented from the confrontation in European territory to local operations in various parts of the world. This situation raised the question of the need ...
At the RAE-2013 exhibition, the BTR-MDM armored personnel carrier will be the first to be shown to the general public.
In the upcoming Russian Arms Expo-2013, which will open on September 25 in Nizhny Tagil, about 400 companies and organizations will take part. All of them are preparing to demonstrate to specialists and a wide ...
Missile and artillery reconnaissance vehicle: the Azerbaijani version of the modernization of the BRDM-2
Not all countries have a developed defense industry. Therefore, they have to either buy weapons and military equipment of foreign production, or upgrade existing products ...
Armor of the Black Panther
For the first decade of the XXI century. so few new types of main tanks (OT) have appeared in the world that they can be counted on the fingers of one hand. In most of the leading countries in the field of tank building ...
Say a word about a Russian tank - T-72
According to the rating of tanks in the world, prepared by the American agency Forecast International, the best tank at the present time is the American M1A2 SEP "Abrams" of the corporation "General ...
Heavy armored personnel carrier "Namer" ("Leopard"). Israel
As is known, the Israeli designers of military equipment have gained considerable experience in the field of creating highly protected military vehicles using the base of tanks as a basis: this is an engineering vehicle ...
U-turn "in a tank": will the Boomerang surpass the BTR-90 Rostock in terms of maneuverability?
Will the promising Boomerang armored personnel carrier be able to deploy on the spot like a tank, like its older brother BTR-90 Rostok, and why he might need it? About...
The Ugly Ducklings Panzertruppen
27 January 1934 d. 6-I Inspectorate of Motorized Forces of the Office of the General Affairs of the Ground Forces of Germany (Allgemeine Heeresamt / lnspektorat6, or AHA / In.6) issued an instruction to the 6-th control-experimental ...
BMP VBCI
After leaving the joint MRAV (Multi-Role Armored Vehicle - multipurpose armored personnel carrier) jointly with Germany and the UK, France began to develop its own car to replace ...
"The new concept of the car company Patria"
10 September in London opened the international exhibition of weapons and military equipment DSEI-2013. Already on the first day of the event, the Finnish company Patria showed its new development for the first time. Machine with ...
What is better for a tank - gas turbine or diesel
We read with great interest the article by Mikhail Rastopshin “Broneillusion” (newspaper “Tomorrow”, No.38 (722) September 2007). A lot of facts, figures, and the result - everything is bad and very bad. Of course, I would like to ...
Experimental combat vehicle Black Knight
Remote-controlled military equipment is becoming more common. There is a considerable number of similar machines for various purposes and the number of such projects is constantly increasing ....
In Russia, modifications were created T-80, which are superior to T-72B3 and T-90A
Designers from St. Petersburg have developed several options for upgrading the legendary gas turbine T-80, but the military preferred the simpler and cheaper diesel tanks. In 2005, the armament ...
Russian tank forces: revival after decline?
The crises that hit the Russian army, of course, did not bypass the domestic tank forces. The nineties of the last century were the blackest page in their history, impetuous ...
American experienced tank XM803 (1971 year)
In the middle of the 1960-ies, the United States, together with Germany, designed a new promising main battle tank MBT-70. The new machine was supposed to replace the tank M60 and surpass the T-64 that was in service with ...
Amphibious amphibious assault vehicle LVTH6
The LVTH6 (Landing Vehicle Tracked) is a tracked amphibious assault vehicle made by Pacific Car and Foundry Co and Ingersoll. It belongs to the 2 generation of similar ...
BTR-60
The BTR-60P armored personnel carrier was developed at the Gorky Design Bureau under the direction of V.А. Dedkov on the original base with the front control compartment and aft power accommodation ...
TOG - British heavy tank since the beginning of World War II.
The acute financial crisis in the UK at the beginning of the twentieth century caused the absence of heavy type tanks as part of the RTC (Royal Tank Corps, Royal Tank Corps). The situation began ...
Tank T-80U - a step into the future
In 1976, the world's first serial tank equipped with a gas turbine engine (GTE), the T-80, rolled off the assembly line, and four years later the Americans made a similar machine. So far, only two countries ...
Ventilation systems in tanks
Ventilation is an important component not only for the room, but also for the equipment in which people move. The design and installation of the ventilation system is the responsibility of the company front-energo.com. Online...
BMPT: work on the bugs
Two weeks ago, so to speak, "going to a meeting of the exhibition", we began a series of publications about BMPT ("Ural" Terminator "," Oh, those "thirty" ... "), the main thing ...
Perspective Polish tank PL-01
On September 2, the international defense industry exhibition MSPO 2013 kicked off in the Polish city of Kielce. However, one of the main novelties of this event was shown to the public the day before. Polish...
TRT Battle Module Family
In 2010, at the French exhibition of arms and military equipment EuroSatory, the South African branch of BAE Systems presented its new development - the TRT combat module (Tactical Remote ...