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 ...
Combat anti-diversion vehicle "Typhoon-M"
Over the coming months, the fleet of strategic missile forces will be replenished with new-type combat vehicles. This time, the rocket men will receive not a self-propelled launcher or machine, ...
The Scimitar of Her Majesty - British military reconnaissance vehicle FV107 Scimitar
The Alvis FV107 Scimitar is a UK light reconnaissance tank, often referred to as Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance (combat reconnaissance vehicle, BRM). By internal pass-through system ...
Tank Leopard 2A7 +
This tank was first shown at the Eurosatory 2010 exhibition by the German company Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW). The updated tank is optimized for use both in conventional combat operations and ...
KTO Rosomak (part of 4)
Rosomak - WRT - Technical reconnaissance vehicle, equipped with a monotone crane. At the MSPO 2011, a prototype machine was first presented. Its task is to provide basic technical ...
The first information about the combat module "Epoch"
During the recent exhibition “Innovation Day of the Ministry of Defense”, a part of the new developments was presented only in the closed part of the exposition. As you know, all the secret becomes clear and for a few ...
Upgraded tank T-72B3
During the recent tank biathlon competition at the Alabino training ground, the main attention was focused on the original sport. However, there were other events in the program of the event. So, on ...
"Wolf" from Belgrade
Now, the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine is thinking about modernizing the BRDM-2 and transferring it to the Airborne Forces instead of the UAZ. The vehicle must have a combat module instead of a turret and a troop compartment for an 5-6 person. It...
Testers
This is how a person is arranged: he can only appreciate the significance of one or another period of his life from a distance, the sum of what he has lived. That is why even war veterans, remembering the smell of ...
Family BTR-60 / 70 / 80 in combat
According to Western data, the BTR-60 of all modifications produced about 25 thousand units. BTR-60 actively exported abroad. In addition, the BTR-60PB was produced under a Soviet license in Romania under ...
New Ukrainian armored vehicles - BTR-3E with Cockerill CSE 90L turret
In the framework of the international defense exhibition, which was held 17-21 February 2013, in the United Arab Emirates, Ukraine presented its own production of new armored vehicles. Besides ...
"Sturm-S" - anti-tank shield of ground units
“Storm” (according to NATO’s AT-6 Spiral codification) is a Soviet anti-tank missile system (ATGM) based on the 9X114 “Cocoon” supersonic rocket, which is equipped with a radio command ...
BMP "Puma"
To create a new BMP, the company Projekt System und Management GmbH (PSM) in Kassel was created. The approval of fully developed tactical and technical requirements took place on 26 February 1998 of the year, but ...
Tank gauge
It is known that the tank, as a weapon system, is based on "three pillars": weapons, protection and mobility. It is also known that the firepower of tank weapons is determined by many factors, one ...
A look at the domestic BMP because of the Kremlin wall
Very few people know that in the yellow building behind the Kremlin wall, closer to the Spasskaya Tower, was placed the Commission of the Presidium of the USSR Council of Ministers on military-industrial issues, which is in common use ...
The most belligerent tank T-72: lessons of the defense project
7 August 1973, an event occurred that became known to the public only in 1990-ies - a joint resolution of the Central Committee of the CPSU and the USSR Council of Ministers No. 554-172 adopted by the Soviet Army was ...
Prospective tank observation devices
From the very beginning of the combat use of tanks, their main vulnerable point was a limited overview of the crews, which was used with great effect by the calculations of all types of anti-tank weapons, starting from ...
Return to the concept of a flying tank
Considering the likely development prospects expected in world tank building, most specialists in this field ignore the weaknesses of such vehicles, namely, ...
Tank biathlon: sport, training and prestige of the army
Among the events of recent months that took place in the Russian armed forces, a great attention of the public and specialists was attracted by the new method of checking the level of training of tankers. So-called...
South Africa and Rhodesia vs min. Part II
As already mentioned in the first part of our story, during the war in Southern Rhodesia, various mines and improvised explosive devices became a real disaster for the troops of Rhodesia and the Republic of South Africa ....