Shabby Legion

Shabby Legion

Italy is one of the largest in the EU and NATO in terms of population, size of economy and, consequently, military potential, however, the general European trends of a significant reduction in the Armed Forces did not bypass it ....
NATO crowd

NATO crowd

During the Cold War, Holland, located in the central direction of NATO forces in Europe, despite its modest size, had very powerful armed forces ....
Seals, or SEAL Team 6

Seals, or SEAL Team 6

After the publication about the American "green berets" I received numerous requests to tell about similar structures of the American army. They were especially often asked to tell about ...
Nibelun degeneration

Nibelun degeneration

One of the goals of creating a NATO bloc in 1949 was to control Germany, while it was only Western. At the same time, the FRG was on the potential front line - on the main line of the expected strike ...
Who did throw the boots on the remote control in Balakliya?

Who did throw the boots on the remote control in Balakliya?

Everyone already knows that there was a fire at the artillery depots in Balaklei, as a result of which ammunition began to explode. Balakley is a town in 60 km from Kharkov, if you go in the direction of ...
Adventurers in the general ranks

Adventurers in the general ranks

Having suffered a heavy defeat from Germany at the beginning of the Second World War, according to its results, France was returned to the number of not only winners, but great powers. For seven decades, Paris ...
Full and unconditional optimization

Full and unconditional optimization

Great Britain, one of the victor countries in World War II, suffered a heavy defeat from a political point of view. 1945 was followed by a rapid collapse with the loss of almost all overseas ...
State of the Special Operations Forces of the Middle East

State of the Special Operations Forces of the Middle East

Andrew White’s Advise and Assist article on the status of special operations forces in the Middle East was published in the Special Operations Forum magazine. There has been progress in their development and ...
Fundamentally new troops

Fundamentally new troops

From now on, we live in the world of cyberwar, kibervoysk and commands officially, as recently became known from the statement of the Minister of Defense. The pioneers here were the United States, riding the technological wave ...
Start of the new season of American missile defense

Start of the new season of American missile defense

If many of the words of the new president of the United States can be treated skeptically, since they do not always correspond to the real state of affairs both in America and in the whole world, then ...
Road to Palmyra: through blood, sand and rage

Road to Palmyra: through blood, sand and rage

This week was truly successful for the troops of the Syrian Arab Army - in the province of Homs, the offensive on Tadmor (Palmyra) was intensively developed, which later ended with the capture ...
Euroarmy - this is not a renovation. Understand necessary!

Euroarmy - this is not a renovation. Understand necessary!

Not even a week passed before the European Parliament, albeit with a small majority, but adopted a resolution on the creation of a unified European army. Ideas that have been in the air since the unexpected ...