The W-5 cruise missile of submarines, created in the second half of the fifties, became the basis for a whole family of missiles for various purposes. The result of its modernization was ...

Since the beginning of 1943, the industry of Nazi Germany has been working on the creation of promising self-propelled anti-aircraft installations based on the existing Panzerkampfwagen IV medium tank. The result of these ...

In 1954, the development of the Strela coastal missile system was launched with the C-2 anti-ship cruise missile. The result of this project was the construction of four complexes in the Crimea and on about ....

Flakpanzer I anti-aircraft self-propelled units allowed to partially solve an important problem, but could not have a noticeable effect on the course of the battles. A small number of such machines (total ...

Developed by Nexter as an initiative, the CAESAR 155-mm howitzer (CAmion Equipé d'un System d'Artillerie is a truck-mounted artillery system) with a barrel length 52 ...

During the first autumn and winter on the Eastern Front, the forces of Nazi Germany faced serious problems caused by the harsh climate. At first, numerous machines had to ...

1944 year was the most fruitful for the Red Army in terms of equipping its parts with new anti-tank self-propelled guns. Although the nomenclature of SAUs produced in the Soviet Union was relatively ...

By the end of June, 1940, Nazi Germany had completed the capture of France. One result of this was the seizure of a large number of captured weapons and equipment. Known for their frugality, the Germans decided ...

Soon after the attack on the Soviet Union, Nazi Germany captured a mass of various vehicles as trophies. A significant part of these combat vehicles was soon adopted and ...

Using the available capabilities and resources, the Republic of Belarus is currently engaged in retrofitting its armed forces. With the help of several foreign countries, primarily Russia, ...

The war against Finland, which began at the end of November 1939, turned out to be not an easy triumph, as suggested by the Soviet leadership. Parts of the Red Army faced stubborn resistance well ...

A real sensation last year was the Caliber missile system. Cruise missiles of the complex in the ship and underwater version were used several times to strike objects ...

During the Second World War, the US military gained invaluable experience using airborne units. In operations "Boston" and "Albany", which became part of Operation Overlord ...

The results of the combat use of the high-precision complex "Caliber" in Syria showed that one should speak with Russia in "you". Peace cannot be achieved without force and its demonstration. This axiom from time to time ...

The first experimental samples of rocket projectiles (RS) and launchers for them, as well as rocket armament for aircraft, were developed and manufactured in our country before the start of the Great ...

The German project of the E-series tanks (from Entwicklung series, development) was an unrealized program for the creation of experienced German tanks during the Second World War. In this series ...

The advantages of self-propelled artillery to towed became apparent even before the start of World War II. However, the appearance of promising self-propelled guns was not formed immediately. In the course of numerous ...

The defense of Sevastopol, which lasted 250 days, from 30 in October 1941 of the year to 4 in July of 1942, was one of the brightest pages in the history of the Second World War. Significant contribution to the defense ...

At the beginning of the 1930-s, the success of industrialization in the Soviet Union allowed the development of the automotive and tank industries, which, in turn, made it possible to start a full-fledged and ...

Wheeled armored vehicles are traditionally inferior to tracked in quantitative terms. Nevertheless, during the last decades, attempts to promote wheeled armored vehicles were regularly undertaken ...

Syrian army in 2014-2015 used 300-mm multiple launch rocket launchers 9K58 "Smerch" more effectively than the Ukrainian armed forces in the Donbas in the summer and autumn of 2014 ....

The Hurricane multiple launch rocket system provides simultaneous destruction of armored and unarmored targets on an area of ​​about 43 hectares. Modern multiple launch rocket systems ...

The 76-mm regimental gun of the 1927 model of the year is not as well known today as the famous forty-crib or 76,2-mm divisional gun ZIS-3, however, along with them, it fought the entire Great Patriotic War ...

One of the results of the Second World War was the increased interest of the military leading countries in promising anti-tank weapons. The increase in the level of protection of modern armored vehicles has grown significantly, due to ...