Floating car GAZ-46 (MAV)

Floating car GAZ-46 (MAV)

GAZ-46 is a Soviet floating car that has been manufactured at the Gorky Automobile Plant since 1953. In the Soviet Army, this car received the designation "MAV" - a small car ...
Armored recovery vehicle Bergepanzer 38 (t), Germany

Armored recovery vehicle Bergepanzer 38 (t), Germany

At the very beginning of 1944, the Wehrmacht command ordered the launch of mass production of the latest anti-tank self-propelled artillery Jagdpanzer 38 Hetzer. Already in early spring the troops ...
"Bow": the first Jeep Lend-Lease

"Bow": the first Jeep Lend-Lease

The very first strikes of German tank formations on Poland and France demonstrated that the era of protracted trench wars was left in the past, now lightning offensive prevailed on the battlefield ...
Not a day without interference

Not a day without interference

Electronic warfare is conducted strictly according to science. Over the past three years, the Armed Forces have made a significant leap in rearmament as well as in combat training. And how was the development going on during this period ...
Iron Horse: how motorcycles were used in hostilities

Iron Horse: how motorcycles were used in hostilities

Since the taming of the horse and the invention of the wheel, the person has used all possible means of transportation for military purposes. Chariots, carts, cars. Not spared this fate and a motorcycle. We decided ...
Minesweeper Alkett Minenräumer (Germany)

Minesweeper Alkett Minenräumer (Germany)

German engineers have always been famous for non-standard approach to solving various problems. Such an approach often led to the appearance of a very, very original technique. For example, trying ...
Minesweeper Minenräumpanzer III (Germany)

Minesweeper Minenräumpanzer III (Germany)

An important component of defensive positions during World War II were minefields. With the help of mine-explosive barriers, the troops could defend themselves against an enemy attack or, like ...
GAZ-67B - one of the symbols of the Great Patriotic

GAZ-67B - one of the symbols of the Great Patriotic

The Soviet all-wheel drive passenger car with an open body GAZ-67 did not become the most massive military vehicle of World War II, but is rightfully considered one of its brightest symbols ....
Army-2016. EW. Complex "Krasuha-4"

Army-2016. EW. Complex "Krasuha-4"

"Krasuha". A name that has recently become public. Something formidable and powerful. We managed to get close to this miracle of domestic technology, and it did not disappoint us ....
Army-2016. EW. Complex "Murmansk"

Army-2016. EW. Complex "Murmansk"

Four tall masts, somewhat similar to towers, are the Murmansk electronic warfare system. To be absolutely precise - a semi-set. A complete set, respectively, is two semi-sets. At all...
Test drive BAZ-6402, tractor Triacf C-400

Test drive BAZ-6402, tractor Triacf C-400

The military department of the university where I studied was preparing the commanders for calculating the C-300 anti-aircraft missile system. We studied the electronics of the command post on the operating simulator simulator, and in order to ...
Duster SUV for the Romanian Army

Duster SUV for the Romanian Army

Some civilian developments eventually come to the court of the military. This has happened more than once in the automotive industry. Here is the Romanian automaker Dacia, which is part of the concern ...
"Blue Angels" on wheels MZKT

"Blue Angels" on wheels MZKT

In Belarus, at the MZKT plant, powerful tractors are assembled - launchers for new Russian Russian intercontinental ballistic missiles. As long as they remain in service with the Russian army ...
Multi-purpose chassis KAMAZ-53958 "Tornado"

Multi-purpose chassis KAMAZ-53958 "Tornado"

Currently, in order to develop the fleet of automotive and special equipment of the armed forces, several new projects are being developed. The most important element of the new program are Tornado projects, ...
Sherpa ATV

Sherpa ATV

Special equipment with high permeability is of great interest not only for military and security officials, but also for civilian structures, tourists, etc. Such machines allow ...
Ground towers, bomb shelters Leo Winkel (Germany)

Ground towers, bomb shelters Leo Winkel (Germany)

In the middle of the thirties of the last century, simultaneously with the beginning of the construction of the armed forces, Nazi Germany took up the issue of protecting citizens and military personnel from hypothetical air strikes ...