The release of this amphibian was launched in the United States in April 1941 by the concern General Motors in cooperation with the shipbuilding company Sparkman and Stefens from New York. With this unusual vehicle ...

One of the most important tasks of the engineering troops for combat engineering is the installation of mine-explosive barriers that make it possible for the enemy to cause losses, to ...

A few weeks ago, a new model of armored vehicles appeared in service with the National Guard of Ukraine - the specialized armored vehicle Kozak-001, which successfully passed the entire complex ...

Engineering vehicles build roads, dig ditches and ditches, clear debris and build bridges. And if you put them on armor or put them on tank chassis, they will be able to go through the minefields, as if plowed ...

It was subsequently legendary ZIL - automobile plant, which in Russia was not and, probably, will not be equal ....

In November, the 1942 of the year experienced armored vehicles of the VK 4501 type from the firms Henschel and Porsche underwent additional comparative tests, as a result of which the German army finally decided on its ...

China hosted the China Military and Civilian Integration Expo 2016 exhibition, dedicated to new developments of military and civilian use. During this event, a large number of Chinese ...

Damage to the wheel or tire should not lead to extremely costly repairs, and even more so to jamming the combat vehicle right in the middle of the combat zone. The exclusion of such situations is ...

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 ...

The car with a beautiful and symbolic name "Victory" has become one of the symbols of the Soviet Union, without losing its charm and charm over the decades. This passenger car is serially ...

From the beginning of the 1970-s to the end of the 90-x, the special design bureau of the Bryansk Automobile Plant has developed several families of four-axle multi-purpose terrestrial vehicles. Their...

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 ...

At an exercise held in Grafenwehr (Germany), the crew of an assault vehicle designed for making passages in minefields, demonstrated how exactly a mine is being exploded on ...

In Soviet times, for a simple inhabitant, the Kremenchug Automobile Plant was a small manufacturer of heavy trucks and dump trucks, but in fact since its inception on orders ...

Today, the American SUV since World War II is easily recognizable in any photographs of military and post-war years, it is a frequent guest on the silver screen, not only in the documentary ...

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 ...

Since the end of the thirties, German industry has been actively working on the creation of new machines with remote control. One of the most successful examples of such technology was the blasting machine ...

The remotely controlled machines Sd.Kfz.301 and Sd.Kfz.302 / 303 of the German design made it possible to solve the tasks set, however, they were not distinguished by high perfection. They were presented with various ...

In 1939-40, the German company Borgward worked on the project of the remotely controlled machine Sd.Kfz.300. It was developed three versions of such a technique, differing from each other in one way or another ...

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 ...

Since 1939, German specialists have been working on remote-controlled equipment for ground forces. The first model of such a system brought to mass production was the mine sweeper ...

Radio-controlled equipment is of particular interest to the military of different countries. However, until a certain time the technology did not allow to solve all the existing problems and create suitable for ...

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 ...

Shortly after the start of World War II, German engineers began work on special demining machines. Over the next few years, several variants of this kind were developed ...