Gantraki. 2-Part I

Gantraki. 2-Part I

In 70-80, virtually no armed conflict did without the opposing sides using all-wheel-drive jeeps, pickups and trucks as a platform for installing ...
Gantraki. 1-Part I

Gantraki. 1-Part I

The term "gantrak" (eng. Gun truck - armed truck) first appeared during the Vietnam War, when the US Transportation Corps was faced with large losses of trucks from ambushes, ...
Bad experience

Bad experience

The fighting at Khalkhin Gol showed both positive and negative qualities of the Soviet wheeled armored vehicles. Yes, ease of maintenance, low noise, relatively high speed and ...
The project of aero-train engineer S.S. Waldner

The project of aero-train engineer S.S. Waldner

In the twenties and thirties, engineers and scientists around the world worked on the development of promising vehicles. The flow of goods and passengers is constantly growing, which is why there was a need for ...
Light vehicles for special forces

Light vehicles for special forces

The need for vehicles that are always better suited to ensure the mobility of expeditionary forces, especially when airborne, is a typical and constant requirement of special forces ....
New armored cars from Streit Group and KrAZ

New armored cars from Streit Group and KrAZ

At the last IDEX-2015 exhibition, several dozen new models of military equipment and weapons were presented. Canadian Emirates company Streit Group, known for its developments in the field of ...
Aerotrains of the Aérotrain family (France)

Aerotrains of the Aérotrain family (France)

In the sixties of the last century, a passenger traffic boom began. More and more people had the opportunity and desire to go to other cities or countries. A growing flow of passengers required to put on ...
High-speed laboratory car SVL

High-speed laboratory car SVL

In the sixties, research began in our country on the subject of promising high-speed trains. It was assumed that such equipment may be useful in the matter of passenger traffic, ...
Jet Aeronaut M497 Black Beetle (USA)

Jet Aeronaut M497 Black Beetle (USA)

Shortly after the end of the Second World War in the United States began a rapid growth in passenger traffic. Plane tickets gradually, but steadily becoming cheaper, which eventually allowed the airlines ...
Aerovagon Scheinenzeppelin (Germany)

Aerovagon Scheinenzeppelin (Germany)

In 1919, the German engineer Otto Steinitz built an experimental carriage with two propeller groups borrowed from aircraft. A machine called Dringos successfully developed ...
Multi-axle rocket carriers

Multi-axle rocket carriers

With the advent of fundamentally new types of supersonic aviation and missile weapons in the late 1950s, the most fierce phase of the confrontation of the Soviet military-industrial complex with all countries at once began ...
Aerovagon designer V.I. Abakovsky

Aerovagon designer V.I. Abakovsky

Just a couple of years after the appearance of the German project of a self-propelled car with the Dringos aircraft power plant, authored by Otto Steinitz, a similar vehicle was created in our country ....
NAMI-012 steam truck

NAMI-012 steam truck

1949 year - one of the first in a series of long years of the Cold War between the USSR and the USA. This war could easily turn into a real conflict, and both sides managed to acquire nuclear weapons. In 1949 year ...
Aerovagon Dringos (Germany)

Aerovagon Dringos (Germany)

Until the middle of the last century, the main type of locomotives on railways were steam locomotives, which were in no hurry to give way to more modern diesel and electric locomotives. This technique had a number ...
Truck Opel Blitz: Wehrmacht workhorse

Truck Opel Blitz: Wehrmacht workhorse

The German truck Opel Blitz (German: Blitz - lightning) was actively used by the Wehrmacht during the Second World War. There have been several generations of this famous truck that ...
Armored car KAMAZ-63968 "Typhoon"

Armored car KAMAZ-63968 "Typhoon"

On the 2015 year, state tests of the new KamAZ-63968 armored car are scheduled. This machine was developed under the program "Typhoon" and is intended for the army, internal troops and other ...
Armored car KAMAZ-53949

Armored car KAMAZ-53949

In 2013, the Kama Automobile Plant for the first time introduced its new development - the KAMAZ-53949 armored vehicle. This machine is intended for the transport of personnel and cargo, as well as for ...
KrAZ Spartan armored car: expectations and problems

KrAZ Spartan armored car: expectations and problems

Currently, the Ukrainian authorities are actively trying to compensate for the loss of military equipment. To equip the armed forces and the National Guard under the restoration of combat vehicles removed from storage, ...
Turkish armored car Ejder Yalçin

Turkish armored car Ejder Yalçin

Turkish company Nurol Makina designed and manufactured a new member of the Ejder family, a tactical armored vehicle Ejder Yalçin 4x4. The development of the technical project was started in the last ...
Super silent military motorcycle "SilentHawk"

Super silent military motorcycle "SilentHawk"

The US Army expects to receive new silent hybrid motorcycles that are designed to carry out covert operations, including night ones. Hidden tales will help fighters ...
Armored car NORINCO VP11 (China)

Armored car NORINCO VP11 (China)

Last autumn, during the Airshow China exhibition, the Chinese company NORINCO for the first time presented its new development - an MRAP-class armored vehicle called VP11. Just a couple of days ...
Shnekhokhody

Shnekhokhody

Shnekokhody or auger all-terrain vehicles are vehicles, the movement of which is carried out with the help of a rotary screw propulsion. The design of such a propulsion unit consists of two screws ...