The Pentagon has issued a contract to Logos Technologies for the development and manufacture of a prototype hybrid electric noiseless motorcycle. According to the company, the Office of Advanced Studies and ...

May 29 at the testing ground of the 3 Central Research Institute of the Ministry of Defense in Bronnitsy (Moscow region), a show of modern and promising samples of domestic vehicles. Several organizations ...

From 20 to 23 in May, the Integrated Security-2014 exhibition was held at the Moscow All-Russia Exhibition Center. As part of this event, more than 500 participating organizations from several countries presented their latest developments ...

The development of military equipment and weapons, including the creation of subtle strike aircraft and precision-guided munitions for them, places new demands on defense systems. Increasingly important ...

At the end of March, International Truck Alliance Rus (“Intrall”) and the Internet portal Cardesign.ru announced the launch of the “Combat Transport Vehicle of the 21st Century” competition. Participants required ...

At the end of 1950, American engineers developed the M88 armored recovery vehicle (BREM). The main purpose of this vehicle is evacuation from a battlefield damaged ...

In the second part, we reviewed the main modifications of IMR-2. But the improvement of the machine and its equipment did not stop. They continue to this day. In the middle of 1980's. on WRI was tested ...

The first article about IMR-2 was inaccurate. It says (including in the captions to the photo) that the machine used the mine trawl KMT-4. For the IMR-2, the KMT-R trawl was designed for ...

All of us, who grew up on military films and books, can easily imagine soldiers on motorcycles. Usually, the image of German motorcyclists from the mechanized composition is born in the head ...

It so happened that the history of engineering technology, in contrast to the history of aviation, tanks and even fortification, is always paid very little attention. It all comes down to performance and year ...

Ten years of military operations in the areas saturated with mines and IEDs served as the impetus for the powerful development of route clearing technologies and the creation of specialized organizations. Operations in Iraq ...

Since nowadays the armies of all countries of the world use automobiles and transporters to carry out their main tasks in transporting people and goods, this article will focus on them. More precisely, I ...

In late January, the US Army Department published a preliminary list of requirements for a promising vehicle, which should be developed as part of the ULCV program (Ultra-Light Combat Vehicle –...

The quality of the equipment produced in a particular country directly depends on the quality of the components and the availability of technology for national manufacturers. This thesis is relevant for almost all ...

Ural is not only the name of the mountain range and the whole region of Russia, but also a real Russian brand. The main city of the Urals is Ekaterinburg. This is the most important transport and trade hub of the region. Today...

In the past 2013, the domestic defense industry continued to fulfill the tasks assigned to it by the State Armaments Program. Various enterprises continued to develop ...

Trucks and tractors KAMAZ repeatedly and in different historical periods were recognized as the best army vehicle in the world. Even the authoritative American analytical magazine Defense Review in its ...

Armored Golan, manufactured by RAFAEL, designed for the transport of critical goods and escorts of transport convoys. The “Golan” was first tested in September 2006, soon ...

Time to make your armor! When a year ago we told about the experienced Highlander-K armored car for the Interior Ministry troops, its creators promised: “You will be the first to see the following model after us and the customers.” AND...

American troops on the island of Luzon during the Second World War captured eight cars of rather interesting configuration. These were Soukou Sagyou armored engineering vehicles ...

In 2014, the rearmament of the army and security forces will continue. Thus, in accordance with the existing agreements, this year the Interior Ministry troops will receive the first batch of new armored vehicles. Eight...

The Second World War is often referred to as the "war of engines" in which technology played a key role. As a rule, aviation and armored vehicles are in the foreground, but no less contribution to ...

The rich combat experience gained by the engineering troops in Afghanistan still remains of great importance today. What technical and organizational measures were taken by engineering units in ...

World experts are unanimous in their opinion that the role of a mine weapon used both in an offensive and in defense depends on the qualitative development of the equipment and devices for laying mines, as well as on ...