Heavy UAV "Partizan" took off

Heavy UAV "Partizan" took off

Flight testing of the promising heavy UAV “Partizan” has begun. The device has already confirmed some of the calculated characteristics and demonstrated the possibility of flight at ultra-low speeds....
Tsushima's best shell

Tsushima's best shell

12-inch high-explosive projectile of the Russian Navy, model 1894: creation, combat use and evaluation...
In search of profit: Rheinmetall factories in Ukraine

In search of profit: Rheinmetall factories in Ukraine

The Rheinmetall concern plans to launch two new production facilities in Ukraine. Last year we agreed to build a plant for the production of armored vehicles, and now they are going to launch production...
Unknown aircraft machine gun Degtyarev

Unknown aircraft machine gun Degtyarev

During the war, aviation turret machine guns DA and DA-2 were mainly used in anti-aircraft installations to combat enemy aircraft operating at low altitude...
The most direct and obvious threat: methods of combating FPV drones

The most direct and obvious threat: methods of combating FPV drones

Over the past six months, kamikaze drones have become the new masters of the sky during a special operation. Methods to combat them are constantly evolving, but are not yet able to even partially compensate for the superiority of drones...
F-16 for Ukraine

F-16 for Ukraine

The next “Wunderwaffe”, designed to save the Ukrainian Armed Forces from impending defeat, should be the appearance of Western combat aircraft, primarily the F-16...
AZTK "Penicillin" in Special Operation

AZTK "Penicillin" in Special Operation

The Russian army is actively using the Penicillin automated sound-thermal artillery reconnaissance complex. Such products search for enemy artillery and make a great contribution to...
Tu-324: takeoff attempt No. 2

Tu-324: takeoff attempt No. 2

Domestic aircraft are rapidly returning to the skies. Not long ago, the Il-96-400M took off, followed by the Tu-214, and now it’s the turn for reincarnation...
Rifles and cartridges: from Samuel Pauli to Edward Boxer

Rifles and cartridges: from Samuel Pauli to Edward Boxer

For the method of loading a weapon from the muzzle, pouring gunpowder into it and placing a bullet in it, we are unlikely to find an author known to mankind. His name, like the name of the inventor of the wheel, has long ago sunk into oblivion....
Zeppelin and zeppelins

Zeppelin and zeppelins

His childhood and youth were not much different from the childhood and youth of other residents of Germany, and the quiet life of a military garrison in peacetime did not particularly...