Multi-purpose attack helicopter PAH-2 Tiger

Multi-purpose attack helicopter PAH-2 Tiger

The PAH-2 Tiger helicopter was developed by the Eurocopter consortium, which includes the German company MBB and the French Aerospatiale. According to the agreement adopted in 1987 by the representatives of Germany and France, ...
Indestructible and legendary? In the battles he knew ... whom?

Indestructible and legendary? In the battles he knew ... whom?

The war (American) is quite a woman's face. Or chest. We are accustomed to thinking that only in our country there are bad things in the army and it cannot be worse. Himself wrote about it many times. But no. Can. Even in the most ...
Does Russia need a "Ukraine"?

Does Russia need a "Ukraine"?

After Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych announced that Moscow and Kiev had agreed that Russia would help complete the cruiser “Ukraine”, a discussion ensued about which country's fleet would be added to ...
PAK FA showed the Indian delegation

PAK FA showed the Indian delegation

On August 31, in the Zhukovsky suburb of Moscow, a demonstration of a new Russian perspective aviation complex of front-line aviation (PAK FA) was held to representatives of the Ministry of Defense and the Indian Air Force, ...
Forest fires could be bombed

Forest fires could be bombed

The forest fires of the abnormally hot summer showed the weakness of today's firefighters and forced them to look for more effective means of extinguishing. Among other things, they remembered the "aircraft fire extinguishing vehicle - 500"...
Future King of the Coastal Zone

Future King of the Coastal Zone

The American admirals tried to practice the concept of high-speed and maneuverable warships. The Russian Defense Ministry announced that it would hold a competition in September to develop a new project ...
The failed course of the modernization of Soviet weapons

The failed course of the modernization of Soviet weapons

The goal of weapons modernization is to increase the combat characteristics and the expansion of combat use conditions, which allow modernized models to be effectively in a given period of time ...
Single long-range twin-engine reconnaissance Arado Ag234

Single long-range twin-engine reconnaissance Arado Ag234

The project of a single-seater long-range twin-engine reconnaissance Ar 234A was completed at the end of 1941 (the initial designation of the project is Ar E.370). The specification of RLM was not provided ...
"If we were allowed to kill with impunity ..."

"If we were allowed to kill with impunity ..."

Interview with a contract soldier serving in Chechnya Recently, President Medvedev spoke about ways of developing the Russian Armed Forces. Noting the "high morale and combat training" ...
Abandoned airfield

Abandoned airfield

To say that I was shocked by what I saw is to say nothing. There really was a lot of things at the airport. L-29, An-24RT, Mi-2, Mi-8 and An-2. Airplanes and a little airfield vehicles ...
"Brain" of the domestic aerospace shield

"Brain" of the domestic aerospace shield

2-th Central Research Institute of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation - 75 years In the first days of the autumn on this occasion, solemn events are organized with the participation ...
Anka is in the air!

Anka is in the air!

Finally it happened! The Turkish Air Force received the first unmanned aerial vehicle "Anka". However, the Turks will not refuse to buy Israeli and American drones ...
Humanoid fighting robots

Humanoid fighting robots

Since the emergence of the natural sciences, scientists have dreamed of creating a mechanical person who can replace him in a number of areas of human activity: hard and unattractive works, ...
German tank destroyer E-10 Hetzer II

German tank destroyer E-10 Hetzer II

E-10 was a representative of the new concept of tanks, the design of which was designed to unify the production as much as possible. E-10 was considered as a test platform for the entire generation of tanks ...
At the forefront

At the forefront

German version of Personal Defense Weapon Heckler & Koch MP7E The Heckler & Koch company is reluctant to communicate with the press, since its main clients are the Bundeswehr and the armed forces of countries...
USA vs Russia

USA vs Russia

You can consider me a paranoid, but even without being an expert in the field of armaments, I came to the following conclusions. The United States seeks to go to the maximum technological gap and acquire an overwhelming military ...
H&K G36

H&K G36

For half a century of the history of the Bundeswehr, its soldiers have already received the fourth “soldier's bride”. Prior to this, the German recruits' friends were the G98, FAL and G3 rifles. In 1995, the armament ...