You can’t make a “mace” on your knee
In modern conditions, the ability of the army to defend a country is first and foremost indicated not by its strength, but by another indicator - the equipment of modern military equipment of the Armed Forces. And with this we have ...
The secret of the Kalashnikov rifle is revealed
The legendary Russian designer created the famous AK-47, working at the same factory as Hitler’s famous gunsmith, Great Designer Mikhail Kalashnikov admitted that immediately after the war in Izhevsk ...
Ivan Okhlobystin: On the right of the Colt
"God created people, and Colonel Colt equated them with rights." At one time, I was full of all sorts of shooting glands, and therefore it is impossible to catch me in a romantic attachment to arms ....
Accuracy International AX
In service with the army and the USMC dozens of models of sniper rifles are made up. These are semi-automatic rifles of the M14 and M110 series under the .308Win and the M16 modifications under the .223Rem, as well as various ...
A new reconnaissance aircraft will appear in Russia
A new long-range radar patrol, detection and guidance aircraft are being designed at the Taganrog Beriev Aviation Technical Complex (TANTK. GM Beriev) ...
35 years under the sign of "Alpha"
29 July 1974, the chairman of the KGB under the USSR Council of Ministers, Yu.V. Andropov signed Order No. 0089 / OV on the change in the staff of the 7 administration and the approval of the Statute on Group A of the 5 division ...
Military cargo taxi
The importance of vehicles for supplying and transporting troops was shown by the experience of the First World War. Here is an example included in the anthology: at the beginning of September 1914, German troops approached Paris; battles ...
Privatization of war
A few days ago, Izvestia published a small note that one of the German private security firms (more precisely, to call such organizations private military companies) suggested ...
Between a jeep and a buggy
The mechanical engine appeared in the army a long time ago, and the oldest task solved with its help is the supply of troops. Steam tractors delivered cargo to British troops even during the Crimean War. WITH...
Xynthet 13, Israel's Marine Commandos
The dramatic military intervention of the Israeli army on Monday, in a confrontation with the pro-Palestinian flotilla near the Gaza Strip, put on display a little-known connection - Xyethet 13 ....
We will reduce the fleet, we will not build bases
The Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation spoke about the new strategy of his department, Anatoly Serdyukov, continuing the fundamental reform of the army, which should learn to spend money only on effective projects. In this ...
Why drove the wings of the fleet
Russian naval aviation begins with the purchase of several seaplanes abroad in the 1911 year. Soon, domestic aircraft designers created several types of flying boats, which in the first ...
Bull's-eye!
Sights, equipped with the latest optical system based on zone plates, will allow the shooter to simultaneously keep in focus both the front sight and the distant target. Try to shoot a rifle at the target ...
The power is ... how to apply it wisely?
A new look at the use of US troops outside the US Not long ago, Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, shared with the broad ...
Landing craft L-CAT. France
Direct landing ships have been in service with NATO countries for more than 30 years. And today, the question of replacing them is acute. The main requirements for future ships are to increase ...
Recent tests of new armored personnel carriers
Armored vehicles from the family of Russian armored personnel carriers are known throughout the world. Over the past sixty years, they took part in the fighting in almost all wars - and the army around the world ...
USA. Air Dominitor weapons for attacking suddenly detected ground targets from the air
Boeing is developing the next generation Air Dominator ammunition for loitering over a war zone and striking suddenly detected targets. This ammunition ...
The State Duma proposes to buy off the army
The State Duma proposes to buy off the army. Now - officially. In order not to wear a tunic, you will need to pay a million rubles to the treasury. This initiative "Vesti FM" was discussed with the deputy ...
A robot makes passages in minefields.
Military robot company IRobot mastering a new specialty. Now the robot, called Warrior (Warrior) and which is a lightweight version of the Python robot, uses the Mk7 APOBS system ...
Is the Russian army dying, or is it being reorganized under the class tasks of the capitalists?
We often talk about the dying army. February 23 from the stands of numerous meetings of the Communist Party heard that the state should pay more attention to the army. Everything is complicated and ambiguous from the point ...
Russian helicopter industry is moving forward ("Air & Cosmos", France)
The HeliRussia 2010 show was a reflection of the changing situation in the Russian helicopter industry, the growth of production volumes and the increased participation of foreign companies. At the third annual show ...
China has created a "pirated" copy of the Su-33 fighter, having guessed the secret Russian technology
The Shenyang Aviation Corporation of China has created a copy of the Russian deck fighter Su-33. The model was named J-15 (Jian-15), Interfax reports with reference to the May issue ...
War is a matter of psychopaths
In July 2005, the National Geographic TV channel showed viewers a new project - a serial documentary about a person's ability to kill a person. Much in this project ...
Artificial Intelligence Tanks
According to the press service of the Russian Ministry of Defense, a group of Russian scientists working under the leadership of Academician A.N. Platonov completed the development of an artificial intelligence system, ...