A radical change in the level of ownership of armored vehicles
The modern battlefield for armored vehicles is becoming increasingly lethal. The experience of combat operations shows that there is a great need for promising armored vehicles ...
Littoral Combat Ship Program: Problem on Problem
One of the most interesting and promising projects of the US Navy once again ran into problems. According to media reports, this year the fleet will not be able to ensure the deployment of ships of the LCS family ...
Chronicles thermal imaging. Part of 3
Western armored vehicles have mastered the heights of thermal imaging: The 2 Revolution Leopard is equipped with a digital fire control system, and the commander has an SEOSS optical-electronic sighting system ...
Kirsa in a nuclear war
For "nuclear soldiers" who are conducting combat operations on "dirty land", a set of protective equipment is needed, similar to the equipment of the Chernobyl liquidators. Cheap kersey allows you to make of it ...
Su-33, MiG-29K and Yak-141. Battle for deck
On the USSR’s first springboard aircraft-carrying cruiser “Tbilisi” (later named “Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Kuznetsov”), deck-mounted aircraft were tested: Su-27K, MiG-29K and Yak-141 ...
Russian aircraft vertical takeoff: a look into the future
Russia may build a new aircraft carrier, and the fleet will need advanced aircraft models. Naval aviation can get a new vertical takeoff and landing aircraft ...
France and Germany will jointly create a sixth generation fighter
France and Germany decided to unite efforts in the framework of creating a new multi-purpose combat aircraft of the next generation ...
US Nuclear Weapons Complex: The False Path to Success
The nuclear arsenal and nuclear weapons complex is like potatoes. If you don’t start fighting pests on time, they will eat the whole field ...
“Luftwaffe in 45. Recent flights and projects. Continued. Part of 5
A shortened translation of the book “Luftwaffe'45. Letzte Fluge und Projekte. Interesting topic about the German air force ...
Will the T-90M America's best tank win?
New tanks are almost not being developed, but is being upgraded. The American edition of The National Interest compared the latest Russian and American developments ...
Submariners rescue denied
The rather important question in the shadows is how modern the Russian fleet is prepared for emergencies with submarines and overcoming their consequences ...
New weapons 2018. New Czech multi-caliber pistol SR-17
During the exhibition IWA 2018 in the city of Nuremberg, the SR-17 pistol was demonstrated by the Czech arms company STRIKER sro ...
Small arms ammunition with sub-caliber bullets
In the armor-piercing bullets of small arms, an increasingly used core is a composite tungsten carbide alloy with cobalt type BK8 with a grain size less than 1 μm ...
The state of the air defense system of the countries participating in the CSTO (part 1)
After the end of the Cold War, the liquidation of the Warsaw Pact and the collapse of the Soviet Union, it seemed that the world would never be in danger of a global war ...
Modern cartridges for pistols and submachine guns
Overview of modern, "fresh" ammunition for small arms ...
What happened to the Rubezh complex?
The Rubezh mobile ground-based missile system created for the Strategic Missile Forces is included in the new state armament program for 2018-2027. missed!...
Aluminum bullet: the future for the secret services or a reason to laugh?
Bullet made of aluminum. Beautiful idea. A policeman or a guardsman with a pistol who calmly uses it even in the presence of civilians around ...
New Chinese Threat: Aeroballistic missile project CH-AS-X-13
A promising airballistic missile can be put into service by the Chinese army. This product has already passed part of the required tests ...
A-Square self-guided bullet: development completed
It is reported that the company A-Square (USA), specializing in the development and production of non-standard ammunition, completed work on self-guided bullets ...
Crawford Sherman tracked tractor (UK)
After the end of the Second World War, the tanks were left idle, and they began to sell to everyone. A number of combat vehicles were rebuilt in agricultural equipment ...
XM215 Multiple Barrel Gun helicopter protection system (USA)
Helicopter assault affects the outcome of the battle, but the enemy tries to attack the landing machines. To eliminate the risks in the United States developed a weapon system XM215 Suppressive Fire Weapon System for ...
Guns tomorrow: large-caliber machine gun or small-caliber gun?
Who will win in the confrontation of small-caliber guns and large-caliber machine guns? What is the difference comparable, in principle, "trunks"? And where did the discrepancy in the perception of weapons come from? ...
Anti-tank weapons of the Soviet infantry (part 4)
In order to increase the anti-tank capabilities of the infantry in 1967, the specialists of TsKIB SOO and SSBB Basalt began developing individual anti-tank weapons. In 1972, the adoption on ...
Experienced snow and swamp vehicle ZIL-2906
Experienced all-terrain vehicle ZIL-4904 / PES-3 showed very high performance, but the car was too large. Unlike its predecessors, the ZIL-2906 received a body assembled from metal parts ...