CPV. The machine gun that changed the world
Not about any weapon can say so. Yes, with the addition of "legendary." The heavy machine gun of SV Vladimirov (KPV) is precisely the legendary ...
PP tank cruiser Osokina
During the Great Patriotic War, new projects of armored vehicles were offered by enthusiasts. For example, the "tank-cruiser" lieutenant colonel P.P. Osokina ...
Experimental Ukrainian firearms. Part 5. GOPAK and Askoria sniper rifles
We approached another class of Ukrainian weapons, namely sniper rifles. These developments are the most interesting, since each sample is different from the other ...
T-90C in Iraq: a double feeling from the deal
T-90C in Iraq: a twofold sense of the deal. On the one hand, it seems to have wiped the nose of the Americans, on the other - what if "everything goes according to plan"? ...
Atomic Multifunctional Submarine Cruiser: Asymmetrical Response to the West
The fleet of the United States and its allies greatly exceeds the fleet of the Russian Federation. Compete with them in the number of ships and the rate of putting them into operation is unrealistic. There is a need for an asymmetric response! ...
From anti-tank to universal: evolution of portable missile systems
Portable anti-tank missile systems were developed to fight the main battle tanks ...
Published “Draft design of the orbit monitoring system of the E-1 object”
The automatic interplanetary stations of the E-1 "Luna" series are well known. But some information about the project remained closed. The Russian space industry has published the most interesting historical ...
By 2020, the Russian fleet will receive 50 ships!
The Russian Navy will receive almost fifty new ships, boats, submarines and ships of all classes and projects ...
American aircraft carriers killed hundreds of their sailors
After a series of disasters that claimed more than two hundred lives, the Americans made conclusions aimed at preventing similar situations and increasing fire safety on ships ...
Patriot: made in America, brings everywhere!
The American edition of Foreign Policy criticized the American Patriot air defense system. According to the analyst, this system shows itself to be extremely bad ...
"Admiral Kuznetsov": bad or good?
For the defense of its coast will go. But to seize dominance throughout the oceans is clearly not suitable. Strategic domination remains for the Americans! ...
Yakovlev vs. Polikarpov: True or Fiction?
How much did the designer Polikarpov suffer from the undercover actions of Deputy Commissar Yakovlev? How realistic was the appearance of the “miracle weapon” - the I-185 fighter? ...
Tanks, fields and peanuts: Vickers Shervick heavy tractor
In the British project Vickers Shervick tank became the basis for the tractor. The tank chassis can really become the basis for the most diverse equipment ...
Line Cruiser Rivalry: Moltke vs. Lion. H. 2
While in Germany they were developing and laying down the battle cruiser Moltke, in England they were preparing another naval revolution: the transition to 13,5-inch (343-mm) guns ...
Mobility at stake: the victory of the "hybrids" is still in doubt
In the “hybrid” approach, either a diesel or a gas turbine engine is used, which, freed from mechanical connections, can be installed anywhere on the chassis ...
Experimental Ukrainian firearms. Part of 4. The Vepr, Vulkan and Malyuk submachine guns
The modernization of the Kalashnikov assault rifle was an initiative of Colonel Anatoly Anatolyev, Lieutenant Colonel Vladimir Sheyko and Major Andrei Zharkov ...
Anti-tank weapons of the Soviet infantry (part 3)
In the first post-war decade, the 57-mm ZIS-2, 85-mm D-44 and 100-mm BS-3 X-guns were in service with the anti-tank divisions of the land forces ...
From the rocket of engineer Gerasimov to C-500. Day of the Air Defense Forces
The history of air defense in the world can be read from the end of the XVIII century. In our country, anti-aircraft technologies began to speak against the background of the Russian-Japanese war of 1904-1905 ...
TRW Low Maintenance Rifle automatic rifle (USA)
The transfer to friendly formations of complex and expensive weapons does not make sense. To solve this problem, the TRW Low Maintenance Rifle rifle was developed in the USA ...
Military enlistment office - a hundred years. Day of military commissariats
Without military registration and enlistment offices, it is difficult to imagine both the Russian army and the country's defense capability. Russian military commissariats celebrate their 100 anniversary ...
Bombers Yakovlev. Yak-2 and Yak-4
Yakovlev? Alexander? Bombers? Nevertheless, such a moment took place in our history! ...
Experimental Ukrainian firearms. Part of 3. Submachine guns "Goblin" and "Elf"
Submachine guns, which were developed in Ukraine after the collapse of the USSR, cannot boast of “exotic” solutions in designs, however, they are also interesting ...
Experienced snow and plowing vehicle PES-3 / ZIL-4904
An experienced all-terrain vehicle ShN-67 / 68 showed the capabilities of the original chassis, and SKB ZIL turned to the creation of a large machine with a cargo platform (project ZIL-4904 or PEU-3) ...
Stalin falcons. How to fight the elite fighter air regiment
The opinion is widespread that by the beginning of the Great Patriotic War in the Soviet Union there were no pilots who could fight on equal terms with the aces of the Luftwaffe. However, it is not...