Self-loading pistol "Helwan" (Egypt)
One of the agreements on the licensed release of small arms Egypt has signed with Italy. The Italian-made finished pistol became the basis for the Heluan product ...
Twenty years from the prototype to the series: armored repair and recovery vehicle "Athlete"
Between the prototype and serial production, it usually takes several years, but not two decades, as happened with the Ukrainian project of the Atlet repair and recovery vehicle ...
Wheels and tracks for god of war
Self-propelled artillery has many advantages over towed artillery. This is the best tactical mobility, increased crew protection, on-board ammunition and the ability to automate ...
Heavy machine guns. The crisis of the genre or a second wind?
Heavy machine gun and its place in the modern army ...
Line Cruiser Rivalry: Moltke vs. Lion
"Von der Tann" was a wonderful ship, close to the standard of the battle cruiser. And next year, the Germans did not invent a new project, but chose to improve the previous one ...
Program Air2030. Switzerland modernizes air defense
Switzerland maintains neutrality, but such a position does not preclude the renewal of the armed forces. The military department of this country offers to upgrade the air defense ...
The Caspian flotilla is relocated from Astrakhan to Kaspiysk. Why?
It became known that the Caspian Flotilla will be entirely transferred from Astrakhan, where it is now based in Dagestan, in the city of Kaspiysk. This was told by Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu ...
Cover Moscow from a nuclear strike! Interceptor missile PRS-1M / 53Т6М hit another target
The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation continues the modernization of the strategic missile defense complex. During the test, the performance of the new interceptor missile was tested again ...
RPK-74. Is it time to deserved rest?
In the course of the conversation about the novelties of small arms in our army (AK-12, AK-15, A-545 and A-762), the subject of a machine gun surfaced. In service of our ground troops are three machine guns ...
LaGG-3: across "expert" opinions and legends
A jet of disagreement with Iksperdam regarding the aircraft LaGG-3 ...
Hydrogen peroxide cartridge
The theme of liquid throwing mixtures. The list of substances and their mixtures, suitable as a liquid propellant, is quite large ...
T-90M "Breakthrough-3": the first tanks will be this year!
Industry received an order for the construction of tanks T-90M. To date, the approach to the production of new technology, the estimated rate and timing of the transfer of armored vehicles to the troops have become known ...
Serbia is the strongest! Except Romania
Let us consider in detail the military capabilities of Serbia. Serbian Armed Forces, of course, are not like the Armed Forces of the Former Yugoslavia ...
Concern "Techmash": weapons that have not yet been
Russian industry is developing completely new types of weapons. Concern "Tehmash" spoke about plans to create new types of weapons for the ground forces and aviation ...
Russian "Perimeter". Dead hand on live button
Abroad, they recalled the Russian Perimeter system, known in the West under the grim name Dead Hand. The end of the world is not far off! ...
Anti-tank weapons of the Soviet infantry (part 2)
After the end of World War II, the Soviet infantry arsenal had anti-tank 14,5-mm guns and hand-held cumulative RPG-43 and RPG-6 grenades that did not meet modern realities ...
The role of aircraft carriers in the Soviet Navy
Let's try to deal with the reasons that prompted the USSR to start building the aircraft carrier fleet ...
Reveals the secret of experimental Lockheed Martin X-44A UAV
Usually aircraft manufacturers hide the latest developments. But one of the American aviation events became a platform for demonstration of the Lockheed Martin X-44A experimental UAV ...
"Ledum" and "Derivation-Air Defense". Air Defense News
At the very end of March, new information appeared on two promising anti-aircraft systems. One of the developments of this kind is close to entering into service, while the other is still on ...
AEK against AK, and 5,45 against 7,62. Or at the same time?
AK-12 and AK-15 have been tested and adopted by the Ministry of Defense. The Ministry of Defense has adopted the Degtyarev plant automatic weapons: А-545 and А-762. Not fatty? ...
Russian arms exports. March 2018 of the year
In March, 2018 was announced the sum of Russian arms exports for 2017 a year. Rosoboronexport announced the promotion of the Viking air defense system (Buk-M3). There were details on the possible production ...
Anti-tank weapons of the Soviet infantry (part 1)
After the appearance of tanks on the battlefield, artillery became the main means of fighting them: medium-sized field guns, and then specialized anti-tank artillery systems ...
Air defense tower project Tour Maginot (France)
How to protect the city from enemy aircraft? With the help of an air base tower that houses hundreds of anti-aircraft guns and fighter aircraft. The idea was proposed by the Frenchman Henri Lussier in the project Tour Maginot [center] ...
The future of the British surface fleet: City frigates (type 26)
"Type 26", frigates such as "City" or "Global Combat Ship" (Global Combat Ship, GSC) - the name of a series of promising frigates created for the British Navy ...