In a number of articles published here at the HE, the issues of knightly protective weapons were considered in sufficient detail. But as it turned out, the question of the evolution of such an important detail was not considered ...

Today, when the development of armaments is taking leaps and bounds, the issue of protecting a fighter in battle has become an acute question. In general, if we talk about such protection in general, the task has always stood. With the advent of weapons appeared ...

If the history of designing cruisers such as the Sverdlov-type cruiser may surprise the lovers of naval history with something, it is with its unusual brevity and the absence of any intrigue. At that ...

By the beginning of June 1904, all the battleships of Port Arthur had acquired technical readiness to go to sea. On May 15, "Sevastopol" was repaired, on May 23 - "Retvizan", two days later - "Tsarevich", and, ...

So, we see that the cruisers of the 68 project should have been at least one of the best (or rather the best) light cruisers of the world. But they were not lucky - seven ships, laid down in 1939-1941, ...

Mineslayer "Amur" From previous articles, we saw that the experience of V.K. Witgefta as a naval commander completely lost against the background of his opponent, Heyhatiro Togo, and the squadron, over which the Russian ...

It is very difficult to describe the design of Project 68-K cruisers and compare them with foreign "classmates": the problem is that Soviet ships were designed according to ...

In the second part of the review dedicated to Ukraine, several readers in the comments expressed a desire to familiarize themselves with the location of the Ukrainian anti-aircraft systems as of 2016 year. For example,...

Having considered the brief biographies of the commanders in the previous article, we move on to the state of the 1st Pacific Squadron by the time Rear Admiral V.K.Witgeft took over the post temporarily and. etc ....

The history of the creation of Project 68 cruisers is inextricably linked both with the evolution of domestic naval thought and with the growth of the industrial capabilities of the young USSR. To understand how they formed ...

Surprisingly, the fact is that the naval battle that took place in the July 28 Sea in July 1904, still remains relatively unknown to a wide circle of readers. This is rather strange because ...

The legendary "thirty-four" was originally born as the development of wheeled-tracked tanks of the BT family, the bulletproof reservation of which in the second floor. 1930's already stopped responding ...

Dear readers, this is the last article of the cycle. In it, we will look at the defense of the domestic cruisers of the 26-bis project in comparison with foreign ships, and also answer the question of why ...

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, a powerful group of air defense forces remained in Ukraine, which was similar to none of the Union republics. A large arsenal of anti-aircraft weapons possessed only ...

At the time of the collapse, in 1991, the Soviet Union had a powerful air defense system, which had no equal in world history. Virtually the entire territory of the country, with the exception of part ...

The epithet "real" is most suitable for Vil Vasilievich - a real Cossack, a real healer, a real master. He does not look like the idealized mentor from the books - he was alive, ...

General Paul Selva, deputy chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, expressed concern at a meeting at the Center for Strategic and International Studies: “The fact that we don’t have ...

In accordance with an international treaty, the US military takes away Syrian chemical weapons, loads them on a special vessel and destroys them directly on the high seas. Technology for the disposal of toxic ...

Often the new is the well-forgotten old, which once again confirms the experience of confrontation with the formations of the IG banned in Russia ....

How to stop worrying before a fight, an exam, an interview and "let go" of yourself? Why does a person, trying to act as best as possible in any situation, sometimes endure crushing ...

In the market of modern soldier systems, one of the dominant trends is to improve the weight and size characteristics of batteries in order to reduce the load on a dismounted soldier when ...

Despite the fact that the US military has fallen interest in anti-aircraft artillery, the development of new anti-aircraft installations of medium and small caliber in the postwar period has not ceased. In 1948, in the USA ...

The Scientific and Production Association POLYUS (Voronezh), together with military doctors, military scientists and specialists of the military-industrial complex, will present a mobile autonomous ...

Sources in the British army claim that the “terrible” 60-mm mortar systems may be replaced in the future by the Saab’s Carl Gustaf anti-tank rifled grenade launcher and the corresponding family ...