Overview of Security Systems for Military Personnel and Military Equipment (Part 2)
Modern body armor consists mainly of woven materials into which protective plates are usually inserted as an additional reinforcement. While this combination is able to protect ...
Overview of Security Systems for Military Personnel and Military Equipment (Part 1)
Future military scenarios, which will take into account the experience gained in Afghanistan, will challenge the soldiers and their equipment in the form of asymmetric and mixed hostilities. As a consequence, there is a growing ...
Aviation celebration dedicated to the 80 anniversary of the Komsomolsk-on-Amur aviation plant
16 August 2014 of the year on the territory of the Komsomolsk-on-Amur branch of the Sukhoi Company branch of the Aviation Plant named after Yu.A. Gagarin was made to celebrate the 80 anniversary of the enterprise ....
American anti-aircraft defense during the Second World War. Part 2
At the beginning of World War II in the United States in service with the ground air defense units there were no modern medium-caliber anti-aircraft guns. Available in quantities of 807 units 76,2-mm ...
American anti-aircraft defense during the Second World War. Part 1
By the beginning of World War II in the United States, only naval warships had more or less adequate anti-aircraft cover. At the end of the 30s, the American army was in the technical stage ...
British anti-aircraft defense during the Second World War. Part 2
The first British medium-caliber anti-aircraft system was the 76,2-mm anti-aircraft gun QF 3-in 20cwt model 1914 of the year. Originally it was intended to arm ships and was launched in ...
British anti-aircraft defense during the Second World War. Part 1
As a rule, war begins suddenly. The armed forces of a country subjected to aggression are absolutely not ready for it. It is also true that the generals are preparing not for the future, but for ...
Tips just in case, and the cases are different ...
The following advice comes from a former employee of the GRU, hiding under the nickname Raccoon. Unfortunately, all contacts with him are lost. Scenario similar - civil war or war ....
British deck torpedo bomber Fairy "Suordfish"
In the 1930s, the leadership of the Air Force of many countries adhered to the concept of creating a universal multipurpose biplane suitable for reconnaissance, bombing, and also use as an attack aircraft ...
"His among strangers." Part 2
In 80-ies, not only the Air Force, but the US Army were interested in studying Soviet military equipment, methods and tactics of its use. As well as training their ground units ...
History and the rules of drawing war paint
Along with the development of language as a tool of communication, non-verbal methods of communication developed. Before learning to speak coherently, for communication a person used limbs of hands and facial expressions, ...
"His among strangers." Part 1
Apparently, the first models of Soviet armored vehicles, with which the Americans were able to become familiar with, were the T-34 and KV tanks. As part of an allied relationship fighting vehicles for review ...
Five types of Russian weapons that NATO should fear ("The National Interest", USA)
Military equipment developed after the Cold War (and in its last decade too) did not pass the test in high-intensity battles against a modern and inventive enemy ....
What is defense
Any offensive sooner or later goes on the defensive. Even if you are an offensive weapon, a breakthrough group, you will have to gain a foothold at the time lines. Any clash is elementary ...
40-mm anti-aircraft gun Bofors L / 60
After the end of the First World War, many countries were armed with 37-mm automatic anti-aircraft guns Maxim-Nordenfeldt and 40-mm automatic anti-aircraft guns Vickers. Both systems ...
Modern anti-guerrilla aircraft. Part 2
The global war against “international terrorism”, which began in the 21 century, strongly fueled interest in light “anti-rebel” attack aircraft. In many countries, work has begun on creating new and adapting ...
Modern anti-guerrilla aircraft. Part 1
During the fighting in Vietnam, the US military leadership concluded that the supersonic jet fighters created for the “big war” with the Soviet Union were ineffective ...
American and British recoilless guns
During the Second World War, the American infantry quite successfully used the 60-mm M1 and M9 Bazooka grenade launchers against enemy tanks. However, it is an effective weapon for its time ...
Air Force and Saudi Arabia
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has enormous hydrocarbon reserves, consistently entering the number of exporters of countries that determine world oil prices. Explored oil reserves are 260 ...
Chinese anti-aircraft missile complex HQ-2
In 50, US aviation and Kuomintang Taiwan repeatedly violated the air border of the PRC. Chinese fighters MiG-15 and MiG-17 repeatedly raised to intercept offenders. Over Taiwan ...
British and American rocket artillery WWII
Work on the creation of combat rockets began in the UK at the end of the 30s. The British military leadership was focused on the traditional means of hitting targets on the battlefield (receiver ...
German rocket artillery during the war. 2-Part I
In February, the 1943 of the German armed forces adopted the 300-mm high-explosive mine 30 cm Wurfkorper Wurfgranate Spreng (30 cm WK.Spr.42), taking into account the experience of combat ...
The strangest lethal weapon in human history
People are strange creatures: we know how to love and to wish with death with the same strength, and to wish death the same as we are. We are creating a weapon that throws into one shiver. But sometimes something goes wrong, and ...
German rocket artillery during the war. 1-Part I
Created before World War II in Germany, multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS) were originally intended for firing shells filled with chemical warfare agents and shells ...