Protection for armored vehicles (Part 4)
Around 40 countries use anti-tank rocket launchers (RPGs), which are manufactured in several versions by nine countries; estimated total production exceeds nine million ...
"Desert Storm." Carrier strike
A sharp jerk - and the plane disappears in a cloud of superheated steam, rushing forward, towards the wind. Another moment - and the boundless sea stretched under the wing ... Gone! The deck crew jumps up from their knees and ...
SAM MIM-23 HAWK. Half a century in service
In 1960, the new US anti-aircraft missile system MIM-23 HAWK was adopted by the US Army. The operation of these systems in the American armed forces continued until the beginning of the two thousandth, when ...
Automatic gun Beretta 93R
At one time, the Beretta 92 pistol was so widespread that the creators of this weapon - Fabbrica D armi Pietro Beretta SpA - decided to continue the family tradition and developed ...
Unique pistol
Gun "Unic" or "Unic" non-automatic four-barrel pocket (Unique Palm Pistol). The gun was produced at the end of the 19 beginning of the 20 century (according to some information in the period from 1901 to 1915 year) ...
Battle arsenals Square
Immediately after the collapse of the USSR, the Armed Forces of Ukraine in their combat potential shared with China the third and fourth places in the world (after the United States and Russia). However, during the post-Soviet period they experienced the hardest ...
"Rebellious Venezuelan Aviation." In memory of the commandant Hugo Chavez is dedicated
It was the year that 5 took place in Caracas in March at the age of 58. The President of Venezuela, the head of the Venezuelan Unified Socialist Party Hugo Rafael Chávez Friyas died at the age of XNUMX. The real son of his homeland, who carried in ...
Will not fly soon
A promising strategic bomber will have a very difficult fate.Prospective long-range aviation complex (PAK DA), designed to replace the long-range Tu-22M3 and strategic Tu-160 ...
Wolf Tamers
Yakut riot police: they fought sensibly, did not surrender to captivity, did not throw theirs In the spring of the early 2000, a column of military equipment stopped on one of the streets of the Piedmont Chechen village ...
Experimental automatic rifle Olin / Winchester SALVO Assault Riffle
In the fifties of the last century, American gunsmiths worked on the creation of new small arms in the framework of the SALVO program. The aim of the program was to create an automatic rifle with high ...
Sudden inspection of troops of ZVO and TsVO, Northern and Baltic fleets
In the afternoon of February 26, the first sudden test of the combat readiness of the troops started this year. This time, the units of the Western and Central military districts, as well as some ...
The Air Force will receive upgraded MiG-31 and aircraft of the new model
On the last day of February it became known about the plans of the military concerning the further development of the air force. In the future, the Air Force should receive a new interceptor aircraft designed to protect ...
Chinese navy: from mosquito to ocean
With the commissioning of the Chinese Navy aircraft carriers will be comparable in strength to the US Navy. The Chinese fleet, like other types of armed forces, has been going through a radical ...
A flying AT Black Knight Transformer helicopter appeared
The modern inhabitant of large megacities, who are often forced to stand in many hours of traffic jams, could have had the idea of building a flying SUV that could go up to ...
American gun Smith & Wesson M&P Shield
At the SHOT Show 2014, Innovative GunFighter Solutions presented its M&P Shield pistol model equipped with a laser designator from Viridian. This pistol is...
Large guns (Self-propelled artillery systems in modern conditions)
Mobile artillery systems still play an important role on the battlefield, despite the use of UAVs and other advanced systems and technologies. Traditionally, self-propelled artillery systems ...
Czechoslovak armored vehicles of the interwar period. Part II
After testing the PA-I armored vehicle, the Czechoslovak military issued a long list of claims to Škoda. The military was not satisfied with the layout of the armored vehicle, its characteristics and armament. Concerning...
Leap into the future
After the publication in September 2013 of the report of the United States Audit Office on the state of the program to build the lead aircraft carrier of the new generation Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) in the foreign and domestic press ...
SWAT was and remains elite
Our soldiers, sergeants, officers and generals honestly and selflessly fulfilled their military duty On February 15, we celebrated the 25th anniversary of the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan. A quarter of a century has passed ...
How the battle of Soviet designers led to the creation of a better rocket engine
45 years ago, Soviet scientists made a bold attempt to create a super-heavy rocket for a flight to the moon. This attempt was unsuccessful and we lost the "moon race" to the Americans. But now the same ...
Gun Browning sample 1900 (FN Browning model 1900)
The gun Browning 1900 (FN Browning model 1900), designed by the legendary gunsmith John Moses Browning, chambered for 7,65mm Brownin (7,62x17mm SR, .32 ACP), which was also designed ...
Project "Armata": information "first hand"
Several years ago, the development of a promising universal armor platform “Armata” began, on the basis of which it is planned to create a number of new vehicles: the main tank, self-propelled guns, heavy-duty infantry fighting vehicles, etc ...
The US Army is waiting for a large-scale reduction
On Monday, February 24, US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel officially announced the Pentagon's plans to reduce ground forces, as well as the Marine Corps (ILC), he also announced a new budget ...
Now on the list: Renault Trucks Defense is promoting its VAB Mk 3 armored personnel carrier
Renault Trucks Defense is currently producing an initial batch of 10 Vehicule de l'Avant Blinde (VAB) armored vehicles in the Mk 3 configuration. For the first time, the VAB Mk 3 model was...