The newest Russian multi-purpose rocket complex “Kornet” easily copes not only with tanks, but also with helicopters and even drones. At last year’s autumn international exhibition of weapons ...

On September 23, 2006, an extraordinary event took place in the world shipbuilding: in the city of Marinette, Wisconsin (USA), from the stocks of the shipyard "Marinette Marine Shipyard" of the corporation "Gibbs & Cox" ...

Along with the Navy, the Royal Air Force is one of the key types of the Australian Defense Force. They and the fleet are tasked with protecting the Green ...

Australian gunsmith Evelyn Owen, who created one of the most recognizable examples of Australian weapons, the Owen submachine gun, like many other weapon designers, began with ...

The limiter is the part of the knife between the blade and the handle, which prevents the fingers from sliding off the handle onto the knife blade. Usually the role of a limiter is performed by one (subfinger stop) or two ...

In the distant 1938 year in the US Army, for the first time, they thought about the need to re-equip the so-called “second line” servicemen (crews of combat vehicles not participating in the infantry battle, calculating guns and ...

From expert agencies received data on the growth of the Russian industry on the basis of 2013 year. As it turned out, the growth really was, but its values ​​are minimal for the period from 2010 of the year ....

From 11 to 16 in February, Singapore held the world's third largest air show, called Singapore Airshow 2014. In its scope, it is second only to air shows that are held in the UK and ...

February 14 held a regular meeting of the Board of the Ministry of Defense. During the event, the heads of the military department discussed several topical issues and current projects. Among other topics ...

In the past few years, the US military has often relied on future technologies that are very close to science fiction. So, representatives of the US Navy announced that they were going ...

World War I ended. In the distant Altai region, in the family of the Russian peasant Timofey Alexandrovich Kalashnikov, the 17 child was born, who was named Misha, and in the military industry ...

Throughout the history of small arms, one of the main ways of its development has been to increase the rate of fire. For several centuries, shooters had to use special ...

Seeing the recent successes of the leading countries in the field of self-propelled anti-aircraft installations (ZSU), the Republic of South Africa in the eighties began to develop its own project of such a system ....

Fighting example. Motorized rifle battalion led a fierce battle in Grozny. His commander had a fairly stable relationship with subordinate companies and platoons. Questions of interaction with neighbors, tankers, ...

Water is a substance vital to man. To begin with, to maintain the health of the body, it is necessary to drink in sufficient quantity. In addition, it is used ...

A few days ago, the US completed the next stage of testing a promising lightweight Scorpion strike aircraft, created by Textron AirLand. In January and the first half of February, specialists ...

The South African company Paramount Group over the past few years, firmly entrenched in the competitive market of wheeled armored combat vehicles (BBM). This success is based not only on export ...

For Russia, the issue of ensuring the strategic security of our state in the northern direction and protecting the interests of the country in the Arctic region is becoming increasingly topical. Struggle for...

Over the past two years, the newest Su-35 fighter with variable thrust vectoring engines has become the star of Russian aviation news. If his transfer to the Air Force of Russia in the last ...

At the beginning of the year, a curious article “Explosion on armor” by Vladimir Meylitsev was published on the portal topwar.ru. The article caused a stormy discussion and received many positive reviews from readers ....

Until the mid-thirties, all American attempts to create a self-propelled artillery installation ended in failure. All projects of the time offered to build self-propelled guns based on existing ...

A short time after the presidential address to the Federal Assembly (the end of 2013), Sergei Shoigu set the General Staff the task of developing a military deployment project ...

At the end of 2014 of the year, Russia is scheduled to transfer the first amphibious helicopter-carrying dock ship (MFDD) of the Mistral type, which is currently under construction in France. After some ...

The history of China's naval special forces began in 1953 with the creation of marine units. The main task that was set before the infantry at that time was to engage in ...