Ukraine arms: numbers and trends

Ukraine arms: numbers and trends

According to the results of 2013, the amount of signed real contracts for the export of military goods and services, which are carried out by Ukrainian enterprises and special exporters, included in the State Concern ...
The first armored cars of Austria-Hungary

The first armored cars of Austria-Hungary

The idea of ​​creating a protected vehicle with machine-gun or even cannon armament appeared at the end of the 19th century. However, for some time the projects of such technology did not interest the military. An example ...
Battleship - the weapon of the winners!

Battleship - the weapon of the winners!

After the battle, the sailors calculated: they needed to make 2876 shots with the main, medium and universal caliber, before the Bismarck turned into flaming ruins and completely lost its combat capability ....
Innovations in Passive Booking Solutions

Innovations in Passive Booking Solutions

Nanotechnologies offer attractive prospects for the application of new exotic materials, but it turns out that some of the most significant steps in modern innovative booking solutions ...
SAU SP70: unsuccessful European cooperation

SAU SP70: unsuccessful European cooperation

In the second half of the sixties, Germany and Great Britain agreed to create a joint project of a promising towed howitzer. The FH70 gun was supposed to have a caliber 155 mm and a range ...
Special Forces

Special Forces

About the fact that in the composition of the military units and formations of the internal troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, carrying out the service for the protection of nuclear hazardous facilities, there are special-purpose units, even in the ...
Does Stryker have a future?

Does Stryker have a future?

The US Army wants to purchase a sufficient number of new DVH kits (Double-V Hull - Double V-shaped hull) for wheeled armored vehicles to equip them with all nine brigades of combat vehicles ...
The best attack helicopter in the world

The best attack helicopter in the world

Thanks to the state-of-the-art arms to 2020 program of an unprecedented scale for the third year in a row, the Russian military industrial complex ranks first in the world in industry growth rates and second in terms of volume ...
Sword in general or "Sword or rapier?"

Sword in general or "Sword or rapier?"

Sword (or rapier) - light and long, universal, capable of chopping and stabbing, long bladed weapons. It is a sword with a narrow, fairly flexible blade, long to 1-th meter, with a straight ...
Tula submachine gun PP-2000

Tula submachine gun PP-2000

Submachine gun PP-2000 developed Tula gunsmiths in 2001 year and is intended for anti-terror units. Submachine gun PP-2000 developed personally by the head of the direction ...
Erika 4,25mm Pistol

Erika 4,25mm Pistol

Erika's 4,25 caliber mm pistol was developed by designer gunsmith Franz Pfannl from the Austrian city of Krems (Krems) in the year 1912. The gun was offered to the weapon market in ...
2013 starts arms race

2013 starts arms race

Observers from the international consulting company IHS state: in recent months, after a four-year recession, global military spending has gone up, and the military is most active ...
Digital Cyber ​​Shield

Digital Cyber ​​Shield

The armed forces of the Russian Federation will acquire their own digital shield to protect against various cyber threats. The Russian Ministry of Defense plans to complete the formation of a special structure by 2017, ...
IAI Corporation Unveils Katana Unmanned Boat

IAI Corporation Unveils Katana Unmanned Boat

February 6 in New Delhi (India) opened the exhibition Defexpo 2014. Several dozen companies from around the world brought their latest developments to this event. Israeli corporation Israel Aerospace ...
Protect yourself with a stun gun

Protect yourself with a stun gun

Tasks related to improving human security should be addressed both at the legislative and everyday levels. A personal protection system today can be built through no...
Waiting for an uncertain future

Waiting for an uncertain future

By the end of 1980, it became obvious that the era of the Cold War is becoming a thing of the past and it is being replaced by a “uncertain future” fraught with new challenges that require adequate means and methods for ...
Dvukhsredny friend spetsnaz

Dvukhsredny friend spetsnaz

The Russian holding NPO High-Precision Complexes OJSC successfully produces not only high-tech weapons systems, but also unique small arms. At the 8th International Exhibition ...
Pistol Harmonica (Harmonica Pistol)

Pistol Harmonica (Harmonica Pistol)

At the end of the 19 century, roughly between 1859 and 1862 for years, the French inventor Jarre (AE Jarre) received several patents on weapons of a very unusual design. The American patent was ...
Ural as a brand

Ural as a brand

Ural is not only the name of the mountain range and the whole region of Russia, but also a real Russian brand. The main city of the Urals is Ekaterinburg. This is the most important transport and trade hub of the region. Today...