In the global rivalry between the two superpowers, America in the middle of the 70 of the last century highlighted the geopolitical formula "Who rules the oceans, he rules the world." The main...

Landkreuzer P1000 Ratte and P1500 Monster are called unrealized projects of giant tanks of Nazi Germany. So it was always that the opposing sides in the process of military actions ...

The 155 mm caliber self-propelled artillery gun, which bears the proud name of the god of thunder, the Teutonic people Donar, is a common offspring of the German company Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) and the European ...

New military development of the Swedes - self-propelled artillery installation FH77 BW L52 Archer, is able to compete with such "stars" of modern artillery as K9, PzH-2000, CAESAR, the Russian ...

After the adoption of the M103 tank into service in the United States, and the difficulties associated with this fact, the question arose about a radical modernization of the tank, or about a possible replacement. Quite an interesting solution to this ...

Kharkiv residents offered several options for modernization at once, as they say, in order to satisfy any wishes of customers. So, the tank has undergone a deep modernization of the fighting compartment will allow ...

Small tactical ammunition STM Phase II has passed laboratory testing. Developers are preparing for the start of flight tests of a new bomb. These tests should take place already this year. Himself ...

Continuing the theme of submachine guns in the modern system of domestic small arms, it is worth remembering about one more direction of their development. Whatever tasks the fighters, armed with ...

A long-standing problem of all shipping was not the high speed of the movement of swimming facilities on the water. That is why the engineers from the American University Duke decided to come close to it ...

In June, 1944 of the year, the design bureau of the plant No. 100 was presented in GBTU a draft design of a heavy tank EC-6, the feature of which was the use of electric transmission. Consideration of the project is not ...

The updated combat vehicle of the Russian army will be presented to the attention of specialists at the international arms exhibition, which will be held in the city of Nizhny Tagil from September 8 to 11, 2011 ....

As you know, it is human nature to doubt. People who have no doubts, are absolutely sure of everything are naturally stupid. However, in fairness, it should be noted that the massive, ...

For foreign countries, Russia has always been and remains a country that simply draws once again to criticize. Particularly willing to succeed in this power of some countries of the former socialist camp, and ...

The initial impetus for the development of a new heavy tank was the fact that by the end of the 40-ies of the last century, three types of tanks of this class — the EC-2M, ...

For a quarter of a century already, ideas about creating a so-called hybrid aircraft have been hovering around the world, which, in its construction, will allow to combine the airship, the aircraft and the helicopter. What for ...

As you know, there are a great many unsettled conflicts in the world, which overnight can go from the category of political to the category of military ones. This is exactly the situation between China ...

Last Wednesday, the Pentagon reported to the US Congress on the state of affairs in the Chinese armed forces. In particular, the achievements of Chinese military developers in the past were analyzed ...

The US Bureau of Scientific Research published the results of experimental development of a completely new material for various types of warheads. In the United States, working on this ...

The recent shooting by the Russian Ministry of Defense proved the effectiveness of the use of the Osa anti-aircraft missile system manufactured by 70. Parts of the Air Defense Forces demonstrated the Osa anti-aircraft complex in ...

Despite the postponed signing of contracts for the purchase of MiG-29K / KUB fighters by the Russian military departments, as well as the combat training Yak-130, all orders of the Russian Ministry of Defense can ...

Continuing to study the shock surfaces of a person, we will focus on the damaging points of the body (there are few of them) and the legs, feet of a person. Analysis of domestic fights and melee suggests that the shock ...

This is the latest invention of modern biotechnologists who have managed to combine artificial skin with cobwebs. For this purpose, special genetically modified goats were bred. Further from their milk, in ...

Long before the end of World War II, the teams of several design bureaus were developing a promising heavy tank "for the final stage of the war and for the subsequent time." Among them...

The fact that Russia has long been in need of updating almost any type of weapon is an obvious fact. National defense spending rises year by year. And from the officials of the Ministry of Defense in ...