Post-war use of German 37 mm automatic anti-aircraft guns

Post-war use of German 37 mm automatic anti-aircraft guns

37-mm anti-aircraft guns played an important role in the air defense of the Wehrmacht and Kriegsmarine. And after the surrender of Nazi Germany, these anti-aircraft guns were in service in a number of states...
Germany continues to develop the LVS NNbS air defense system

Germany continues to develop the LVS NNbS air defense system

The Bundeswehr plans to radically upgrade its air defenses. For this, the LVS NNbS program is being carried out, within the framework of which they will purchase existing models of equipment and create new ones ....
Turkish anti-aircraft missile and gun system Roketsan Burç

Turkish anti-aircraft missile and gun system Roketsan Burç

The Turkish company Roketsan has developed and introduced the promising Burç air defense missile system. Its basis is a combat module with a cannon and missiles capable of hitting air targets within a radius of several...
SAM "Buk-M3" in the Special Operations

SAM "Buk-M3" in the Special Operations

Modern Buk-M3 air defense systems take an active part in the Special Operation. They showed and confirmed their ability to deal with a wide range of air attack weapons available to the enemy ....
A swan song of sparrow calibers?

A swan song of sparrow calibers?

The birth of a new air defense concept should give rise to new ideas, and not the use of museum exhibits ...
SAM MIM-23 HAWK for Ukraine: few and outdated

SAM MIM-23 HAWK for Ukraine: few and outdated

The epic continues with the delivery of HAWK air defense systems to Ukraine. Foreign partners were able to find and transfer several such complexes, but the search does not stop there ....
French anti-aircraft missile systems of the Crotale family

French anti-aircraft missile systems of the Crotale family

A number of foreign countries are armed with air defense systems of the Crotale family of French production. According to the results of several successive upgrades, such equipment is considered quite modern and ...
Our answer to Gepard: anti-aircraft guns based on the BTR-82A

Our answer to Gepard: anti-aircraft guns based on the BTR-82A

A couple of years ago, they didn’t even think about developing such a system - the creation of an inexpensive “drone-killer” seemed completely redundant for the Russian army. But times are changing, and with them, approaches to ...
Ukraine received the promised SAMP / T air defense system

Ukraine received the promised SAMP / T air defense system

The Kiev regime received from France and Italy a medium / long-range anti-aircraft missile system SAMP/T. At the same time, the expectation of such equipment was delayed, and the amount of assistance provided leaves much to be desired ...