American anti-aircraft defense during the Second World War. Part 2
At the beginning of World War II in the United States in service with the ground air defense units there were no modern medium-caliber anti-aircraft guns. Available in quantities of 807 units 76,2-mm ...
American anti-aircraft defense during the Second World War. Part 1
By the beginning of World War II in the United States, only naval warships had more or less adequate anti-aircraft cover. At the end of the 30s, the American army was in the technical stage ...
British anti-aircraft defense during the Second World War. Part 2
The first British medium-caliber anti-aircraft system was the 76,2-mm anti-aircraft gun QF 3-in 20cwt model 1914 of the year. Originally it was intended to arm ships and was launched in ...
Machine EW 1L262 "Mercury-BM"
In November last year, the Concern "Radioelectronic Technologies" (KRET) reported on the implementation of the state defense order for electronic warfare machines (EW) 1Л262 "Mercury-BM". Until the end of autumn ...
British anti-aircraft defense during the Second World War. Part 1
As a rule, war begins suddenly. The armed forces of a country subjected to aggression are absolutely not ready for it. It is also true that the generals are preparing not for the future, but for ...
The famous English "pom pom"
With the development that aviation received during the First World War, more and more attention was paid to anti-aircraft artillery. The need for such weapons began to experience the British fleet. Navy ...
The creation of C-500
In early July, domestic media reported on the conduct of regular tests in the framework of the C-500 project. This news suggests that the creation of a promising anti-aircraft missile ...
Advanced electronic guards carry increased accuracy on the battlefield
Since portable pulse Doppler radar was first used by the French in the 50s, it has become more accurate and portable. Portable tactical impulse Doppler radars were ...
Two companies claim to build a missile defense system in Poland
Over the past few years, the Polish leadership has been actively discussing the possible creation of its own missile defense system. The current Ukrainian crisis has affected the views ...
Anti-aircraft missile and artillery complexes Sopel and Stalagmit (Poland)
In 1991, the Warsaw Pact Organization (ATS) ceased to exist. One of the main consequences of this event was the cessation of active military-technical cooperation between ...
40-mm anti-aircraft gun Bofors L / 60
After the end of the First World War, many countries were armed with 37-mm automatic anti-aircraft guns Maxim-Nordenfeldt and 40-mm automatic anti-aircraft guns Vickers. Both systems ...
What kind of beast is the "Needle"
Recently, the news has often recalled MANPADS, as a rule "Strela-2" or Igla. "But very few people understand what this thing is all about, so I'll tell you briefly here ...
LAW C-300: air defense in Russian
Air defense ground "Ashuluk" is located in the part of the Caspian lowland, where the steppe becomes a semi-desert. The capricious sea-lake once poured far beyond the present shores, and where ...
Troops get a new wolf "Verba"
Troops began to receive the latest portable anti-aircraft missile systems (MANPADS). The first new weapons will be mastered by the soldiers of the anti-aircraft regiment of the Ivanovo airborne unit. Exactly this...
Highest category of complexity
A high-speed missile of the Pantsir-S1 air defense missile at the Center for Combat Training and Combat Operation was tested for the first time at combat firing in Ashuluk for the first time ...
The Pentagon has tested ground-based Aegis SAM systems
The United States carried out the first tests of its Aegis air defense system (Aegis, from English. "Aegis" - the mythical shield of Zeus and Athens) land-based. During the recent tests, the complex could ...
Domestic MANPADS: "Needles"
Even during the work on the Strela family complexes, the creators of man-portable air defense missile systems came to the conclusion that the characteristics and capabilities of the systems based on the existing ...
Domestic MANPADS: "Arrows"
After the advent of combat aviation, the ground forces began to need effective air defense systems. In the mid-fifties, it became clear that the rapid development of rocket technology ...
Chinese anti-aircraft missile complex HQ-2
In 50, US aviation and Kuomintang Taiwan repeatedly violated the air border of the PRC. Chinese fighters MiG-15 and MiG-17 repeatedly raised to intercept offenders. Over Taiwan ...
Missile defense of Moscow. Part II
In 1972, the USSR and the United States signed an agreement on limiting missile defense systems. In accordance with this document, countries had the right to build only two missile defense systems: to protect the capital and ...
Missile defense of Moscow. Part I
The active development of shock systems in the fifties of the last century forced the designers of the leading countries to create means of protection against enemy aircraft and missiles. Started in 1950 ...
Anti-aircraft self-propelled installation Skink (Canada)
In 1942, Canada was preparing for the serial construction of the Grizzly serial tanks, which were a modified copy of the American M4 Sherman armored vehicles. At this stage of the project ...
Anti-aircraft self-propelled installation T249 Vigilante
In the mid-fifties, the American army formulated the requirements for a promising anti-aircraft self-propelled gun (ZSU). The ground forces needed an effective means of fighting the shock ...
Autonomous anti-aircraft missile SIAM (USA)
During the Cold War, the issue of creating a layered air defense system, capable of destroying any enemy aircraft or cruise missile, was particularly acute. Likely opponents ...