Hitler's beer putsch

Hitler's beer putsch

Germany will remember 1923 as a year of crises. This was due to apathy due to defeat in the war, economic crisis and terrible inflation. As a result, it swept across the country ...
Two days on a motorcycle in the Chernobyl zone

Two days on a motorcycle in the Chernobyl zone

Recently I decided to go to the Chernobyl zone. Since I was accustomed to travel on a motorcycle, legal bus tours did not attract me at all. Other ways to the Zone are closed, but, as they used to say ...
RAC "MiG"

RAC "MiG"

Almost every boy in his childhood admired fighters, and I am no exception. I remember, there were also aviation parades on Tushinskaya, where my parents were taking me, there I was the first to see it live ...
Great Encyclopedic Scientist and True Russian Peasant 300 Years

Great Encyclopedic Scientist and True Russian Peasant 300 Years

In the debate about the role of the individual in history, many copies were broken. Some historians and philosophers say that technological development makes history, others attribute a special role to social processes, ...
Tigers in Uruguay

Tigers in Uruguay

In May of this year, there was news that the Uruguayan Interior Ministry was buying Russian Tiger armored vehicles. Now there are photos showing that the "Tigers" are indeed in ...
Builders in Rostock free the Soviet tank

Builders in Rostock free the Soviet tank

While working on the reconstruction of the Varna dam in the German city of Rostock, on November 16, builders discovered parts of an old Russian tank. The following day, Thursday, November 17, was produced ...
Natural wealth of Russia: a heavy burden and a great gift

Natural wealth of Russia: a heavy burden and a great gift

In the depths of our country are stored incredible reserves of raw materials and energy resources: ores, coal, oil and gas. In terms of reserves of many minerals, Russia is several times ahead of its nearest ...
TOSA on training. Photo report

TOSA on training. Photo report

We have recently written about the exercises of RCBZ troops using heavy flamethrowing systems TOC-1A at ​​the test site in Sheehan. Today we bring to your attention a photo report from the official website of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation ...
Russian Empire on the Eve of World War

Russian Empire on the Eve of World War

What was the Russian Empire like on the eve of World War? Here it is necessary to move away from two myths - the Soviet one, when "Tsarist Russia" is shown as a backward country with a downtrodden people ...
Launch at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome

Launch at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome

The Plesetsk cosmodrome is part of the aerospace defense (ASD) troops now being created. During the reform, space tracking stations in Norilsk and Naryan-Mar were recently attributed to it ...
The riddle of the Russian language

The riddle of the Russian language

The natural appearance of a language is a long and complex process that can go on for more than one thousand years. One of such languages ​​of mankind is Russian. Even according to the official (classical) ...
The destruction of Dresden, 1945 year

The destruction of Dresden, 1945 year

The Second World War left the world history a multitude of regrettable and terrible pages of human cruelty. It was during this war that carpet tactics became widespread ...
Anti-aircraft missile geometry: "Tor-M2E"

Anti-aircraft missile geometry: "Tor-M2E"

At the beginning of the 70-x, the military was faced with the issue of improving the military air defense. The existing Shilka already had an unsatisfactory range, and it was necessary to do something. As further ...
Ulyanovsk Aviation Museum

Ulyanovsk Aviation Museum

The Ulyanovsk Civil Aviation Museum is one of the largest aviation museums in Russia. The museum is located near the Ulyanovsk Central Airport and belongs to the Ulyanovsk Higher Aviation ...
Jamahiriya in the photos of the beginning of 80's

Jamahiriya in the photos of the beginning of 80's

LJ-user 4044415 writes: The photo album "Libyan Jamahiriya" was donated back in the distant 1981 year to my grandfather who worked / served just in that country. Given that in the near future the story ...
Ionosphere war

Ionosphere war

Last summer, when I still could not disperse, I was able to scatter over Moscow, and the forest fires did not even think to die out, various “experts” and “experts” appeared, who, they claimed, knew the reason ...
Strategic bombers at Engels Air Base

Strategic bombers at Engels Air Base

Dmitry Chistoprudov writes chistoprudov: From the very beginning, the trip did not take shape. Plans and activities fit one another and did not want to be evenly distributed. There was a feeling that ...
Turn under water

Turn under water

It just so happens that few types of firearms designed for use underwater have been developed. Moreover, not all of them were able to reach mass production. Home...
Ghost targets of electromagnetic weapons

Ghost targets of electromagnetic weapons

Perhaps no one type of weapon today does not cause as many discussions as an electromagnetic weapon. There are even two camps in the world that by this term mean different objects ....
Engineering plant in the city of Arzamas

Engineering plant in the city of Arzamas

The world's most famous armored personnel carriers - the BTR-80 - have visited many of the hot spots and are located on a vast number of countries. But few people know where they are produced. Your attention...
Modular "Thunderstorm"

Modular "Thunderstorm"

From the very beginning, the specifics of counter-terrorism operations put forward a number of specific requirements for small arms. For example, an automatic for special forces must have small dimensions, ...
112 years ago the cruiser Varyag was launched

112 years ago the cruiser Varyag was launched

The cruiser Varyag is a legend of the Russian fleet. It was built in Philadelphia (USA). During the Russian-Japanese war 9 in February, the 1904, the cruiser of the first rank "Varyag" and the gunboat "Koreyets" were ...
China 70's: "Country of Blue Ants"

China 70's: "Country of Blue Ants"

Those who have been in large cities in recent years could not help but be amazed at the scale and pace of economic growth, which is vividly expressed in skyscrapers growing like mushrooms after rain everywhere ...
International Aerospace and Defense Exhibition in Seoul

International Aerospace and Defense Exhibition in Seoul

An exhibition at the military airfield of Seoul opened on October 18 2011. According to the organizers, this exhibition opens up marketing opportunities for defense contractors and diplomatic ...